John Quartel, formerly of FilmLight, has been named technical director at Company 3's London location, reporting to Director of Operations Claire McGrane.

Quartel's duties will involve working on Company 3's color pipeline, including dailies, editorial, VFX and post-production.

"We are very pleased that John is joining us at Company 3," said McGrane in a prepared statement. "He brings with him an extremely high level of expertise in color science and in its practical applications in our industry."

Quartel received a Scientific and Technical Academy Award in 2010 for his work on the development of FilmLight's Northlight film scanner.

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