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Peter Kuran
Portland Oregon area
filmmaker
Tags: academy awards  Archival Footage  documentary history  dvds  Preservation  retail distribution  self-distribution  
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Title/Occupation:  Director  Editor  Producer 
Services Provided:  Stock/Archival Footage 
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian/White
Citizenship: US
Languages Spoken: English, some Japanese

Brief Message to Members: 

Produced films mostly about the atomic era. Involved in visual effects an restoration.

Biography: 

As a filmmaker, I produced five documentaries on the subject of Atomic history, weapons and testing. Beginning in 1995, I produced and directed the award winning film "Trinity and Beyond (the Atomic Bomb Movie)" and have since produced "Atomic Filmmakers-Hollywood's Top Secret Film Studio", "Atomic Journeys" , "Nukes in Space" and "Nuclear 911."

I started my career in 1976 working as an animator on the original Star Wars. As an animator on Star Wars, I worked on lasers, roto and light sabres and introduced the concept of animating shadows and interactive light to objects to make them appear more interactive.

Since that time, I have worked on over 300 theatrical motion pictures including both "Addams Family" films and all three "Robocop" features, "Men In Black", "The 6th Day", "Thirteen Days", "A Beautiful Mind," "League of Extraodinary Gentlemen," "X-Men 2" and "The Last Samurai," "Starship Troopers 1 and 2," blah, blah, blah. In 2003, I won an Academy Award in the Scientific and Technical Achievement category for the RCI Color Restoration Process. This process was a photochemical solution to restoring color to faded color motion picture negatives, mainly from the 1950's and 60's.