Paul Heller Productions

FilmDigitalInteractiveVideoImagesFilmDigitalInteractiveVideoImagesFilmDigitalInteractivevideo A Multimedia Company PAUL HELLER PRODUCTIONS, INC. PAUL HELLER PRODUCTIONS, INC. A Multimedia Company directory Company Introduction Multimedia Production Museums: Skirball Cultural Center Hong Kong Museum of History (A/V Consultant) Attractions: South Street Seaport New York Experience Projects in Consideration Jerusalem Experience at the Israel Museum Washington: American City Feature Films Produced Multimedia Creative Associates Arnold Schwartzman: Director, Screenwriter Gerry Fried: Composer Scott Weber: Editor Patrick Griffith: Sound Designer Andrea Scharf: Post Production, Researcher Technical Resources Professional References P aul Heller Productions, Inc. has been involved in Multimedia Production, Motion Picture Production and Theatrical Production since it was incorporated in 1978. Prior to founding the company, Paul Heller was engaged in Production Design, Film Paul Heller Productions, Inc. have produced over thirty four Feature Films, three major Production, Television Production and Multimedia Presentations. Paul Heller and multimedia exhibits and attractions, including two museum exhibits and have programs in development for a Museum of Retail Sales in Macy's 34th Street store in New York City, a mutimedia exhibit in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, a tourist attraction in the Old Post Office Pavillion in Washington, D.C. and a re-creation of the New York Experience, a program which ran for 16 years in Rockerfeller Center. Paul Heller's work has been well honored throughout his career. His most recent Museum project at the Skirball Cultural Center Museum won the prestigious International Multimedia Festival Extravaganza Award for the program “Visions and Values”. He recently acted as audio-visual consultant for the exhibits at the Hong Kong Museum of History. Mr. Heller's films have garnered over eight American Academy Award Nominations and won two of them, five “Best Film” Awards at Film Festivals around the world and numerous other awards and commendations of excellence. Paul Heller Paul Heller Productions, Inc. 1666 North Beverly Drive Beverly Hills, California 90210 voice 310-275-4477 fax 310-275-1406 United Scenic Artists Directors Guild of America Screen Actors Guild Independent Feature Project American Film Institute - Founding Member Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Audrey Skirball-Kenis Theatre - Founder British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Board Member Community Film Workshop Council, A.F.I.L.A. - Founder Hearst San Simeon Historical Monument Foundation - Board Member Skirball Cultural Center and Museum - Associate Professional Associations Affiliations and Boards The Skirball Cultural Center Museum An exciting environment in which to encounter one of the worlds largest collections of art and artifacts related to Judaism and American life. By means of a multimedia installation incorporating artifacts and art works, documents, films, photographs and sound recordings, the exhibition invites visitors to participate in the journeys undertaken by the Jewish people through the centuries. “Overwhelming in its content and technology” “A glorious addition to the culture of all peoples of the world.” Vision and Values The journey of the Jewish people throughout the past four thousand years has not been taken alone, we invite those of all faiths and nationalities to share the experience. The Seaport Experience We will take you back in time to the fascinating world of New York's South Street Seaport. Witness theatrical magic and prepare yourself for a fabulous adventure. Your seat is in the center of a 19th century harbor-front stage set. The tyranny of the sea and the perils of the port come alive with stark realism. The action takes place all around you. And to you! “A mutimedia extravaganza” - N.Y. DAILY NEWS “A stimulating...electrifying... thought-provoking show!”- ABC TV Cleveland The New York Experience “Nothing had ever prepared me for New York that first morning... I mean I read Thomas Wolfe and the New Yorker and passed up football for Milton Frost and the Mets, but when I looked across river I knew that New Yorkers could be born anywhere and then find home ... I knew that the city had chosen me.” O'Jersusalem - To be presented in the Israel Museum “O, Jersuslam” is the story of the people of Jerusalem, those who went before and those who are here now, their beliefs, feelings, thoughts and actions. The past will speak loud and clear through written word and artifacts of millennia while we reach for the heart of today's Jeruslem... rulers, holymen, pilgrims, scholars and artisans. Washington: American City A multimedia extravaganza to be presented in it's own permanent theatre next to the Old Post Office Building on Pennsylvania Avenue. The story of Washington: American City looks at the multiple textures of Washington and explores how it got that way. The production traverses the historic forces and contemporary trends that shaped the city and in turn, how it shapes the sensibilities and perceptions of all of our nation's citizenry. Bruce Lee in "Enter The Dragon" "My Left Foot" Won an Oscar for best actor: Daniel Day Lewis and best actress: Ruth McCabe Feature Films Award winners David and Lisa Secret Ceremony The Eavesdropper Enter the Dragon Withnail & I First Monday in October Falcon's Gold (Showtime) Pygmalion My Left Foot The Lunatic Truck Turner The Promise Golden Needles Reflections Hot Potato The Pack Outlaw Blues Once Upon a Tractor Red Over