Gabriel Luke Reid (born 24 February 1969) is a New Zealand actor,
director, screenwriter and producer working in television, film and
theatre. His doctoral thesis examines the impact of digital
technologies on film production.Reid holds a Ph.D. in Film, Television
and Media Studies from the University of Auckland. His thesis presents
a history of digital film production technologies as they have been
developed and applied, primarily in the mainstream American cinema. It
includes case studies of The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of
Narnia, interpreted as instances of film making that are at once
consequential for the development of digital production techniques and
as ambiguously positioned between the local (N.Z.) and the global.
Other case studies centre on projects for which all images are
computer generated (i.e. animated feature films) and projects for
which live action images are captured digitally. Reid conducted
research at renowned studios and visual effects companies including
Animal Logic, Blue Sky Studios, Industrial Light & Magic, Park Road
Post, Pixar and Weta Digital. His interviewees included Andrew
Adamson, Pete Docter, Bill George, Donald McAlpine, Barrie M. Osborne,
Tim Johnson, Chris Wedge and Dean Wright.Prior to securing his
doctorate, Reid earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts (First
Class Honours). His M.A. thesis, supervised by Professor MacDonald P.
Jackson, examines film adaptations of works by Shakespeare. Conducting
research at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre and
Renaissance Films, Reid interviewed notable directors, actors and
producers, including John Barton, Hugh Cruttwell, Adrian Noble, Trevor
Nunn, David Parfitt and Imogen Stubbs.Dr Reid has lectured on Film
History and New Zealand Cinema at Unitec Institute of Technology.
director, screenwriter and producer working in television, film and
theatre. His doctoral thesis examines the impact of digital
technologies on film production.Reid holds a Ph.D. in Film, Television
and Media Studies from the University of Auckland. His thesis presents
a history of digital film production technologies as they have been
developed and applied, primarily in the mainstream American cinema. It
includes case studies of The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of
Narnia, interpreted as instances of film making that are at once
consequential for the development of digital production techniques and
as ambiguously positioned between the local (N.Z.) and the global.
Other case studies centre on projects for which all images are
computer generated (i.e. animated feature films) and projects for
which live action images are captured digitally. Reid conducted
research at renowned studios and visual effects companies including
Animal Logic, Blue Sky Studios, Industrial Light & Magic, Park Road
Post, Pixar and Weta Digital. His interviewees included Andrew
Adamson, Pete Docter, Bill George, Donald McAlpine, Barrie M. Osborne,
Tim Johnson, Chris Wedge and Dean Wright.Prior to securing his
doctorate, Reid earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts (First
Class Honours). His M.A. thesis, supervised by Professor MacDonald P.
Jackson, examines film adaptations of works by Shakespeare. Conducting
research at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre and
Renaissance Films, Reid interviewed notable directors, actors and
producers, including John Barton, Hugh Cruttwell, Adrian Noble, Trevor
Nunn, David Parfitt and Imogen Stubbs.Dr Reid has lectured on Film
History and New Zealand Cinema at Unitec Institute of Technology.
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