The main quality of Imaks was 77

David Keighley, ImowsThe first main quality officer, died after the battle with Cancer 28. August. He was 77 years old.

“We respect the life and legacy of David Keiglei, the true pioneer of the film presentation and one of the most of the IMAKS iconic votes,” said the company in the statement. “For decades, he served as our first main quality officer and monitor post-production on more than 500 imax movies.”

Keiglei worked in the role of more than 15 years. He worked and collaborated with various film nuts in the industry, such as Christopher Nolan, Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron and more. The last project of Keightley on IMAKS overseed Nolan’s “Odyssey”, set to break free in Theaters 17. July 2026. years.

“No one could record or take a movie about any format, if not for David Keighley, our whole industry owes him a huge debt,” Nolan said in the statement. “While broke my heart to know that we won’t finish” Odyssey “together, I take comfort in knowledge that he personally monitored the processing and printing of everything we shot.”

“I remember so alive with David on many projects, starting 25 years ago when I started exploring digitally 3D with the imaca,” Cameron said. “He was a strong ally and a true believer in creating end experience in the cinema of the audience worldwide.”

Starting with career 1972. year with his wife and business partner, Pair founded Productions of David Keightley, a post-production company with a focus in a large format. Later that year, the Duo directed “Caught the Sun,” starting their decades – a long partnership with the imom.

1988, David Keighley production 70 mm gained imax, where Keighley monitored more printers of Imax film and approved them in person.

Keighley has previously received the inaugurally special achievement of the theater organization of the screen in film reward in films, where he was honored with his wife with unresolved screen reached. He served as a member of the Academy of Film Pictures and Science and the American Society of Cinemathograph, the SMPTE life associate, where the previous recipient of Gorbert T. Kalmus Gold Medals for an extraordinary achievement in the color of the film image.

Keighley survived his wife, her three children Geoff, Chris and Jennifer and two grandchildren, alone and Eli.