David Roth Weiss
COW member since April 16th 2001 from Los Angeles, Movie Capital of the World
David Roth Weiss is an independent producer, director, editor, and a leading industry consultant based in Los Angeles. He is a veteran of the motion picture and television industry with a broad range of creative and technical expertise and experience that includes film and television, documentaries, and corporate communications.
David’s professional credits include feature films, commercials, broadcast documentaries, network sports and promos, medical videos, and reality TV series. His award-winning documentary films have aired on National Geographic Explorer, Discovery, PBS, and the BBC. In 1983 he founded David Weiss Productions, Inc., which is still going strong today, specializing in High Definition post-production and complete film and video creative services on historical, political, and environmental documentaries; corporate communications; as well as technology-related consulting and problem solving.
David produced, directed, and shot the 1987 oceanographic documentary, An Incidental Kill, which received the prestigious Genesis Award from The Fund For Animals and also won Best Professional Film at the International Wildlife Film Festival in Montana. An Incidental Kill was also one of the first films featured on Discovery's Shark Week, and scenes from the film can be seen on permanent display at Disney's Epcot Center, Seaworld, and Marineland.
David's favorite recent project is RUSH TO WAR, a feature-length documentary he edited, about the war in Iraq and the history of American foreign policy.
David's passions are historical, political, and environmental documentaries; true crime; his dogs Willie and Augie; and, of course, his golf game. David plays golf to a 5-handicap, so consider yourself warned.
System Details: FCS 2
MAC G5 2.3ghz, 5.5mb RAM
AJA Kona LH
Panasonic TH42PHUK HD Pro Plasma
Sony PVM20M2U Broadcast Monitor
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Discreet Edit 6.0/Targa DTX-- dual 1ghz IBM Intellistation
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AutoDesk Combustion 4 MAC & WINDOWS
Hobbies and Interests: Golf - 5-handicap
My dogs Willie and Augie Doggie
Comments and Things Worth Noting: Why is it that bills always come on time, but payments are always late???
Re: I can't launch FCP by David Roth Weiss on Jun 22, 2008 at 6:33:47 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro basics Forum [Victoria Murphy] "Upon closer reading of the Disc Utility instruction, it says that if I want to repair my startup disk I have to start up from the Install disc. But that's not what I am doing, I...
Re: how to write a show proposal / treatemnt / pitch by David Roth Weiss on Jun 6, 2008 at 6:40:12 am in the Business & Marketing Forum Good Luck!!!
You know where to find me when you're ready to get production and post underway...
David
"No job is worth doing more than once..."
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Post-production Supervisor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles...
Re: how to write a show proposal / treatemnt / pitch by David Roth Weiss on Jun 6, 2008 at 6:26:17 am in the Business & Marketing Forum Phil,
Submitting a full-blown proposal will immediately ID you as a beginner and it will usually be filed in the rubbish bin.
First, write what is known as a "two-pager." The two-pager is the standard until you make it up the development...
Apple may hate me after this, but... by David Roth Weiss on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:29:42 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Applecare really is worth its weight in gold. Here's why...
I didn't know it, but buying an Applecare policy on your MAC actually entitles owners to on-site repairs.
In my case, my 2.5 year old G5 suddenly began suffering intermittent crashes...
Re: projection quality -- direct DVI vs DVD by David Roth Weiss on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum [harry cheng] "To ensure quality, one idea I had was to export an uncompressed self-contained quicktime movie and run it DVI to the projector from my laptop. To my surprise, the video looked worse than the DVD."
Harry,
Its...
Re: Concert film, surround sound design by David Roth Weiss on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Jay,
Here's the deal, let me make it simple...
Your mix facility is delivering six discreet mono tracks which comprise the surround mix for your concert sequences. I'm sure they'll be just great, and you just need to trust them anyway,...