Dan Wingate Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

Media Coordination and Distribution for Streaming, Broadcast and Fast Channels, Video Editing and Restoration of archival film and video projects for entertainment clients and private archives, including rights management, music and video clearances, residuals and guild payment structures. Projects include restoration and cleanup of four vintage Christmas.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Wrote, Produced, Directed and Edited the full-length documentary film Kaye Ballard: The Show Goes On! - with insighful and often hilarious interviews with Kaye's buddies and colleagues - many of them legends, including Ann-Margret, Carol Burnett, Carol Channing, Mimi Hines, Bernie Koppel, Donna McKechnie, Hal Prince, Rex Reed, Liz Smith, Jerry Stiller and.

Los Angeles, CA And Culpeper, VA

• Led an initiative to preserve approximately 400 Biograph Studio titles in the Library of Congress’ paper print collection dating from 1896-1912, through implementation of an improved image processing system conversion.
• Transitioned the preservation effort to a team of four through knowledge transfer and training, including the creation of a training manual

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Created and archived master files and metadata as part of a change management and conversion effort for a newly implemented server-based DAM system used companywide for digital asset creation and delivery
• Servicing, localization, and approval of international and domestic feature streaming packages for clients, including major streaming services and cable and broadcast networks

Culver City, CA

• Managed catalog television video-based restorations (all legacy formats)
• Researched source materials and related metadata for VOD, DVD and Blu-ray titles utilizing Xytech-based inventory and metadata management system
• Primary contact for catalog and metadata research and information for home entertainment, catalog sublicensing, client servicing, and marketing departments
• Supervised audio restoration workflows and QC sessions, provided historical research and maintained archiving standards for domestic and foreign language releases
• Managed and tracked all television rejections and replacements to clients for all global territories
• Executed multiple legacy digitization projects, including Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy properties as well as extensive catalog research and metadata upgrades

Coordinated audio restorations for film and television programming - clients included Sony Pictures, Warner Bros and The Walt Disney Company - as well as personal restoration projects with Richard Carpenter and Merv Griffin Group.

Greater Chicago Area

Produced entertainment programs and events; had weekly daytime screening series "TV Tuesdays" in the Chicago Cultural Center; Photo Editor: Encyclopedia of Radio (pub. 2001); weekly guest on local radio program about broadcasting and entertainment; archiving and research.

Part of a special IT team created by the Accounting Dept. to address software needs related to bank mergers. Wrote code for early screen capture and interface programs to facilitate systems consolidation for our department to more efficiently handle consumer complaints from newly-acquired customers.