MTW 008: Bill Warner - The Man Who Invented Avid

Avid Media Composer inventor and founder of Avid Technology, Bill Warner tells the story of how the first digital non-linear editing system went from idea to prototype to the editing system that revolutionized the film and television industries. AND how Apple convinced him to develop it for the Mac. This is from a 2010 interview with Master The Workflow’s Lawrence Jordan Bill won an Emmy from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 1993 for the development of the Avid Media Composer. In 1999, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Avid with the Oscar® for its success in transforming the editing process in filmmaking.