Chesapeake Systems, the workflow solutions architects for advanced media technology systems, has named Nick Gold to the newly created role of lead technologist. With a focus on identifying, engaging with, and evaluating new technology and vendor partner options in the marketplace, Gold is responsible for developing evolving product and service offerings for Chesapeake. He will also provide senior oversight of R&D efforts for the company.
Part of the Chesapeake team since 2004, Gold will continue to work with both clients and industry partners, developing a deep understanding of their technological and operational needs and capabilities. His new position underscores Chesapeake’s mission of engagement and partnership with clients, concentrating on analyzing the industry, anticipating future needs and challenges and identifying progressive solutions for Chesapeake’s clients’ needs.
Gold has long been focused on pioneering asset management solutions that enable creative teams and drive efficiencies in media operations. Over the years, working closely with companies that focus on the production of compelling media as their central activity, Gold has helped devise video-centric workflows for short-term production activities and long-term archive in a number of major media companies.
Jason Paquin, CEO of Chesapeake Systems, said, “As the demands for advanced technological solutions become more challenging for Chesapeake’s clients, we saw a need for expert evaluation and analysis of options. Nick has worked closely with our customers and technology vendors for many years, and brings an uncommon ability to understand the needs of clients and the technologies available to them. We saw an incredible opportunity to put his strengths to work for our customers.”
Active in both the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) and the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA), Gold speaks frequently at industry events. He will continue to be based in the Baltimore headquarters of Chesapeake Systems, which also has offices in New York and Los Angeles.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More