Wilson Markle
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BornSeptember 2, 1938
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
DiedJuly 25, 2020 (aged 81)
King, Ontario, Canada
InstitutionsColorization Inc.
Significant advanceFilm colorization
Wilson Markle | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 2, 1938 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Died | July 25, 2020 (aged 81) King, Ontario, Canada |
| Engineering career | |
| Institutions | Colorization Inc. |
| Significant advance | Film colorization |
Wilson Markle (September 2, 1938 – July 25, 2020) was a Canadian engineer who invented the film colorization process in 1970.[1] His first company, Image Transform, colored pictures from the Apollo space program to make a full-color television presentation for NASA.[1]
His method used computers to assign predetermined colors to shades of gray in each scene.
In 1983, he founded Colorization Inc., which was co-owned by Hal Roach Studios and International HRS Industries.[2] The word "colorization" later became a generic name.
