The Los Angeles 3-D Club (SCSC) Movie Division is pleased to announce the winners of The 7th Annual LA 3-D Movie Festival. The Festival’s mission is to showcase the best independent stereoscopic 3-D filmmaking from around the world. The Festival took place on May 15th, 2010, at the Downtown Independent Theater in Los Angeles. Winners will receive LA 3-D Club “Ro-Man” trophies, and a selection of Stereoscopic books from authors Ray Zone, Barry Rothstein, and Bernard Mendiburu.
FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS:
AUDIENCE AWARD AND JURY FIRST PLACE
Fractal Odyssey
by John Hart and Jerry Oldaker
3D Motion Art. Mandelbrots, Fractal Flames, and IFS Fractals are featured in this artistic study of the eveolution of fractals transforming and morphing under slow parametric variations
John Hart is a stereo photographer and filmmaker from Boulder, Colorado. He took up 3D in 1998, after pursuing normal (2D) nature and wildlife photography for almost 30 years. His primary photographic subjects are rock climbing, canyoneering, and whitewater kayaking, along with an emphasis on stereoscopic visualizations of scientific phenomena like high-speed ballistics, liquid drop collisions, and fractals. His images have been published in magazines such as Adventure Sports, Outside, American Canyoneering, and on the covers of such journals as Science, Microscopy Today, and Stereo World. www.crystalcanyons.net
Jerry Oldaker is a stereo artist from Eugene, Oregon. His artistic goal is to create visually exciting fractal compositions using fantasies of form and color. His work has been shown at the 3D Center for Art and Photography, The Oregon Historical Society, and he won the Best Stereo Artist award at the NSA Grand Rapids Convention in 2008. His two collaborations with John Hart, Fractal Fantasy and Fractal Odyssey, have won several awards including Best of Show at National Stereoscopic Association conventions. www.gostereoartist.com
JURY SECOND PLACE
MICROWORLDS
by Greg Passmore
MicroWorlds is a live-action 3D educational science film that explores the world of life that goes on, unseen, all around us. From the earthworms in our backyards to the alien beauty of a garden snail, MicroWorlds examines the patterns, cycles, and daily rituals that are repeated on every scale, both in nature and in the lives of all creatures. Examined closely, nature reveals these patterns through the hands of time, the rotation of our planet and the flora and fauna that surround us.
Greg Passmore has a 30 year career in technology innovation and creative
imaging. His firm, PassmoreLab, has about 75 employees in three countries
performing software development, 3D conversion and live action filmmaking. With an academic background in math and software development, Mr. Passmore also has a creative side– he is an accomplished photographer, with his fashion photography work appearing in Vogue, Cosmo, Wired, textbooks, numerous photography books and exhibitions. Now, running film crews, software teams and a state of the art conversion lab, his firm, PassmoreLab, is growing over 100% per year in revenues and production capacity. www.passmorelab.com
JURY THIRD PLACE
Spinteck 3-D Shorts
by Nat Bartholomew
A 4 minute bicycle freeride segment in Utah, followed by 3 minutes of “My Best Stuff!”
Nat Bartholomew was born 1971 in the Philadelphia suburb of Pottstown PA.
Was a pro downhill mountain biker during college 1993-1995. B.S. degree in Biology and B.S.E. degree in secondary education. Started filming action sports in 2004. Fell in love with 3D in 2007. Produced, filmed, and edited Truth and Beauty, the first 3D freeride/downhill mountain bike movie. Working on another project at my own artsy pace, for now know as M.E.S.C and applying 3D to my home movies. Equipment, too embarrassed to tell. Proud father of 3, all under the age of 4 1/2 
www.spinteck.com.
Thank you to all of the filmmakers who made this year’s festival possible!