Michael E. Phillips

Michael E. Phillips

Born: March 8, 1960
in Kenitra, Morocco
Michael Phillips is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, editor, and industry technologist. Michael’s contributions to the industry have been for the co-invention and design of Avid Technology’s Film Composer, and Symphony product lines, which offer professional digital online and offline editing, and finishing earning him a 1994 Academy Award® for Scientific and Engineering Achievement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 1999, Michael and Avid were rewarded with an Oscar® for their continued efforts in enhancing and developing the Avid Film Composer. That same year, Michael was recognized with a Massachusetts Innovator of the Year Award. Michael has also received two Emmy’s from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for the creation of the Avid Media Composer and for multicamera editing. Michael has worked as a digital post consultant throughout the 1990's as digital nonlinear took over the traditional film process.

Movies for Michael E. Phillips...

Side by Side
Title: Side by Side
Character: Self
Released: August 19, 2012
Type: Movie
Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.