[QuadList] Arthur Schneider

[Jeffrey Martin]

I didn't know him, but I can say that if you haven't read his book, "Jump cut!: memoirs of a pioneer television editor," you need to; it's terrific.

Jeff Martin
Chicago, IL

----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick Kennedy <pken at loc.gov>
Date: Friday, October 30, 2009 2:47 pm
Subject: [QuadList] Arthur Schneider
To: quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com


> To Everyone,
>  My name is Pat Kennedy and I am currently the Datacine Operator at 
> the Library of Congress Packard Campus in Culpeper, Virginia. I've 
> been here about 6 months now and am very happy to have gotten out of 
> Hollywood when I did.
>  My career goes back about 35 years when I began as a Telecine assist 
> at TAV (Trans American Video) in Hollywood, at the old David Wolper 
> studio on Vine St.  
>  My quad experience lasted about 5 years, till 1980 and the advent of 
> 1"C machines. At about the same time I moved up from a Simplex 
> projector and RCA film island  the the new Rank Cintel Flying Spot 
> Scanners. I'm now running a Spirit Classic 2K and daVinci 2K Plus.
>  I'd like to know who among the members knew, worked with or knew of 
> Art Scneider. He started at NBC Burbank in 1951 as a kine recordist 
> and editor. He worked on 1000s of kine over years, and in 1955-56 
> worked as a liason with APMEX in building the new quad machines. He 
> then went on to physcially edit 100s of shows on tape, including at 
> least 2 seasons of "Laugh In". He soon was involved in the new 
> electronic edit systems of the early '60s and stayed at NBC until 1968.
>  I met and worked with Art at Modern Videofilm inthe '80s, and have 
> also worked with his son Bob, and daughtr Lori over years.
>  Art passed away in Los Angeles back on Oct. 1st. He was 80.
>  You can watch some interviews with Art about his career and history 
> of early TV on the Archives of American Television website, or just 
> Google "Arthur Schneider" for other stuff.
>  He was an incredibly talented man and a great coworker. I'd like to 
> see some tribute of him either through Archives, or perhaps here at 
> the Library of Congress. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>  
>  Pat Kennedy
>  Library of Congress
>  Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation
>  
>  Patrick Kennedy
>  Datacine Operator
>  PCAVC
>  1-202-707-0864, 1-202-707-0910
>  
>  
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