Monte Swann

Monte "Monty" D. Swann was a video/computer playback engineer and operator. He was among those who handled the 24-frame video displays on as part of Video Image. He was also the supervising video engineer on and .
Swann worked with Video Image from 1985 until 1996. During his tenure he worked on such films as Gardens of Stone (starring Dean Stockwell), (1988, starring John Glover, Michael J. Pollard, Carol Kane, Wendie Malick and Alfre Woodard), (1990, featuring Daniel Davis, Boris Krutonog, and Gates McFadden), (1991, starring Whoopi Goldberg and Teri Hatcher), (1992, featuring Bill Cobbs and Mike Starr), (1995, featuring René Auberjonois and John Glover), (1995, featuring Scott Grimes), Down Periscope (starring Kelsey Grammer), and (1996, featuring Raymond Cruz, Willie Garson and Tony Todd). 
After Video Image, Swann started his own company, Cygnet Video where he continued working as a 24-frame video supervising engineer. His film work as the owner of this company include (1998), (2000), (2005), (2005), National Treasure (featuring Ron Canada and Christopher Plummer), and National Treasure: Book of Secrets (featuring Bruce Greenwood). Monte Swann was the supervising video engineer on (2005), which featured cinematography by Dan Mindel. Swann would again work with Mindel, as well as J.J. Abrams, on (2006). (Mindel was also an additional photographer on Crimson Tide.) Swann's later credits include Unstoppable and , both of which featured actors from 2009's Star Trek: the former stars Chris Pine, while the latter has Simon Pegg.
Swann's many other film credits include , , Rush Hour 2, (2001, starring Avery Brooks, Kim Cattrall, and Kelsey Grammer), The Master of Disguise (starring Brent Spiner), 50 First Dates, (2004), and (2007). 
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