Contributor

Alexis Van Hurkman is a writer, director, and colorist based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His color correction work covers a wide variety of broadcast programming including narrative and documentary features and shorts, spots, and experimental subjects.

He directed his feature film Four Weeks, Four Hours, which screened at Manhattan’s NewFilmmakers series and several film festivals including Breckenridge, Salento International, Longbaugh, ReelHeART, FAIF, and San Fernando Valley. Alexis is currently developing “Starship Detritus,” an animated science fiction series.

Alexis writes extensively about color correction and post-production and has authored the best-selling book Color Correction Handbook: Professional Techniques for Video and Cinema. Other book credits include the color correction and finishing section of Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro X Advanced Editing, Apple Pro Training Series: Encyclopedia of Color Correction, and Apple Pro Training Series: Advanced Color Correction and Effects in Final Cut Pro. He has also written the user manual for DaVinci Resolve as well as the user manuals for Color 1.0 and 1.5, Shake 4, and Final Cut Pro versions 2, 3, and 4.

Alexis has spoken on digital color management and color grading for film and video at NAB, and has presented at the London, Boston, and Las Vegas SuperMeets. He has taught color correction technique at DV Expo in NYC and LA, and has given classes and presentations on color correction at Michigan’s Postapaloosa conference, New York’s Tekserve, the After Effects NYC and Mopictive users groups, NRK, Norway’s Broadcast Mountain symposium, Sweden’s Dramatiska Institutet, and other venues.