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John A. Rupkalvis ...

John A. Rupkalvis is a pioneer in Stereo 3-D productions, and a “mentor” for many new stereographers that are leading the current digital 3-D cinema era.

He has being a stereoscopic consultant for many 3-D movie productions.

He also has built many 3-D “rigs”, with film and video cameras during his extensive 55 years career as stereographer.

EDUCATION:

University of Minnesota B.A. Degree U.S.C. (University of Southern California), Cinema Dept., Certificate Winona School of Professional Photography, P.P.A. Certificate Control Data Institute, Computer Technology, Certificate Bell & Howell School of Professional Cinematography, Certificate

 CHRONOLOGY:

1956-1958: On commission, designed three multimedia auditoriums which were built by the University of Minnesota. These employed several innovative features, including stereoscopic projection and six channel surround sound systems, which made use of his special acoustical design that compensated for audience size from 1 to 600 people.

1958-1960: Designed and built stereoscopic still photography systems and video projection systems. Conducted experiments with live audiences on the effects of varying screen size and distances on the perception of stereoscopic images; and the relationship of acoustics and audio tracking to stereoscopic parallax retention.

1960-1964: Photographic Engineering for Pako Corporation, including first fail safe system for tricolor developer exposure lamps in Kodachrome processor. Patent was later licensed by Pako to Eastman Kodak.

1964-1972: Senior Photographer and Photo Systems Technologist for the James Ford Bell Research Laboratory. Designed and operated photo studio and lab; considerable scientific analytical stereoscopic photography and cinematography. Several awards for artistic as well as technical accomplishments, by the Minnesota Commercial Industrial Photographers Association (MCIPA) and the Professional Photographers of America (PPA). One of several projects included stereoscopic projection to an audience inside a 70 ft. diameter inflated sphere.

1972-present: Founded StereoScope International, developing an extensive clientele for stereoscopic acquisition and display in film, video, publications, special effects, CGI, simulation, virtual reality, robot vision, telemetry, and other areas. Represented: polarized, anagyphic, Pulfrich, PLZT(Liquid Crystal), time parallax, temporal, prismatic, pellicle, reflex stereogram, free vision, lenticular, random dot, holographic, and nearly all other stereoscopic and auto-stereoscopic systems.

One of the first projects was an interactive 3-D projection television virtual reality system built for the University of Minnesota in 1972. Six years later, he did the only optical correction of the Viking Mars Lander telemetry for geometrically corrected stereoscopic images. During this time, he was stereoscopic consultant for the first Imax 3-D tests.

Research in bluescreen, greenscreen, sodium, front and rear projection systems led to the development of several special effects systems, including the Gallery front projector developed for Nord Photo Engineering, and the first (and so far, only) stereoscopic front projection system.

The StereoScope special effects cinematography system (35mm & 70mm), the StereoScope television systems, the StereoScope animation and title production system, as well as several proprietary systems were all designed and developed.

He designed and constructed special 3-D television viewing systems for Alpha Productions, 3-D ImageTek, Wong, and others. He worked with Chris Condon in the design and engineering of the largest single film 3-D motion picture format in existence at that time: the over-and-under 10-perf pulldown 65mm camera.

1978-present: Co-founded StereoMed, Inc., designed and developed several stereoscopic medical systems, including the StereoMed camera, currently in use in several hospitals and clinics, the StereoMed View-Master reels, and the StereoMed FDA approved stereoscopic remote diagnosis system, which has been written up in several prestigious medical journals.

 SCREEN CREDITS

35mm 3-D Motion Pictures

METAL STORM: Stereoscopic Consultant, 3-D Special Effects, Rotoscope Supervisor; Universal Pictures feature, StereoVision and StereoScope 3-D. Acclaimed by film critics as the best of the 3-D films with the best 3-D special effects.

PAMPLONA 3-D:Stereoscopic Consultant; StereoVision special venue 3-D film shot in Spain for Expo '92.

PATHÉ BÉBÉ:Stereoscopic Consultant; StereoVision feature shot in France

ROCK'N'ROLL HOTEL:Stereoscopic Consultant, Camera Operator; StereoVision and StereoScope 3-D feature.

THE WILD RIDE:Camera Operator, 3-D titles, Associate Stereoscopic Consultant; StereoVision and StereoScope 3-D.

REEBOK 3-D:Stereoscopic Consultant, 2nd Camera Operator; StereoVision 3-D for Reebok.

