Richard Sehlin Joins the Ranks of Leading Professionals
Richard Sehlin was a recipient of the Technicolor-Herbert T. Kalmus Gold Medal Award in 2005

Rochester, NY, November 6, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Richard Sehlin, retired Chief Technology Officer, Vice President of the Entertainment Imaging Division of the Eastman Kodak Company, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in engineering.

Richard Sehlin is honored for his contributions and participation in every facet of the motion picture system from Capture to Display. Mr. Sehlin was Eastman Kodak's Chief Technical Officer & Vice President, Entertainment Imaging. His career at Eastman Kodak spanned more than three decades. He was instrumental in early high speed camera negative film projects, as well as special applications such as the High Speed Eastman Color Negative 5295 SA for special effects applications. He invented or co-developed numerous other negative and print film products including 5293, 7291, 5294, 5284, and 5297. He developed a highly capable systems organization that continued to develop products for the motion picture industry such as the Vision 2 products and Premier ECP. He won two personal technical academy awards for Molecular Sieves for film archiving and for Eastman Lamphouse modification filters for motion picture printers. He has written numerous SMPTE articles for the journal and has won two Journal Awards. He was also involved with hybrid and digital offerings for Entertainment Imaging at Kodak.

Mr. Sehlin obtained his BchE at the University of Minnesota in 1967 and a Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1969. He is a fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and a member of the Visual Effects Society. In the future, he intends to do consulting and manage his new company, Group 47 LLC.

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