UP.GRADE
Beginning of 2015 the most exciting professional challenge in my career started with the request to head the world's first full-time and long-term educational program for color grading.
Since then forty participants joined this unique program and successfully "graduated" from UP.GRADE.
It has been hugely rewarding for me and I feel privileged that I got this chance and met so many talented and dedicated people as participants as well as lecturers.
Being part of it and shaping it was almost too good to be true...
So after four years I decided to step down from heading the program and hand over to my colleague Edmond Laccon. But unfortunately the European fund decided that color grading is too niche to continue supporting and the program came to an end in 2019. While the former participants continue to work very successfully in the film and media business, we still receive many requests regarding a future instalment of UP.GRADE. Unfortunately this won't happen any time soon. For the time being you can watch Edmond's visual summary of the program that celebrates its dedication to the art and science of color grading...
(c) Ruudu Ulas