Russell J. Wintner
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Russell J. Wintner (born May 28, 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American Hollywood executive largely credited with leading the worldwide motion picture industry's transition to digital cinema.
Mr. Wintner divides his time between his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio and Los Angeles, California with his wife, Ellen. His two precocious sons, both grown, live in the Washington, D.C. and Ann Arbor, Mi areas.
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In 1996, Mr. Wintner co-founded CineComm Digital Cinema, which focused on digital cinema delivery of motion pictures to movie theatres around the world via satellite. CineComm became the first company to deliver a full-length, motion picture feature in digital format to a paying audience with the release of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
Since then, Mr. Wintner has moved on to leadership roles at Technicolor Digital Cinema (a subsidiary of Technicolor) and as a digital cinema consultant. He now leads the digital cinema transition as President and COO of Access Digital Media, the digital media division of Access Integrated Technologies, Inc.
