About the Author

David Samuelson was born in London in 1924, the eldest son of pioneer film producer G.B.Samuelson. He entered the British Film Industry in 1941 and has been a projectionist, a cutting room assistant, a film cameraman, a facilities company executive, a consultant on the technology of film making, a computer program writer and an author and lecturer on the subject of film production technology.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, a Fellow of the British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society, a Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, a Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Special Visual Effects branch) and was a member of their Scientific and Technical Awards ...

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