Harbor expands US operations and launches in UK
Post innovator grows tech and talent pool to support filmmakers across the globe.
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Since its 2012 foundation in New York, Harbor has been quietly disrupting the old, fragmented approach to filmmaking, consolidating production and post-production under one roof to provide an elevated creative experience.
After establishing a reputation for its award-winning talent, service excellence, technical innovation and collaborative culture, Harbor has expanded its facilities to Los Angeles and London, announced CEO Zak Tucker.
Industry veteran Russ Robertson joins Harbor's new Los Angeles operation as EVP of Sales, Features & Episodic, after a 20-year career with Deluxe and Panavision. James Corless, Commercial Director, and Thom Berryman, Operations Director, will spearhead Harbor’s new UK presence, following distinguished careers with Pinewood Studios, supporting clients such as Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Marvel and Lucasfilm.
Harbor’s award-winning, LA-based talent pool includes color-grading from the world-renowned Yvan Lucas, who has over 200 major credits to his name, as well as rising stars Elodie Ichter, Katie Jordan and Billy Hobson. Some of the team’s projects highlights include Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Irishman, The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, Maleficent, The Wolf of Wall Street, Snow White and the Huntsman and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Paul O’Shea, formerly of MPC Los Angeles, heads up the visual effects teams, tapping lead CG artist Yuichiro “Yama” Yamashita for 3D out of Harbor’s Santa Monica facility and 2D Creative Director Q Choi out of Harbor’s New York office. VFX artists’ brand clients include Nike, McDonalds, Coke, Adidas, Samsung, GM, LG, Sony, Toyota, Honda, Expedia, Amazon, Volvo, Enterprise, Facebook, Dolby, Red Bull, and Fresh Direct, to name just a few.
Harbor’s modern, state-of-the-art Los Angeles studio supports five grading theaters for feature film, episodic and commercial productions, offering private connectivity to Harbor NY and Harbor UK, with real-time color-grading sessions, VFX reviews and options to conform and final deliver in any location.
The new UK operation, based out of London and Windsor, will offer in-lab and near-set dailies services along with robust and automated VFX pulls and delivery system, ANCHOR™, as well as drawing from Harbor’s US talent pool, that is now available to the global film, episodic and commercials markets.
The New York operation has also grown its talent roster and Soho footprint to six locations, with a recently-expanded offering for creative advertising. Veteran artists on the commercial team include editors Bruce Ashley and Paul Kelly, VFX supervisor Andrew Granelli, colorist Adrian Seery, and sound mixers Mark Turrigiano and Steve Perski.
Harbor’s feature and episodic offering continues to expand, making its NY-based artists, such as senior colorists Joe Gawler and Roman Hankewycz, available in Los Angeles and London. Harbor’s New York campus is home to live-action, dailies, creative and offline editorial with over 80 edit suites, design, animation, VFX, conform, sound and picture finishing, offering filmmakers the opportunity to collaborate seamlessly with post-production artists at the onset of production.
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Commenting on the recent expansion, CEO Zak Tucker said:
“Harbor’s mission to provide bespoke craft artistry at scale led us to expand from New York to LA and London, so we can support filmmakers wherever they need us across the globe. Our new LA and London operations are helmed by industry leaders who provide a high-touch, fast-response and personalized service, which distinguishes HARBOR from its competitors. We’ve invested heavily in our pool of creative talent, as well as engineering, technical innovation and production staff. Our philosophy is: to be creative is to be human, so we want to protect, respect and support the artistic vision of everyone we work alongside.”
On joining Harbor at this exciting time of growth, Russ Robertson said, “I am so happy to continue my career with a company that has a singular vision. Harbor has redefined how post-production services should be offered and is constantly growing. With the expansion to Santa Monica and London, we can now offer our world-leading creative talent in three of the largest production centers in the world.”
James Corless added, “Harbor presents such an exciting opportunity. What they’ve achieved in New York and now Los Angeles, is testament to their approach, talent and ethos, and that offers so much potential for a new facility in London, and I believe it’s one clients will embrace.”
