Lab Operations Team Leader
Dave has worked in the film industry for over 40 years. He began his career as a trainee film technician at Rank Film Labs, working in many departments before specialising in optical film effects. After 24 years service with Rank, Dave moved to Soho Images to continue working with optical film effects, and it was here he honed his skills with duping of archive film and digital special effects.
Dave joined the BFI National Archive in 2005 as Lab Operations Team Leader. In this role he supervises a specialist team of technicians who handle the processing, printing and cleaning of film required for the conservation of the BFI National Collection. Dave’s extensive experience in the film laboratory sector has enabled him to develop innovative ways to dupe fragile film materials that conventional duping or scanning are unable to handle. Recently, Dave has developed the Lab Operations Team’s skills and responsibilities as part of the Archive’s transition to a hybridised analogue-digital realm.