Chris Regan(I)
- Editorial Department
- Visual Effects
- Camera and Electrical Department
Having escaped from the Midwest on a small bore Honda motorcycle to
enroll at the California Institue of Arts, Valencia, California, Regan
pursued studies of Animation and 16mm Optical printing, subsequently
landing work in the effects shop of Calarts alum Robert Blalack, Praxis
Filmworks, under the mentorship of Calarts alum and optical guru Beth
Block. The optical printing division of Praxis being a skunkworks of
visual manipulative studies based on the conceptual thesis of False
Color or Color Record Substitution having found new ground for
invention post Star Wars. This exposure at Praxis evolving to an
Optical Printing journeyman career extending from employment at Praxis,
DreamQuest, Industrial Light and Magic and finally Boss Films, Boss
being the proverbial penultimate of traditional film optical hardware
as directed by effects guru Richard Edlund. Digital paradigm changes
motivated Regan's jump to Pacific Title and Art Studio under the
direction of Phil Feiner to ride the dying whale of "film to film"
rephotography, optical printing, into an undersea boneyard. From there
Regan reinvented himself as a feature Color Timer of cut negative shows
at both CFI, Hollywood California and Deluxe Laboratories, Hollywood
California. The digital paradigm now extending to full picture
mastering, thus eliminating traditional color timing methodology
presents the call for further reinvention.