HEARTBEAT OF AMERICA:Stereoscopic Consultant, 3-D titles; StereoVision 3-D for Chevrolet.

PEUGEOT CORPORATE FILM: Stereoscopic Consultant; StereoVision 3-D shot in France.

JAI BHETALA:Stereoscopic Consultant, Camera Operator; StereoVision and StereoScope 3-D feature shot in India.

GRETCHEN'S SECRET:Director of Photography, Stereoscopic Consultant; StereoScope 3-D.

EDGE OF REALITY:Stereoscopic Consultant, 3-D Titles; StereoVision and StereoScope 3-D special venue film. 35mm Panavision Motion Picture

JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH:Special Visual and Electronic Effects; Cannon Feature, Photography Directed by Oscar Winner David Watkins.

70mm 3-D Motion Pictures

T2-3D (TERMINATOR): Stereoscopic Consultant; Assignment by StereoVision for this special venue dual 70mm 3-D film directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzennegger.

LA CONCIERTO POR LA TIERRA: Stereoscopic Consultant, 3-D Special Effects, 3-D Titles; First 3-D film in Showscan 60 fps 70mm.; first 3-D film with Rupkalvis time parallax system

FAMILY CIRCUS:Stereoscopic Consultant, Assistant Camera Operator; 70mm StereoVision 3-D for Renault.

BLASTRON:Stereoscopic Consultant, 3-D Special Effects Advisor, CGI Advisor; 70mm StereoVision 3-D for United Artists.

70mm Technirama Motion Picture

SPARTACUS:Camera Operator, Optical Printer designer; Universal Pictures 70mm feature, Technirama (Anamorphic VistaVision) to 65mm film optical printer restoration.

Live Stereoscopic 3-D Stage Production

PALM PILOT SHOW: featuring Pilobolus Dance Troupe. A live performance for 4000 people, cast on a 20x40 foot projection screen in full stereo. Process used a unique 14 kilowatt xenon projection system. Concept and execution by John Rupkalvis. Produced by Gerald and Doris Cain, Dynamite Films.

3-D Television

SMPTE 3-D HDTV: Director of Photography, Stereoscopic Consultant; StereoScope 3-D HDTV; First demonstration of 3-D HDTV(1985 SMPTE Convention).

30th ANNIVERSARY OF ROCK'N'ROLL:Director of Photography, Stereoscopic Consultant, 3-D titles; Pulfrich 3-D television.

MAGIC MOUNTAIN U.S.A. (DAYDREAM): Stereoscopic Consultant, Camera Operator; StereoVision 3-D. Video transfer. Includes first wide angle 3-D roller coaster scene.

REACH FOR THE STARS:Stereoscopic Consultant, Camera Operator; StereoScope 3-D TV Music video in 3-D, with stereoscopic laser projection, directed by Oscar winner Martin Landau.

CINEMARIDE:Stereoscopic Consultant, video alignment advisor, CGI Consultant. StereoVision 3-D. Video transfer.

NTT TELEPHONE SHOW OF TOKYO:Stereoscopic Consultant, Camera Operator, CGI Consultant; StereoScope 3-D television, shot in Japan.

3-D BIRTHDAY PARTY: Director of Photography, Stereoscopic Consultant, 3-D Special Effects, 3-D titles, CGI Supervisor; StereoScope digital 3-D television.

CARDIO STREET JAM:Director of Photography, Steadicam Operator; Aerobic music video with Pulfrich inserts.

STEREOSCOPIC CINEMATOGRAPHY: Producer, Director of Photography; program insert broadcast on the CBC network in Canada.

EFFECT OF AIRPORT X-RAYS ON FILM:Expert testimony described and illustrated by him in his video which was presented an the ABC, NBC, and CBS television networks. Jon Secada MUSIC VIDEO: Special Effects videography with StereoScope 3-D video micro videocam.

3-D Television Conversions

BWANA DEVIL• KISS ME KATE  •  FORTTI  •  GORILLA AT LARGE MORK & MINDY IN 3-D  •  THE ELVIRA SHOW

3-D Print Publication

CAPTAIN EO

STEREOSCOPIC ONE SHEET FOR FRIDAY THE 13TH PART3 IN 3-D

SABRINA• 3-D GREETS (BAYLOW PRODUCTIONS)

SONOMA NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING •  3-D COSMIC