Executive Vice President, Advanced Technology
Sony Pictures Technologies
George Joblove is Executive Vice President of Advanced Technology for Sony Pictures Technologies, a department of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) based in Culver City, California. In this role, Joblove works closely with the studio’s President of Technology, Chris Cookson, to manage digital aspects of the motion-picture, television, and online entertainment content business including production, post production, and distribution infrastructure, as well as 3-D and 4K film-making.
Prior to taking his current position, Joblove was Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Sony Pictures Imageworks, one of the foremost producers of visual effects and digital character animation for feature motion pictures. He guided the development and use of digital-imaging technology, and oversaw all aspects of the technical infrastructure for the unit. Imageworks’ many projects during his tenure included such films as the Spider-Man movies, The Polar Express, I Am Legend, and the Sony Pictures Animation movies Open Season and Surf’s Up.
Joblove has been directly involved in digital imaging for the entertainment industry since 1978. He came to Sony Pictures in 1998 from Warner Bros., where he was director of technology for the studio’s visual-effects facility. Previous affiliations include Industrial Light & Magic, where he was a founder and manager of its Computer Graphics Department, which pioneered digital manipulation of live-action motion-picture film at theatric resolution for visual effects; in his nine years at ILM his credits included Young Sherlock Holmes, Empire of the Sun, Willow, The Abyss, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Joblove holds a Bachelor of Science degree, cum laude, in computer science, and a Master of Science in computer graphics, both from Cornell University. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy Science and Technology Council, the Visual Effects Society, and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers. He was honored in 1994 with a Scientific and Engineering Academy Award for his work on digital motion-picture manipulation.
