Andy Maltz


Andy Maltz

Job Title: Director
Company Name: The Academy Science and Technology Council
Country: U S A

Seminars
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    		• The EDCF/SMPTE D-Cinema technical and post-production workshop
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    		• EDCF D-cinema update

    Andy Maltz

    Andy Maltz has been active in entertainment technology management, business development and system design for over 25 years.  As the first director of the Academy's Science and Technology Council, Andy was responsible for developing and implementing the Council's operational plan. Andy is the former CEO of Avica Technology Corporation, where he led the first worldwide commercial deployment of digital cinema servers and mastering systems, drove the development of key technologies for digital cinema, and was heavily involved in the digital releases of many major motion pictures in the US, Europe and Asia.  Andy previously served as a consultant to companies such as Sharp Electronics and Microsoft, where he spearheaded the development of the Advanced Authoring Format and was the executive vice president of operations for Ediflex Digital Systems, a pioneering nonlinear editing company.  Andy received his B.S.E.E. from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

    He is an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers, a member of the National Archives Public Advisory Committee for Electronic Records Archives, and a SMPTE fellow. At SMPTE, he serves on several engineering committees and its Journal Board of Editors.