After a year working as sr. colorist at Technicolor-SFG in Shanghai, Lynette Duensing has returned stateside, joining Cinelicious, the shop founded by Paul Korver. Plans call for her to be based in Cinelicious’ Santa Monica facility for spot projects while lending her signature eye for grading to long-form fare via Cinelicious Hollywood.
During her stint in Shanghai, Duensing gained an international perspective, collaborating with directors and agencies from around the world. While in China, she contributed to commercials and branded project for Chrysler, Fiat, Infiniti, Land Rover, Buick, Ikea, L’Oreal, Nike, Coca-Cola, Sprite, HTC, Motorola, HP, Minute Maid, Kraft Foods, Johnnie Walker and McDonalds.
Prior to going abroad, Duensing was based in L.A. and worked under her own banner, Byte My Color. Earlier she served as the longtime senior colorist at The Filmworkers Club in Chicago. Her credits span such clients as Chevrolet, Procter & Gamble, Nike, Nintendo, XBOX, McDonalds, KFC, Budweiser, MillerCoors, Coca-Cola, Sprite, Kraft Foods, and Wrigley, as well as Super Bowl spots for Bud Light, Frito Lay, Toyota, Bayer and Go Daddy.
During previous runs as colorist for both Digital Magic and The Post Group in Los Angeles, Duensing worked on advertising campaigns as well as such popular TV episodics and features as Star Trek, Dracula, Clear and Present Danger, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The New Adventures of Superman, Tiny Toons, Ren and Stimpy, and The Simpsons. She also lent her talent to music videos for such bands and artists as Nirvana, R. Kelly/Kid Rock/Ludacris, The Offspring, Ozzy Osborne, Tracy Chapman, Metallica, John Lee Hooker, and Melissa Etheridge.
Kamala Harris Receives Chairman’s Prize At NAACP Image Awards
Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night with a sobering message, calling the civil rights organization a pillar of the Black community and urging people to stay resilient and hold onto their faith during the tenure of President Donald Trump.
"While we have no illusions about what we are up against in this chapter in our American story, this chapter will be written not simply by whoever occupies the oval office nor by the wealthiest among us," Harris said after receiving the NAACP's Chairman's Award. "The American story will be written by you. Written by us. By we the people."
The 56th annual Image Awards was held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in the Los Angeles area.
Harris, defeated by Trump in last year's presidential election, was the first woman and the first person of color to serve as vice president. She had previously been a U.S. senator from California and the state's attorney general.
In her first major public appearance since leaving office, Harris did not reference her election loss or Trump's actions since entering the Oval Office, although Trump mocked her earlier in the day at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Harris spoke about eternal vigilance, the price of liberty, staying alert, seeking the truth and America's future.
"Some see the flames on our horizons, the rising waters in our cities, the shadows gathering over our democracy and ask 'What do we do now?'" Harris said. "But we know exactly what to do, because we have done it before. And we will do it again. We use our power. We organize, mobilize. We educate. We advocate. Our power has never come from having an easy path."
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