Twickenham Film Studios, London, has named Jack Watts head of technology and standards. Managing director Cara Sheppard made the announcement. Watts’ hiring follows the appointment of Tomasz Witkowski as director of technology & engineering and head of picture Stuart Bryce.
Sheppard said, “Tom Witkowski and I, have known Jack for many years and have collaborated closely with him previously on several occasions. His technical expertise and industry pedigree means he is so well respected worldwide. We are so thrilled that he is so passionate about what we are doing here at TFS, that he wanted to come and join our team to really help grow our technical offering and streamline our site-wide workflow solutions. The addition of Jack alongside Tom will allow the studios to completely rethink and fully evolve our technical architecture and create innovative solutions for all productions. Jack will be overseeing and developing a next-level pipeline and creating bespoke technical services for all clients who work with us.”
Watts brings more than 15 years of experience evolving and developing production and post workflows and processes. He joins having most recently been a solutions architect through his own consultancy company, Trench Digital, where he provided media technology focused strategic services to a worldwide client base, as well as having headed up technology and development at Deluxe. Prior to that he was technical and development manager at Technicolor Digital Cinema.
Watts said, “Twickenham Film Studios is taking a refreshing approach in transforming their current service lines to a highly efficient refactored production and post-production business. I look forward to working alongside this highly regarded team and building a modern-day production and post-production pipeline and developing a next-level client experience.”