This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Vermont (talk | contribs) at 01:46, 15 August 2016. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 01:46, 15 August 2016 by Vermont (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
| Ira Tiffen | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ira Alan Tiffen (1951-12-24) December 24, 1951 (age 73) Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Optics Designer and Manufacturer |
| Known for | Work with camera filters |
| Website | iratiffen |
Ira Alan Tiffen (born December 24, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York) worked at the Tiffen Company from 1973 to 2004.
Early life
Ira Tiffen was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Nathan Tiffen and Helen (Rapchik) Tiffen. His father was born February 19, 1925, and his mother was born April 13, 1929. He started his career at around 19 years of age working at Tiffen on his vacation time, making filters in the lab. When he graduated college from New York University with a bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering in 1973, he begun his full-time job at Tiffen managing the department for laminating filter glass.
Later career
Ira Tiffen worked in various departments of Tiffen, specializing in manufacturing and product development, and eventually became the Vice President of Research and Development in the late 1980s. He would later go on to receive an honorary doctorate from Columbia College, and in 1993, he won an Academy Award, the Technical Achievement Award, for the production of the Ultra Contrast Filter Series for motion picture photography, as well as an Emmy award. He left Tiffen in 2004, and in 2007 began making glass art as a glass artist, designing his own art from glass. In 2012 he took on the position of Vice President of Motion Picture Filters at Schneider Kreuznach, i .
References
Citations
- "Tiffen". Tiffen.
- Home. "Honorary Degree Recipients".
- "Academy Awards Database - AMPAS".
- "1998 Emmy Engineering Awards".
- "About Ira Tiffen - Glass Artist".
- https://www.schneideroptics.com/pdfs/filters/press/IraTiffen.pdf
- "LinkedIn".
{{cite web}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - "IMDB".
{{cite web}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - "Emmy Award".
{{cite web}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - "IMDB Review of 1933 Academy Award Winners".
{{cite web}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - "Oscar Winners, Ira Tiffen".
{{cite web}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help)
Sources
- "Honorary Degree".
{{cite web}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - "Glass Art".
{{cite web}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - "Schneider Optics" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - "Oscars".
{{cite web}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help)