Author: Paul Harrison

Paul Harrison is widely recognised as one of the world's top and most decorated colourists, a position he's earned through decades of exceptional work. Consistently ranked among the top three finishing artists in the UK throughout his career, Paul has frequently topped the Televisual Best Colourist polls and is a multiple winner of the prestigious BTAA Award for Best Colourist. With 27 years of colour grading experience Paul has spent much of his career specialising in grading commercials building relationships with huge global brands including Gucci, Levis, BMW, Dior, Stella Artois, Mercedes Nike and Adidas. On launching Residence Pictures Paul renewed his focus on grading premium episodics and features. He reignited his successful collaboration with Shane Meadows on The Gallows Pole for which he later won both an RTS Award for Picture Enhancement and a Broadcast Tech Innovation Award for Excellence in Grading. His outstanding reputation has seen him cultivate strong relationships with leading directors and cinematographers, including MJ Delaney, Guy Ritchie, Danny Cohen, Matt Gray and Ed Rutherford solidifying his standing as one of the most sought-after colourists in the industry.

How to work with colour to give your film the “feature finish”

Colour Timer, Telecine Operator, Telecine Artist and now Colourist, we’ve been called many things. The evolution in grading and camera technology has meant the role of the Colourist has had to evolve too. Colour timing was the analogue process for adjusting colour on physical film by adjusting the amounts of red, green and blue light […]

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