Chris Taft Email & Phone Number

Hollywood, Ca

I oversee day-to-day and overall strategic development of the production finishing department, keeping projects within budget and on schedule while maintaining high technical and creative standards• Manage service production and operations for 40-50 feature projects per year finished in our Las Palmas post-production facility, delivering $15-$17M in yearly revenue• Develop and implement communication, asset management, and technical procedures needed to finish projects including editorial, imaging, digital effects & deliverables • Lead a team of 10 to manage color correction and final elements designed for streaming or theatrical release, cultivating a culture of productivity and collaboration

Los Angeles, California, United States

I provided detail-focused supervision to internal and external teams of staff, vendors, and studios to coordinate the timely and on-budget completion of a high volume of film projects per year • Consulted on post budgets, created post-production workflows for projects, and award finishing jobs to most appropriate vendors, keeping post-production on budget and on schedule • Communicated deadlines for approvals and creative notes process between director, producers, post-production vendors and studio to keep on schedule for target delivery• Supervised post-production of a variety of media for a wide portfolio of clients, including film studios, advertisers, animators, visual effects companies and large format filmmakers

I facilitated the delivery of high-quality, on-budget and on-schedule digitized media, overseeing internal teams and communicating with external partners • Oversaw the finishing of films through digitization, transferring media from film to computer to be electronically edited and enhanced, delivering a higher-quality product• Selected by EFilm’s production supervisor to lead a team of colorist assistants after displaying top-tier project management and staff support skills in previous role • Organized workflows to maximize efficiency, like harnessing metadata to perform rapid batch changes instead of individual, frame-by-frame corrections• Added fresh streams of revenue by spearheading new methods like allowing software programs to communicate seamlessly with each other, lightening workloads across the board

I served as the multifunctional right hand to one or multiple colorists, drawing on proficiencies in color grading and relevant software to communicate efficiently and ensure a smooth project process • Supported EFilm’s colorists from ingest to delivery, working under the Senior Colorist to fill a variety of roles necessary for the completion of projects • Performed QC checks of color projects, conforming editing timelines, and adjusting visual effects, essentially preparing the colorists’ materials before and after color sessions• Worked independently and meticulously, managing multiple time-sensitive projects with changing needs, ensuring deadlines were met and high standards of quality were maintained