Red Ultimate Warrior Manilla 1000 Wait Until Dark (HBO) The Annihilation of Fish John Standing, Margot Kidder and Peter O'Toole in "Pygmalion" Walter Matthau and Jill Clayburgh in "First Monday in October" Arnold Schwartzman Director, Screenwriter: An Oscar winning documentary filmmaker for his film “Genocide”; headed the Designers Film Unit in London; Director of Design for the Olympic Games in 1984; winner of three Designers and art Director Association Awards, elected to the prestigious Alliance Graphique Internationale; author of the “Evolution of the Moving Image”; director, designer, “Kaleidoscope” at the Skirball Museum. Composer: A highly celebrated composer of music for film, television, operas and theater. Six “Emmy” nominations and winner for best score of “Roots”; two Grammy Awards, feature films include, “The Killing of Sister George” - Robert Aldrich, director; “Paths of Glory” - Stanley Kubrick, director, “The Killing” - Stanley Kubrick, director; TV includes; “Roots” Wolper Prods., “Napoleon and Josephine” - Warner Brothers, “The Mystic Warrior” - Wolper Prods., numerous other feature films, documentaries and television themes and scores. Editor: Television credits include “Between the Lines” (PBS), “In Focus” (PBS). Nominated for two LA area Emmy Awards for work on documentary “Teachers and Their Coaches”. Created, produced and edited reality series “On The Set” and “In Real Time”. Specializes in non-linear editing and motion graphics. Skilled in Avid, Media 100, and broadcast graphics design software. Sound Designer: Mr. Griffith is the owner and founder “Of Sound Mind”, a post production editorial facility specializing in sound editing and creative sound effects. Of Sound Mind has done the sound editing for over 60 feature films including: “Tales From the Crypt”, “Dinosaurs”, “Billy the Kidd” , etc.; Awards include: Academy Award Nomination for “On Hope”, Emmy Award for “Billy the Kidd”, three Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards and the New York Film Festival Award for Best Variety Show “The Golden Years”. Post Production, Research: Member of the Editor's Guild and Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; IDA/Independent Feature Project/West, Women In Film; Emmy Nomination for editing on “A Woman Named Golda”; Post Production Supervisor on “The Burning Season” - David Puttman, HBO; “The Josephine Baker Story” - HBO; “Andersonville” TNT; “The Jesse Owens Story” - Paramount; “From the Earth to the Moon” - Imagine/Hanks/HBO. Gerry Fried Scott Weber Patrick Griffith Mutimedia Andrea Scharf Digital Video Final Cut Pro & Premiere: State of the art workstations offer totally integrated digital video in the entire range of profess-ional editing formats - from DV to SD and HD - for compositing high quality video and multimedia programs. Together, Final Cut Pro & Premiere offer a rich set of features and a full range of options for realtime nonlinear editing, color correction and special effects. DVT: Digital video tape (DVT) offers component picture quality and multi-generation performance. The latest generation media. Sony BetaCam SP: Two VTR beta decks for high resolution video input and output. Digital Audio SV-3700: Digital audio tape (DAT) deck for recording and playback of CD quality sound. DA-88: CD quality sound is integrated into all phases of production with the use of DAT and DA-88 synchronizing capability. Mackie CR-1604: Sixteen channel high quality audio mixer for creating soundtracks and recording studio work. Special Effects After Effects: A resolution independent compositing, 2D & 3D animation and special effects software that offers unparalled power and flexibility. After Effects brings the ability to manipulate multiple layers of film, video, and graphics independently with complete control. Photoshop, Illustrator, and Painter: The top graphic software packages in the industry. From sophisticated color correction and simulation of natural media to clean vector type, if you can imagine it, these programs can create it. ES-1200C: Photographs, slides and transparencies can be digitized at up to 1200 dpi and 30 bit color on this flatbed scanner. Seagate, Western Digital, Quantum: Over 150 gigabytes of hard drive space is available on high speed Cheetah, Barracuda and Atlas drives at up to 80 MB/sec transfer rates. DAT, CD-R and DVD-R is used as backup. Removable Jaz and Zip drives are also available. Graphics In House Scanning Storage Post Production Quantel Henry: Dedicated graphics production and compositing center, resolution independent special effects editor, offers simultaneous multilayering and true random access to video clips. Quantel Paintbox: High-end graphics workstations capable of manipulating 100Mb files in real time. Used for color correcting stills. Has set the industry standard for high resolution graphics. Flame: The leading on-line special effects software by Distreet Logic running on Silicon Graphic's Onyx mainframe. Offers real time compositing, special effects and text handling capabilities with non-compressed image quality. Flint: A graphics on-line workstation, format independent finishing tool. Optimized for the Silicon Graphics indigo2. Can import 3D models and work with non-compressed video clips. Avid: Non-linear editing workstation. Used by the film industry to output EDLs for later film editing. Available J.J. Andre Associates Skirball Cultural Center Translux Corporation Warner Brothers Studio Paramount Pictures Twentieth Century Fox Pictures University of California, Los Angeles Salon Films, Hong Kong Granada Pictures, London Channel 4 Distribution Island Pictures