Ted was the only two-term President in the history of the Inter-Society, serving from 2004 to 2007. While
President, Ted successfully worked to increase movie studio participation in the Inter-Society. Ted started the
ISEC (Inter-Society Environmental Committee), which instituted both the Film Trailer Recycling Program and
3D Glasses recycling at a time when the 3D glasses were called “disposable.” Yet the most significant
committee Ted started while President of the Inter-Society was the ISDCF (Inter-Society Digital Cinema
Forum). No other committee or group has done more to “tame the Wild West of Digital Cinema” than the
ISDCF and it’s seven years of successful monthly meetings. In 2007, Ted was named on the Sci-Tech Academy
Award for the Cyan Dye Track Committee.
Ted started his career at Lucasfilm, THX, where he spent fifteen years with the Theatre Alignment Program
(TAP). At TAP, Ted started the Academy Award winning TASA Program (Trailer Audio Standards
Association), to help limit volume levels in trailers domestically. Ted also oversaw the very first four Digital
Cinema installations ever, for Star Wars Episode 1, in Los Angeles and New York. Ted then spent six years at
Dolby Laboratories where he helped introduce Dolby Digital Cinema and Digital 3D to the world. While at
Dolby, Ted also worked with Disney and Pixar to develop the “Perfect Projection Contest”, that has been on
almost every Pixar release ever since. Ted has made a career out of being a champion of quality for our
industry. That is why he is the perfect person to win an award from an organization who has the words, “for the
enhancement of cinema presentation,” in it’s name.
