HD EXPO Panelists/Moderators

Jeffrey Cree, HDVS Market Development Manager,Band Pro Film and Digital Inc.

With more than 35 years in the Film and Television Industry Jeff brings to his position as a Market Development Manager for HDVS Systems, the unusual combination of a film production and electronics engineering background.  This multiple Emmy Award winning Video Recordist/Cameraman completed 17 years with the ABC Television Network, as a member of the engineering unit prior to moving to Sony Electronics. Jeff worked primarily with the product marketing and management groups of Sony with his primary focus being with Acquisition Systems.  Since joining Band Pro in January of 2003 Jeff has continued to provide input to the product development groups at Sony and other manufactures on current and upcoming high definition products.  Most of all, Jeff has become a resource to the growing High Definition Production Market.

Jeff has worked extensively in the Natural History market working on projects and consulting to projects for National Geographic, Discovery Channel, NHK and the BBC.  In recent years Jeff has spent much of his time as liaison to TV episodic productions and feature films assisting them in the transition to HDVS production. Projects include productions by notable directors Robert Altman, James Cameron, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Rodriguez, Robert Redford, Michael Mann, the Wachowski brothers and George Lucas.

In an attempt to remove the mysteries of the video camera Jeff has used his foundation in film and video as a basis for the teaching of Advance Video Techniques and Electronic Cinematography at various educational facilities across the country.  Teaching classes and seminars at AFI, USC Film School, Sundance Institute, and the Santa Fe Workshops as well speaking to both film and television industry groups Jeff has dedicated much of the past 19 years removing the mysteries of the High Definition System.