Avid® (Nasdaq:AVID) today congratulates its customers recognized
for their craft as winners and nominees at the British Academy Film
Awards 2017, hosted by the British Academy of Film & Television
Arts (BAFTA®) in London on Sunday, February 12. The film industry’s
most respected creative professionals relied on Avid’s
comprehensive tools, powered by the MediaCentral® Platform, the
industry’s most open, tightly integrated and efficient platform
designed for media, to craft award-winning films, including every
nominee for Best Film: winner La La Land, and Arrival, I, Daniel
Blake, Manchester By The Sea, and Moonlight.
All five editors nominated for the BAFTA Film Award for
Editing—winner John Gilbert for Hacksaw Ridge, Joe Walker for
Arrival, Tom Cross for La La Land, Jennifer Lame for Manchester By
The Sea, and Joan Sobel for Nocturnal Animals—relied on Avid Media
Composer®, the industry’s preeminent editing solution, to cut their
films.
“It’s an amazing feeling to have won a BAFTA award and I’m truly
honoured,” said John Gilbert, winner of the editing award for his
work on the breathtaking WWII epic, Hacksaw Ridge. “I’ve used Avid
exclusively for 22 years and it has enabled me to work at the speed
I think. I can move images and sounds around quickly, and access
all the footage as I need it. Avid Media Composer is simple and
intuitive to me, and I can’t imagine editing a film without
it.”
The majority of nominees for the BAFTA Film Award for Sound
relied on the industry-standard Avid Pro Tools® digital audio
software, including Sylvain Bellemare, Claude La Haye and Bernard
Gariépy Strobl for Arrival, Niv Adiri, Glenn Freemantle, Simon
Hayes, Andy Nelson, and Ian Tapp for Fantastic Beasts and Where to
Find Them, and Peter Grace, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O’Connell, and
Andy Wright for Hacksaw Ridge.
“It’s an honour to be nominated for our work, and more
importantly, our passion,” said Glenn Freemantle. “We’re thrilled
to be recognised among our wonderfully talented peers in the Sound
category. It was great to be back working with David Yates, a
brilliant director who gave us such great content to play with. Pro
Tools gave us the tools we needed to bring to life the mystical
realms of this new Harry Potter franchise.”
The majority of nominees for the BAFTA Film Award for Original
Music relied on Avid Sibelius®, the world’s best-selling music
notation software, including Jóhann Jóhannsson for Arrival, Mica
Levi for Jackie, and Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka for Lion.
“We're very proud that the film industry’s most esteemed
creative professionals use Avid’s comprehensive tools to bring the
director’s vision to life—whether they’re editing the film,
creating the sound, or composing the score,” said Avid Chairman and
CEO, Louis Hernandez, Jr. “We congratulate our preeminent user
community on their outstanding achievements and look forward to
working closely with them to continue to deliver innovative
technology solutions to help bring their future projects to the big
screen.”
About Avid
Through Avid Everywhere™, Avid delivers the most open and
efficient media platform, connecting content creation with
collaboration, asset protection, distribution and
consumption. Avid’s preeminent customer community uses Avid’s
comprehensive tools and workflow solutions to create, distribute
and monetize the most watched, loved and listened to media in
the world—from prestigious and award-winning feature films, to
popular television shows, news programs and televised sporting
events, and celebrated music recordings and live concerts. With the
most flexible deployment and pricing options, Avid’s
industry-leading solutions include Pro Tools®, Media Composer®,
Avid NEXIS™, Interplay®, ProSet™ and RealSet™, Maestro™,
PlayMaker™, and Sibelius®. For more information about Avid
solutions and services, visit www.avid.com, connect with Avid
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© 2017 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Avid, the Avid
logo, Avid Everywhere, Avid NEXIS, iNEWS, Interplay, AirSpeed,
Maestro, MediaCentral, Media Composer, Playmaker, Pro Tools, and
Sibelius are trademarks or registered trademarks of Avid
Technology, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or
other countries. The Interplay name is used with the permission of
the Interplay Entertainment Corp. which bears no responsibility for
Avid products. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners. Product features, specifications, system
requirements and availability are subject to change without
notice.
PR Contacts:
Sara Griggs
Avid
sara.griggs@avid.com
310-907-6906
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