Jerome: Bio/Resume

JEROME THELIA draws on 20 years of post-production and production experience.  His work includes commercials, music videos, TV series, feature films, documentaries, and the distance learning projects that introduced him to David McLain.   David and Jerome have been working together since 1999.  Jerome's focus has consistently been at the intersection of art and technology, allowing him to combine his interests in science, music, and photography into a finely-tuned visual effects artist, colorist, and director.

Jerome's August 2011 colorist/vfx artist/director reel
Song "Once in a Lifetime" by Talking Heads, from the 1980 album "Remain in Light"

Detailed reel notes and credits are here 

Some recent projects:

SONY 3D CAMERA LAUNCH: commercials
director/post-sup/colorist for Merge produced 3D commercials, shot on location in Hawaii and NYC.
Much more info and 3D videos here. 

HAYWIRE: feature film
day playing DI editor/colorist, for Steven Soderbergh's feature, 2012 release.

WITHOUT: feature film
colorist for Mark Jackson's 2011 feature. Film's site

FERNANDO NATION: feature documentary
part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series.  Directed by Cruz Angeles, produced by James Lawler
Jerome was lead colorist 

GOOGLE SCIENCE FAIR: commercials
Jerome was colorist for this commercial produced by Google. 

HAPPY NEW YEAR: feature film
colorist for K. Lorrel Manning's feature, 2011 release, SXSW premiere in competition, film site

STAGECOACH: feature film
color grading and restoration for the blu-ray release of the 1939 John Ford classic starring John Wayne for Criterion Collection, performed in Assimilate Scratch.  Criterion page here.

THE STRANGER'S LAND: feature documentary
Jerome was post-supervisor and colorist for Xavi Marrades' first feature. 

SONY NEX CAMERA LAUNCH: commercials
Jerome directed (with David McLain @ Merge) and was colorist on 5 spots shot in Chile.

RAPSTAR: commercial
Jerome was colorist on this Ghost Robot produced commercial. 

INCASE SPOTS: commercials
Jerome was colorist on a series of 3 commercials produced by Ghost Robot for Incase and directed by Adam Neustadter.  You can see Rocket Launch and the other spots are linked on the right.

BLACK EYED PEAS 3D CONCERT: commercials
a series of 3D concert videos promoting new Samsung 3D TVs. Jerome was stereoscopic colorist working Assimilate Scratch at Mob Scene in LA.

2 OR 3 THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER: feature film
1967, Jean-Luc Godard, restoration produced by Criterion Collection. Contributions lead colorist, compositing restoration performed in Assimilate Scratch.  Criterion page here.

MESKADA: feature film
2010 release, feature film written and directed by Josh Sternfeld. Jerome was post-production supervisor, colorist and compositor.  Film's site here

BONNAROO:commercial
a stop motion 3D promo produced by Ghost Robot. Contributions include steresocopic grading.  
Making of here: http://www.ghostrobot.com/bonnaroo/