Mary Grace Nicolas

Mary Grace Nicolas

Manager Technical Operations for Mastering, Restoration and

Supervisor Project Manager / 18 yrs

Beverly Hills, CA

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Work History
  • Manager, Archives Deliverables

    Paramount Pictures

    July 2015 - Present
  • Manager, Mastering & Duplication Technical Services

    Metro Goldwyn Meyer Studios

    November 2006 - July 2015

    Remastering, restoring, archiving movies/films in the MGM library.
    Managed 4K restoration of the following movies:
    THE GREAT ESCAPE
    ROCKY
    ROBOCOP
    RAIN MAN
    Bond Franchise, all 24 Bond movies

  • Project Manager Digital Intermediates

    Technicolor New York

    February 2006 - September 2006

    Manage DI projects for the following movies:
    Anamorph
    Fast Food Nation
    Diggers
    Devil Wears Prada (uncredited)

  • Producer / Director Asst

    The Walt Disney Company

    2006 - 2006

    - kept the schedule for the director and producer so their trains and planes depart and arrive on time
    - prepared contact sheet each day
    - functioned as gate keeper so director and producer do not get inundated with unimportant details which will derail their schedule

  • Post Production Coordinator

    Frozen Lake

    December 2004 - November 2005

    Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

  • Digital Intermediates Data Coordinator

    Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging

    2004 - 2004

    Worked on the movie "Catwoman".

  • Digital Intermediate Production Coordinator

    The PostHouse

    2003 - 2004

    Worked on "Lord of the Rings: Twin Towers" - DVD
    Worked on "Lord of the Rings: Return of hte King" - feature and DVD

  • Video Engineering Coordinator

    Industrial Light & Magic

    2000 - 2003

    - tracked and published in company intranet project status for all video engineering jobs
    - kept maintenance logs for VTRs in the master control room
    - I was the friendly face for in-house clients who found it intimidating to speak to engineers

Education
  • BA in Radio, Television and Electronic Broadcasting

    San Francisco State University

    2002 - 2005
  • Communications

    Ateneo de Manila University

    1987 - 1999