The Offset Podcast EP064: From Staff Role To Facility Owner PT 1 With Nick Hasson

In this episode of The Offset Podcast we're joined by friend, amazing colorist, and all around great human Nick Hasson. We've been wanting to have Nick on for a long time and we're excited to finally get the opportunity. Nick has spent the past 25 years at some of the biggest postproduction & color companies in the world including ILM, Technicolor, RIOT, Company3, Light Iron, Modern VideoFilm, and Harbor Picture Company. He recently opened his own studio in Burbank, CA called THE END In this first part of a two part series with Nick we talk about his background, what larges facilities taught him and more. Specific topics include: Joining ILM & launching a professional career Moving to L.A. and joining RIOT & Company3 Developing 'soft skills' while at Technicolor Camaraderie & the early days of D.I. at Light Iron The pandemic and launching a freelance career And more! If you enjoy the topics and discussion of The Offset Podcast you can join in the conversation with our new Discord community:   / discord   Check out offsetpodcast.com for our entire library of episodes. You can also follow us on Instagram & Facebook - just search for The Offset Podcast. Be sure to like and subscribe to the podcast wherever you found it and be sure to check out our growing library of episodes. If you like the podcast it'd mean the world to us if you'd consider supporting the show by buying us a cup of virtual coffee -https://buymeacoffee.com/theoffsetpod... See you again in about two weeks for a new episode! 00:00 Start 00:34 Chapter - Introduction 03:11 Chapter- Nick's background 16:06 Break - Support for this episode comes from Conform.Tools 17:16 Chapter - Joining ILM and launching a professional career 25:03 Chapter - Moving to L.A. and joining RIOT & Company3 31:15 Chapter - Developing 'soft skills' while at Technicolor 34:36 Break - Support for this episode comes from Flanders Scientific 40:00 Chapter - Camaraderie & the early days of D.I. at LightIron 46:38 Chapter - The pandemic, and launching a freelance career 49:31 Chapter - Conclusion & more to come in part 2