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His commercial work also has
been honored with award nominations,
and his Motorola

"Wings" spot has

been added to the permanent collection
of the Museum of Modern Art. Over the

Pearl has found the time for other
projects, including Invaders From Mars
(1986), A Fleturn to Salem's Lot (1987),
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987),
Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991) and the
television pilot for Frankenstein (2004).
Like Dante Spinotti, ASC, AIC did for
Manhunter, Pearl enjoyed the rare
opportunity to shoot a 2003 remake of
his previous work: The Texas Chainsaw
years,

New ASC Member

Shortly after being handed a
degree in communications
(specializing in film) from the University
Master's
of Texas
ASC

-

Austin in 1973, Daniel Pearl,

recruited

by Austin-based
documentarian Tobe Hooper to serve as
director of photography on The Texas
was

Chain Saw Massacre. The seminal
horror film reinvented the genre

and
the realm of independent

helped
film

to

open
mainstream

followed up with The
Came to the Valley.

The 1980s

audiences.

He

Fifth Floor and She

saw

the rise of the

music video, and Pearl

began experi¬
menting in the genre, initially to fill time
between film projects. It turned into a
lucrative career for him; reading through
his exhaustive list of credits is like trac¬

ing the history of the music video as an
art form.

Massacre. With "chainsaw"

now one

word, Marcus Nispel handled the direct¬

ing duties and Tobe Hooper
produced.

co¬

New Associate Member

Joshua Pines, the vice

presi¬
imaging research and develop¬
ment
at
Technicolor
Digital
Intermediates (TDI), earned a degree in
electrical engineering from the Cooper

supervising the film scanning and record¬
ing department from its start, beginning
with Terminator 2: Judgment Day, before
moving on to Technicolor. Pines serves as
the vice chairman of the ASC Technology
Committee's
Digital
Intermediate
Subcommittee.
Mr. Okada Goes to

Washington
ASC

President

Vice

Daryn
recently addressed members of
the U.S. Congress about the role cine¬
matographers play in the nation's culture
and economy. The February luncheon
was designed to engage officials on
Capitol Hill in discussions about the
motion-picture industry.
"Government support of the art of
filmmaking in this country is an impor¬
tant issue," says Okada. "Our films are
one of our country's major exports. We
Okada

dent of

work behind the

Union for the Advancement of Science

images that tell the stories of our times.
My goal was to inform the members of
the group on the day-to-day issues
facing filmmakers."

and Art before

joining MAGI in 1982
during the Tron days. He led the
computer graphics division at R/Greenburg Associates and then supervised
film effects and film recording at
Degraf/Wahrman. He spent more than
10 years at Industrial Light and Magic,

scenes

to author the

In addition to his duties

as

the

ASC's second vice

president, Okada
chairs a focus group of ASC members
and associate members in ancillary
sectors of the industry that is research¬
ing the possibilities for the future of the
art form.

■

ASC vice

president Daryn
Okada (third from

left) talked

cinematography
with members of

the U.S.

Congress
trip to
Capitol Hill.
Joining him were
on a

recent

several
executives from
the Eastman
Kodak

He shot the video for Michael

Company

(from left):

Jackson's "Billie Jean," The Police's

Stephen Ciccone,

"Every Breath You Take," Duran Duran's

director and vice

"The Reflex," U2's "With or Without

president of
public affairs;
Bill Tompkins,
vice president
and general
manager of
motion-picture

You," Genesis' "I Can't Dance" and Guns
N' Roses' "November Rain," earning
numerous

awards and nominations. He

also shot videos for Paul Simon, Mariah

Carey, Will Smith (including "Miami"),
Coolio ("Fantastic Voyage"), Van Halen
("Hot For Teacher"), Ray Parker Jr.
("Ghostbusters"), Frankie Goes to Holly¬
wood ("Relax"), Shania Twain, Moby,

John Johnston,
sales and

Trisha Yearwood, Garth Brooks and many
others.

imaging U.S.

distribution

products; and

marketing
manager for
entertainment
East.

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