Howard Phillips

BIO Howard has been involved in film and video work for over 20 years. His first venture was a business specializing in corporate and music video productions, earning a slot on MTV’s Basement Tapes with his production of Fools for Fashion by The Talk. In 1988, after working as a freelance cameraperson in the US and in Europe, he moved to Boston and founded The Edit House, Avid’s first dedicated 24fps beta site which provided film editorial and postproduction services to over 80 feature films. Over an eight-year period, Howard made significant contributions to Avid’s Film Composer quality assurance team and was invited to share in Avid’s second Technical Oscar® (SciTech Award) in 1998. Howard currently teaches and provides testing/ consulting services to companies such as Aaton, Arriflex, Avid and Panasonic. He studied film and television at Montana State University and is fluent in French. Recent projects include assistant editing, camera and translation for the Jon Fauer ASC’s Cinematographer Style, and postproduction manager on independent and CDIA film and digital video projects.

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First Annual Boston SuperMeet

June 10, 2010 We're pleased to present the First Annual Boston SuperMeet on Friday, June 25th in John Hancock Hall at the Back Bay Events Center in Boston MA. Join us for what will be largest gathering of FCP, Avid & Adobe editors, HD-DSLR & digital filmmakers, content creators & Gurus on the East Coast in 2010! Get out of the house & your production offices to mingle with Boston's production & post community, get seen by showing your stu Read On...

Community Outreach

CDIA's Haiti Relief Concert in Waltham

February 24, 2010 Back in January, Kellee Webb in Admissions first proposed the idea of a Benefit Concert for Haïti to help support the relief efforts there. Being an accomplished musician herself, Kellee is very in tune with the many musicians who work at CDIA, and her suggestion was met with immediate enthusiasm from everyone here in Waltham. Musicians Federico Muchnik from the Film Dept, John Beaudette, Equipment Room Manager, and Jesse Hayes in Educa Read On...

Digital Filmmaking

Avid and Final Cut Suite Demo Recap

October 9, 2009 The Avid and Final Cut Suite Demo was a big hit and was attended by a wide range of interested parties. From recent CDiA graduates to working production professionals, over fifty people learned how recent upgrades from Apple will enhance any editor's abilities, regardless of their editing platform. Image by Shawn Read Starting with a sequence shot on P2 and edited on an Avid Media Composer, I imported and opened the sequence in Final Cut Pro Read On...