Oct. 23 – Federico Savina, Professor of Sound at the National Film School, was awarded a prize today at Los Angeles’ Smpte 2014. The event, sponsored by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, is the world’s leading technical body for the advancement of the theory and development within the multimedia industry. Savina has been a member of Smpte for over 25 years, and was honored: for his ongoing commitment to the field of digital cinema through his research and training at the Experimental Center of Cinematography; for leading with passion and dedication the Italian Section of the SMPTE for over 10 years; and for having organized the Regional Smpte Seminar in Rome in November 2013. Founded in 1916, today Smpte focuses on the development and approval of guidelines and international standards. Its objective is the dissemination of recent technological developments via the SMPTE Journal, and the organization of international conferences and seminars. Past winners include George Lucas, and Leonardo Chiariglione, an Italian engineer founder and driving force behind the Mpeg group. The Honor Roll went to John Logie Baird (1888-1946), a pioneer in television technology.
