Quality Control Data Management

RICHARD STEELE

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Studio City CA 91604

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PROFILE

Archivist with 20+ years experience in post-production; quality control, print evaluation, media asset research, cataloging, editing and metadata management. Created and supervised video and audio preservation projects, prepared archive/preservation/remastering budgets, purchase orders, mentored and directed supporting staff in implementing departmental goals. APPLICATION PROGRAMS UTILIZED

Microsoft/Window Applications, MAC OS, Nesbit Systems, FileMaker Pro, Xytech Data Management Systems (Enterprise, Media Pulse), Smart-Sheet, TEAMS

WARNER BROS DISCOVERY. CONTENT & TECHNOLOGY BURBANK CA SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 2021 - MARCH 2023 (CONSULTANT) Researching foreign language audio masters and subtitles/closed captioning assets for Warner Bros. Amazon project (feature films), per Warner Bros. International Sales Group. Audio and subtitle research conducted in Media Pulse Sky (Xytech platform).

MEDIA ASSET RESEARCH WARNER BROS. CONTENT & TECHNOLOGY BURBANK CA APRIL 2019 - OCTOBER 2020 (CONSULTANT)

Review Quality Control reports, validate vendor supplied metadata, post new digital files in DAM, research foreign languages, closed captioning and audio tracks for HBO Max for Domestic and International sales.

MANAGER, ARCHIVES, HBO, INC. SANTA MONICA CA

MAY 2006 - MARCH 2019

Managed various archival projects. Directed day-to-day operations within the department, provided support to post-production operations, provided research to various archives including AMPAS and UCLA. Prepared annual budgets. Gave presentations to HBO staff, and arranged for archival staff screenings. Staged media presentations of HBO archival content for AMIA conventions. ASSISTANT EDITOR, WARNER BROS. MEDIA EDITORIAL BURBANK CA JULY 2002 - MARCH 2006

Provided research and budgeting for Warner Bros. audio preservation projects. Fulfilled requests for audio content, per studio music and foreign language preservation projects and edited documentary footage for DVD enhanced content. ARCHIVE ASSISTANT, WARNER BROS. MEDIA ARCHIVE SERVICE BURBANK CA JULY 1996 - MARCH 2002

Cataloged newly created, archival media assets. Examined physical media assets

(16mm/35mm camera negatives), and fulfilled library requests for contractors and various studio departments.

LEGACY POSITIONS

VAGABOND THEATRE, TIFFANY THEATRE 1977 - 1978

STUDIO UTILITY EMPLOYEES 1978

MGM STUDIOS/METROCOLOR 1979 - 1983

DELUXE LABORATORIES HOLLYWOOD CA 1983 - 1995

LUCASFILM LTD. 1995

TECHNICOLOR 1996

PUBLICATIONS

Steele, Richard, Thai, Charlotte, and Echols, Evan. Journal of Digital Media Management, Henry Stewart Publications, LLP

HBO’s Analog to Digital Preservation Pipeline: A Case Study Examining the Migration Workflow of 2-Inch Quadruplex to MXF AS02 (Vol. 9 2020) MEMBERSHIPS

IATSE Editors Guild 700 (retired)

AMIA: The Association of Media Image Archivists

SMPTE: The Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers