PARTNERSHI P FEATURE | HARBOR
RIGHT HARBOR Atmos mix stage in Soho, New York
seamlessly, across the globe, throughout the lifetime of their projects. THE LEADERSHIP HARBOR is led by co-founder and CEO, Zak Tucker. For more than 20 years, he has been strategically disrupting to create one of the first end-to-end, cross-genre independent production studios of its kind. Zak started as an editor for commercials and documentaries, soon progressing to directing. He launched Swete Post in 2000 and HARBOR in 2012. From a staff of four and a footprint of 400 square feet, Zak built HARBOR into a staff of 130 and more than 80,000 square feet in three global production centres in LA, NY, UK. HARBOR LA is based out of Santa Monica and is led by HARBOR veteran executive producer, Darrell Smith, VP Picture Post west coast, Marcus Alexander, and EVP of Sales Features & Episodic, Russ Robertson. Russ decided to join HARBOR after a 20-year career with Deluxe and Panavision. “I am so happy to continue my career with a company that has a singular vision,” says Robertson. “HARBOR has redefined how post-production services should be offered and is constantly growing. We can now offer our world-leading creative talent in three of the largest production centres in the world.” Spearheading the UK, James Corless, commercial director, and Thom Berryman, operations director, joined HARBOR earlier this year, following distinguished careers with Pinewood Studios. THE TECHNICAL HARBOR has created bricks and mortar in the most prominent production hubs: New
BELOW Vice- president of picture post, Marcus Alexander, and senior colourist head of dailies, Darren Rae
the opportunity to collaborate seamlessly with post-production artists at the onset of production. The LA post-production studio reflects the quality of its talent. It has all your mod- cons, including an open, airy kitchen and lounge, plus five grading theatres for feature film, episodic and commercial productions, offering private connectivity to HARBOR NY and HARBOR UK, with real-time colour- grading sessions, VFX reviews and options to conform and final delivery in any location. Completing the footprint, HARBOR’s new UK operations, based out of London and Windsor, offers in-lab and near-set dailies services, along with its VFX pulls and delivery system, ANCHOR. Support, flexibility and innovation are watchwords in the HARBOR mission as it deploys a fleet of editorial and mobile dailies systems globally. The company can support projects editing near-set or production bases, as well as providing on- site install and support, and implementation of content security requirements. THE FUTURE “The sheer scale of demand for premium content creation is mandating really intuitive automation for appropriate post- production processes” explains Tucker. “There are literally not enough people and expertise to achieve it all at a high level and meet the turnaround if you don’t automate,
York, Los Angeles and the UK. “HARBOR’s mission to provide bespoke craft artistry at scale led us to expand from New York to LA and London, so we can support filmmakers wherever they need us across the globe,” says CEO, Zak Tucker. The New York campus is home to live action, dailies, creative and offline editorial, design, animation, VFX, conform, sound and picture finishing, offering filmmakers
ABOVE Dailies producer, Opal Fleischmann, and colour assist, Frederick Agyemang
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