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Who is Who of
Dimension 150
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This article first appeared in
..in 70mm
The 70mm Newsletter |
Written by:
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Issue 49 - June 1997 |
Dr. Richard Vetter
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Richard
Vetter in his home in Carlsbad, California, in February 2006. Image by Paul
Rayton
Born in San Diego, California, USA February 28, 1928.
Educated Pepperdine College, B.A., 1950; U.C.L.A. Ph.D. 1959; United States
Navy as aerial photographer; Assistant professor audio- visual communication
at U.C.L.A. 1960-63. Inventor and co-developed the Dimension-150 widescreen
process 1957 - 1963 and formed D-150, Inc. 1963. Member of SMPTE, AMPAS and
ASC. He is currently director of research and development for United Artists
Theatre Circuit and Todd-AO. He is living in Hollywood, USA.
By the mid 60's the production and exhibition hardware and software was an
unprecedented success. Dick's patented technology was installed in over
sixty D-150 systems in the U.S., Mexico, South America, Europe and the Far
East. Dick Vetter holds over 40 patents of which many are associated with
the technology of wide-screen motion picture exhibition as well as other
patents that resulted in improvements for the science of the motion picture
industry.
Richard Vetter Passed Away
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Further in 70mm reading:
Carl
Williams Passed
Away
Richard Vetter Passed
Away
Motion
pictures photographed in Dimension 150
Dimension 150 Visual Display for
U.C.L.A. Driving Simulator
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Carl W. Williams
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Born in Decatur, Illinois, USA March 9, 1927. Educated
Illinois State Normal University B.S. 1949. Co-developed the Dimension-150
widescreen process 1957 - 1963 and formed D-150, Inc. 1963. Member of SMPTE,
AFI and AMPAS. He is currently president of Cinema Equipment Sales of
California.
Although D-150 folded in 1970, Carl remained in the movie business working
for companies supplying theater equipment. At one time, he even owned and
had interest in movie theaters in California. In 1986, he founded Cinema
Equipment Sales of California and within a decade, brought his daughter and
son-in-law, Paula and Michael, into the company. His family business has
provided sales and service, including architectural and technical consulting
and planning to theaters worldwide. Carl was a member of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; and a prior member of the British
Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society; The S.M.P.T.E. and the
International Theatre Equipment Association.
Carl
Williams Passed
Away
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