Ray, Harvey

Harvey Ray is the Director of Film Industry Relations for the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), and a member of the Savannah Film Commission. Shortly after joining SCAD, he conceived of and created Savannah Cinema Post, the only full service film post-production facility available to students in any major film school. He was directly involved with the development and introduction of several major technologies for film, including electronic cinematography (Panavision's Panacam) and Montage, the first electronic random access editing system (pre-Avid), and then DaVinci, the digital scene to scene color correction system, which is still the world standard for the film industry.

A life long jazz saxophonist and vocalist, Harvey has performed music extensively, including several appearances at the White House. He has been working in the film industry, and performing original music for Dance. Harvey co-founded and directed Consortium, a company of dancers and musicians, which performed in New York and toured in the U.S. and Europe. Harvey is currently executive producing Red Thread, a feature film shot in Savannah and starring Academy Award and Emmy nominee, Diana Scarwid.