WOMEN I N POST | SPECIAL
Ichter studied editing at École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle in Paris. In her last year of school, she discovered the process of colour timing and fell in love with the colouring process. She recalls: “After five years in Paris, I moved to London for a job as a DI editor at Deluxe. A year and a half later, an opportunity arose to work at EFILM in LA under a colour artist I had collaborated with in my final year of school.” That was ten years ago and, for the past year, Ichter’s experience has taken her to work as a colourist at HARBOR, where she has been focused on two big projects: The Irishman and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood . She notes: “For both films, I worked on the dailies as well as the finish, because it was important for the DOPs to establish a look early on. Not everyone can become a colourist, but with more women rising through the ranks, there’s a mix of ideas coming to the table. This is also happening with DOPs – when I’m told I’m working with a female DOP, I feel excited. It’s a different relationship; it’s women holding hands and working on something amazing together, which is still quite unique in this industry.” LEFT Brad Pitt as Cliff Booth, a stunt double, in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which Élodie Ichter worked on as a colourist
then in London for the production of the Harry Potter film franchise. After that, I worked for Pacific Title and MPI, before landing here at Technicolor in Los Angeles.” Gervais has now worked on over 50 blockbusters and critically acclaimed feature films, receiving three Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) nominations for Outstanding Colour Grading for her work on The Book of Eli , Pacific Rim and Alpha , for which she made Hollywood history as the first woman to win this award. Gervais concludes: “I used to think that women – strong feminist women – would always stick up for each other and be as tight as the ‘boys club’, but that’s not really the case, so don’t count on that.” Her advice is: “It’s important to pay no attention to the stereotypes and just be yourself.”
Job title: Colourist at HARBOR Location: New York Portfolio: harborpicturecompany.com/ artist_post/elodie-ichter Recent work: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood , The Irishman , Okja , The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 and Part 2 ÉLODIE ICHTER
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