“David Keighley, The First Chief Quality Officer for Imax and A veteran of the large-format cinema platform for more than 50 years, has died. He was 77. Keighley Dieded Thursday at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York AFTER A BATTLE WITH NEurondocrine Prostate Cancer, His Son Geoff Keighley Told The Holly. Durying”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Keighley Died Thursday at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York After A Battle with Neurondocrine Prostate Cancer, His Son Geoff Keighley Told The Hollywood Reporter.
Durying his Career, Keighley Helped Imax Migrate from Showing Mainly Institutional Movies to Digitally Reformatting Hollywood Titles for The Local Multiplex and Fanboy Audrences.
“David Was as Close to the Human Embodiment of IMAX as there have been as Been, Releentless in His Drive to Deliver Awe-Inspiring Images to Audiences AUDE. “HE WAS INCREDIBLY ENERGIZED AND PROOUD OF HIS WORK ON THE UPCOMING [Christopher Nolan adaptation of] The OdysseyCompleting His Review of the Dailies Just Days Before His Death in a Bittersweet Butting Fitting Capstone to A Remarkable Career. ”
The Toronto Native Oversaw Postproduction on More than 500 IMAX Films, from Hollywood Tentpoles to Pioneering Nature Documentaries. His Career in The Giant-Screen Industry Started in 1972 WHEN HE AND HIS WIFE AND BUSINESS Partner, Patricia, Founded the Large-Format PostPRODUCTUATION North of Superior.
Also that year, the Keighleys Co-Directed the Imax Film Catch The Sun and Went on Work on Evely Imax Release to Follow, With No IMAX Film Print Leaving the Lab with David’s Inspection. In 1988, The Keighleys’ Company washaxa of Imax as the Couple Formally Joined the Company.
For the past 15 years, Keighley Served as Imax’s First Chief Quality Officer, Working Alongside Hollywood Directors Who IncreASINGLY EMBRERED IMAX PROPRAYTYTYTYTYTYTIAS Promise of Visual and Sound Quality.
“David Keighley Was My Friend and Imax Mentor for Over 20 Years,“ Nolan Said in A Statement. “His Expertise and Collaborative Spirit Put IMAX Cameras Into My Hands for The First Time and Orated Hollywood’s Eyes to the Power of the Format, Starting with The Dark Knight. ”
Three Weeks Ago, Keighley Completed Work Review Dailies For The Odysseywhich will be the first theatric release every shot Entirely with Imax Cameras. Nolan Also Praized Keighley for Alerting Filmmakers and Major Studios to the Existential Threat Faced by The Traditional Film Medium in the Face of Digital Production.
“No Filmmaker would be able to short or screen film of any format today if not for david Keighley – Our Entire Industry OWES HIM A MASSIVE DEBT,” HE ADIDED. “The Last Film HE COMPLETED WORK ON WAS RYAN COOGLER’S Sinnersand while it breaks my heart to KNOW that we will not be Finishing The Odyssey Together, I Take Comfort Knowing That HE PERSONALLY SUPERVISED THE PROCESSING AND PRINING OF ENERTHING WE SHOT. ”
Sinners Director Coogler Was introduced to Keighley by Nolan. “IT WAS CLEAR FROM THAT CONVERSATION THAT DAVID MEANT TO CHRIS,” COOGLER RECALLED IN HIS OWN STATEMENT. “IMMEDIATELY SPOKE WITH OUR DP AUTUMN ARKAPAW AND DISCOVED THAT DAVID HAD ALREADY BEEN REVIEWING EVERY FRAME OF OUR Test Footage and Had Been Been Been Wweed Reports Evened Report GreenLit.
“I’ll Miss Our Talks About of the Science of Film Exposure As Well As Hearing His Stories About Falling in Love With The Format as a Young Manada in Canada. I’lll Miss His Tours. Control Reviews. HE INTENDED. ”
James Cameron, Whose Avatar Sci-Fi Epic Franchise Has Played Big on Imax Screens Over The Years, Said of Keighley: “I REMEMBER SO VIVIDLY WORKING CLOSELY WITH DAVID ON Many Projects, Starting Over 25 Years Ago When I Started Exploring Digital 3D for Imax For Audiens Around the World.
Denis Villeneuve, Whose UpComing Dune 3 TentPole Used Imax Cameras, ALSO LAUDED KEIGHLEY for ENSURING The BEST VISAL AND SOUND QUALITY ON THE GIANT SCREEN: “Some people are irreplaceable. “Cinema is Mourning One of Its Most Brilliant Technical Masters.”
Keichley was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (and A Participant in Its Science and Technology Awards Committe) Giant Screen Theater Association’s Inaugural Special Achievement in Film Award.
In addition to his wife and Son geoff, Keighley is survied by the Two Other Children, Chris and Jennifer, and Their Grandchildren, Sam and Elia.