He will be remembered as an industry pioneer, thought-leader, and activist who paved the way for an entire field of art and engineering. For his lifetime of service and dedication to the craft, we owe him a debt of gratitude that can never be fully paid. Keep on smiling, Sam.
RIP.
SAM HOLTZ
April 4, 1942 - December 21, 2010
Sam Holtz was a visionary in the world of television and video post-production; with inventions, innovations, and insights in the
areas of telecine, color correction, film-to-tape transfer, digital compositing, and, in his latter years, HD broadcast and ultimately the still burgeoning frontier of digital cinema.