Bill Warner - the man who "made" AVID (part 2)

Founder of AVID technology tells how it happened


Bill Warner - Founder of AVID

In 1987 Bill Warner quit his job at Apollo Computer, Inc. and set up AVID Technology. Within a few short years filmmaking was changed forever.


In 1987 Bill Warner quit his job at Apollo Computer, Inc. and set up AVID Technology. Within a few short years filmmaking was changed forever. Bill Warner is the man who had the vision, he's the man who made this happen. In this, the second of a five part series, Bill shows an early prototype of the AVID workflow. This was the beginning of what was going to become the tool of choice for a generation of filmmakers.

AVID was the first of the non-linear editors and still domiates high-end broadcast and feature film production.

This is an amazing story told by the man who "made" AVID happen.

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