Harry Mathias was the director of photography on feature films, network TV dramatic shows, documentaries, TV commercials, and music videos. He is schooled in the classical Hollywood movie traditions of cinematography and lighting and has collaborated with some of the greatest names in the cinema industry. His feature film projects have included drama, comedy, action, and special-effects movies. He was nominated for an Oscar for the film Solly's Diner. He was also active in the San Francisco avant-garde filmmaking movement. He won a Golden Eagle Award the documentary he Directed about homeless teenagers, "Shadow Children". He has filmed documentaries for BBC, CBC, ABC, NBC, CBS, and Swedish Television, as well as KPIX, KQED, and KGO in San Francisco.Equally skilled in digital cinema technology, Mathias was the Senior Consultant to four CEOs of Panavision. He is a founding member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) DC28 and 21DC Digital Cinema standards group. He was made a Life Fellow of the Society for his digital cinema standards work. He has been elected as Director of International Cinema Technology Association for two terms.Mathias is the author of Electronic Cinematography: Achieving Photographic Control over the Video Image and Cinematografia Electronica; contributing author (along with former Vice President Al Gore) to "HDTV: The Politics, Policies, and Economics of Tomorrow's Television"; and a contributing author to "The American Cinematographer Manual", "American Cinematographer Video Manual", and the SMPTE book "Television Image Quality".Harry Mathias has written Journal articles for SMPTE and other industry scientific organizations. He also wrote numerous articles and published studies for each of the following magazines: The International Photographer, The BKST Journal, Film Journal International, Box Office, On Location, American Cinematographer, and Video Systems Magazines, on which he was the Contributing Editor from 1978 to 1980.Harry Mathias has given more than 76 invited lectures on film technology and digital cinema worldwide. He also has moderated discussion panels, and for six years toured Internationally to give weeklong seminars on Digital Cinema and Film Image Control Techniques.Harry Mathias is a Professor in the Radio, Television, and Film department of San Jose State University. His academic teaching career has included being the Chair of the Film Department and a professor at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design, and he has taught at the University of California, Los Angeles; the University of Southern California; Stanford University; American University; the American Film Institute; the Swedish Film Institute; and the Directors Guild of America's Forum for Continuing Education.