Ramy katrib biography template

CEO, DIGITALFILM TREE

 

BY JUDY SECKLER

In 1998, when DigitalFilm Tree CEO and founder Ramy Katrib — then a budding film student — wanted to edit his work, he had to rent or somehow borrow an Avid, a $100,000 machine.

The Avid was the main avenue for completing a film professionally. Without it, an independent filmmaker was shut out of the process.

Then along came Steve Jobs, who launched the Mac G3, and Katrib found a way around his problem.

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He discovered that the G3 came with a FireWire port, a new feature that could be used with film/video editing software, Telecine equipment and Digital Video Decks to do the job of an Avid. With that discovery, Katrib found that for less than $10,000 he could replicate the functions of an Avid and even work at home.

The age of digital post production had truly begun.

In 1999, Katrib formed DigitalFilm Tree (DFT) and quickly became an industry leader of film and HD workflows for the