The Colorist Society's board is responsible for setting the organization’s mission, strategy, and goals, and ensuring that the organization operates in compliance with legal and ethical standards. The board of directors is also responsible for ensuring the organization’s financial stability. |
| Kevin Shaw, CSI is a highly respected colorist, consultant, and instructor, bringing nearly four decades of expertise in color grading for films, TV, commercials, and music videos. As the president of the Colorist Society and a co-founder of the International Colorist Academy (iColorist), Kevin's passion and knowledge have profoundly influenced the industry. |
| Sarah Preistnall's experience in post-production spans many years, working for both post facilities and manufacturers and pioneering new technologies for visual effects, on-set capture and finishing. She is passionate about the confluence of technology and movie making. She served as VP Market Development at Codex for seven years, where she evangelized the use of RAW workflows as digital acquisition became the norm, working closely with cinematographers, DITs and post facilities. This led to her becoming an associate member of the ASC. Previously, she was VP Operations at Hollywood Intermediate, a boutique DI facility, building on the pioneering work she did at Cinesite, building and managing the team that worked on O Brother, Where Art Thou? for the Coen Brothers and Roger Deakins, ASC BSC, recognized to be one of the first digital intermediates. In the 1990's, she was Product Manager for the Academy Award winning Cineon compositing software. Most recently she worked at Avid, as the Director of Product Management for Media Composer. |
Sarah Priestnall  Hugh Heinsohn | Hugh Heinsohn has over 40 years of experience managing various businesses and working in large enterprises. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Independent Learning from Indiana University and lives in the Chicago area. |
| Mark Todd Osborne, CSI, is a Los Angeles-based senior colorist for features, television episodic, commercials, music videos, and branded content. Recent work includes: 'Mountain Queen’ (Netflix)', 'The Honorable Shyne’' (Disney/Hulu), ‘Dead Sea’ (Hulu), 'Trafficked S5 & 'The Act' (Hulu) and Numerous Feature Films such as 'It Follows' (Radius), 'Scrambled' (Lionsgate), 'Supercell' (Saban) 'Beyond Skyline' (Lionsgate) and 'Need for Speed' (Disney/Dreamworks), plus commercial campaigns for DirecTV, Apple Fitness+, Toyota, Kia, PrizePicks, Wienerschnitzel, LG, Coca-Cola, Audi, BMW, Target, & XBOX. Mark’s meticulous eye and strong visual sense of taste and style, make him a stand out Color Artist. Mark is known as a “Premium” Colorist and has strong relationships with several Post Facilities in the Los Angeles area and abroad. In 2015, he created his own Post Finishing company MTO Color Inc. to deliver top-shelf color to many independent feature films that have gone on to win accolades at various film festivals and seen worldwide in theatres and streaming services. MTO Color provides grading & post finishing services for television & commercial branded content. |
| Jason Bowdach is a professional colorist and finishing artist based in Los Angeles, California. His credits span feature films, broadcast television, and premium streaming platforms, with clients including Adobe, Amazon, Google, Netflix, Hyundai, Fox, and Disney. In 2019, he founded PixelTools, a company dedicated to enhancing the filmmaking process through artist-focused color grading tools and training. Outside his grading and development work, Jason is a recognized thought leader in the field. He hosts the Color & Coffee podcast, where he explores the craft with industry-leading artists; he provides training as a certified Blackmagic Design trainer for companies such as Mixing Light, Lowepost, and TAC Resolve; and he consults for colorists and post-production studios worldwide. Jason is also a proud member of the Colorist Society Hollywood, a professional organization representing colorists globally. |
