Bob Slutske, an knowledgeable on the effectivity and effectiveness of media points all through the movie manufacturing course of, has died. He was 81.
Slutske died in Los Angeles following an extended sickness, The Hollywood Reporter realized Wednesday.
All through his 60-year profession, Slutske labored within the theater and leisure area, serving as one of many preliminary builders of non-linear enhancing expertise. He additionally helped pave the best way for computerized lighting and automatic mix-down within the business with “first of a sort” programs.
He initially began working in theater, centered on lighting, stage administration and path, together with within the productions Amen Nook with James Baldwin and The Loudest Sound within the World with Frank Silvera. He later transitioned to Ampex and LucasFilm, the place he labored with Stanley Kubrick, Sidney Lumet, Alan Alda and George Lucas to convey non-linear enhancing programs to market.
Slutske served 17 years because the vp of Nationwide TeleConsultants, the place he offered his tech experience to business leaders together with Warner Bros., Common Tv, Walt Disney Firm, NBCUniversal, Paramount Footage, ESPN, BET, The Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences, Tv Archive, Microsoft and extra.
A number of media giants additionally had him help with expertise points associated to skilled media, their performance and cost-of-ownership, comparable to superior expertise, workflows and infrastructure.
Slutske was a lifelong member of the Society of Movement Image and Tv Engineers, and served on a number of key committees throughout his time there.
He’s survived by his daughters, Shoshana and Reina Slutske, brother Dale Lewis and son-in-law Christopher Alden.