AVIATION
FILM MAKER TO
SPEAK AT ATI
DEC. 17TH EVENT
DAYTON,
Ohio, Oct. 28, 2009—Film producer Adam White, a graduate of Wright State
University’s film program in 1995 and a specialist in aviation cinema, will be guest
speaker at the Thursday Dec. 17th
Anniversary of Powered Flight celebration and dinner in Dayton.
The annual
event is hosted by Aviation Trail, Inc. and the National Aviation Hall of Fame
and will be held at the National
Museum of the United States Air Force on Springfield Pike. Again this year the
evening will feature the U.S. Air Force Band of Flight, announcement of
inductees into the 2010 NAHF, and the traditional Wright family dinner.
Earlier this
fall the Hall of Fame announced one 2010 inductee: Clay Lacy, jet charter
pioneer, veteran pilot, and pioneering aviation cinematographer.
White’s talk
Dec. 17 will focus on aviation cinema.
His production company Hemlock Films (www.Hemlockfilms.com) is headquartered in Cleveland and has received acclaim for the film
“Red Tail Reborn,” a documentary on a P-51C Mustang flown by the Tuskegee
airmen during World War II and efforts to restore and fly the aircraft 50 years
after the war. The plane was airborne again last July.
The film was awarded three Emmys at the
Lower Great Lakes Emmy Awards held in this year: best
informational/instructional film, best music composition/arrangement, and best
research.
A sequel,
“Flight of the Red Tail,” has finished production and will be available on DVD
Nov. 27. White has completed another aviation-related film, “The Restorers”
which focuses on restoration of old aircraft.
A specialist
in use of the SteadiCam camera—which
he learned from its inventor Garrett Brown-- White’s company also works in
industrial films, commercials, aviation videos, web and DVD projects, and
mainstream feature films. Hemlock Films material has aired on PBS, Discovery
Europe, and National Geographic television channels.
White is a
native of Northeast Ohio and grew up in Geauga County east of Cleveland. A
licensed pilot, White is a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots
Association, Experimental Aircraft Association, International Alliance of
Theatrical Stage Employees, and the National Academy of Television Arts &
Sciences.
Celebration
of the Anniversary of Powered Flight begins at 6 p.m. in the NAHF’s Learning Center
and dinner is served at 7 p.m. in the museum’s Modern Flight Gallery. White’s
speech should occur about 8 p.m.
Tickets for
the event are $60 a person. Requests for reservations should arrive at ATI no
later than Monday, Dec. 14. Mail your check to ATI, P.O. Box 633, Wright
Brothers Branch, Dayton, OH 45409.
CONTACTS:
Aviation
Trail (www.aviationtrailinc.org): Marvin Christian 937 275 5271
National
Aviation Hall of Fame (www.nationalaviation.org): Ron Kaplan 937 256 0944 ext. 16
