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==Bio== |
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'''Geoffrey Kleinman''' (born November 21, 1970 in [[Moraga, California]]) is the founder of [ |
'''Geoffrey Kleinman''' (born November 21, 1970 in [[Moraga, California]]) is the founder of [http://www.Kleinman.com Kleinman.com] the company which started and ultimately sold "[[DVD Talk]]" and which runs [http://www.DrinkSpirits.com DrinkSpirits.com]. |
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After graduating with a B.S. in Cinema Photography from [[Ithaca College]] in 1992, Kleinman moved to Los Angeles to work an editor. Following short stints at [[Creative Artists Agency|CAA]] |
After graduating with a B.S. in Cinema Photography from [[Ithaca College]] in 1992, Kleinman moved to Los Angeles to work an editor. Following short stints at [[Creative Artists Agency|CAA]], and as an assistant editor on the film The Last Shot [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173976/], he moved to Portland Oregon to work in Internet technology. |
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In Portland he worked at Vulcan's Forge Multimedia (one of the first Web Design companies in Portland, Oregon)<ref>"Custom tools optimize video on CD. (Focus on Digital Video)" MacWEEK, April 10, 1995</ref> [http://web.archive.org/web/19970415141145/http://www.vulcansforge.com/], from there he moved to One World Internetworking [http://web.archive.org/web/19961101204806/http://www.oneworld.com/] and early Internet Service Provider focused on business hosting. |
In Portland he worked at Vulcan's Forge Multimedia (one of the first Web Design companies in Portland, Oregon)<ref>"Custom tools optimize video on CD. (Focus on Digital Video)" MacWEEK, April 10, 1995</ref> [http://web.archive.org/web/19970415141145/http://www.vulcansforge.com/], from there he moved to One World Internetworking [http://web.archive.org/web/19961101204806/http://www.oneworld.com/] and early Internet Service Provider focused on business hosting. |
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During his time at [[DVD Talk]], Geoffrey Kleinman contributed to various independent film projects,<ref>Shawn Levy, [http://blog.oregonlive.com/madaboutmovies/2006/01/orphaned_movies_of_2005.html blog.oregonlive.com] ''[[The Oregonian]]'' January 05, 2006 08:19AM</ref> including serving as a post-production and distribution adviser on [[The Puffy Chair]] (2005) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436689/] [http://www.duplassbrothers.com/home.html], [[Film Geek]] (2006) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443506/] [http://www.scottysfilmpage.com/] and 10 Questions for the [[Dalai Lama]] (2006). |
During his time at [[DVD Talk]], Geoffrey Kleinman contributed to various independent film projects,<ref>Shawn Levy, [http://blog.oregonlive.com/madaboutmovies/2006/01/orphaned_movies_of_2005.html blog.oregonlive.com] ''[[The Oregonian]]'' January 05, 2006 08:19AM</ref> including serving as a post-production and distribution adviser on [[The Puffy Chair]] (2005) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436689/] [http://www.duplassbrothers.com/home.html], [[Film Geek]] (2006) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443506/] [http://www.scottysfilmpage.com/] and 10 Questions for the [[Dalai Lama]] (2006). |
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Geoffrey was active in both covering film festivals,<ref>[http://www.dvdtalk.com/features/2006_sundance_s.html "2006 Sundance & Slamdance Festival Report"] by Geoffrey Kleinman, [[DVD Talk]] January 2006</ref> as well as speaking at them, most recently participating in “So You Made a Film, Now What?” at Oregon’s prestigious [[BendFilm Festival]] <ref>[http://www.bendfilm.org/2007banter/default.aspx "Bend Film Banter"]</ref> [http://www.indiefilmradio.com/bendfilm_2006_bend_film_festiv.html] [http://www.indiefilmradio.com/bendfilm_2006_festival_wrap_up.html] (2007). He is also regularly asked to serve on selection committees and juries for film exhibitions and festivals such as Pine Film [http://www.livableplace.org/pine.htm] and BendFilm [http://www.bendfilm.org/] <ref>David Walker, [http://wweek.com/editorial/3222/7411/] ''[[Willamette Week]]'' Issue #32.22 Cover Story</ref> |
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Geoffrey Kleinman was often called on to be a professional source for the home entertainment industry and has been cited as an expert opinion,<ref>''[[CNN]]'' Headline News, January 9, 2002</ref><ref>[http://chris.pirillo.com/2002/01/09/dvd-talk/ Lockergnome] ''[[Chris Pirillo]]'' January 9th, 2002 1:58am</ref> especially in regards to the HD format war.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,117520,00.html "Companies Jockey Over Next Wave of DVD Players" Fox News April 19, 2004]</ref><ref>[http://www.homemediamagazine.com/news/html/breaking_article.cfm?article_id=11574 "Fan-Addicts Hooked On Format War"] by Chris Tribbey, November 16, 2007, Home Media Magazine</ref><ref>[http://www.miamiherald.com/519/story/345522.html "HD-DVDs and Blu-rays fail to dominate market"] by Rene Rodrigez, December 15, 2007 Miami Herald</ref> |
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1:58am</ref> especially in regards to the HD format war.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,117520,00.html "Companies Jockey Over Next Wave of DVD Players" Fox News April 19, 2004]</ref><ref>[http://www.homemediamagazine.com/news/html/breaking_article.cfm?article_id=11574 "Fan-Addicts Hooked On Format War"] by Chris Tribbey, November 16, 2007, Home Media Magazine</ref><ref>[http://www.miamiherald.com/519/story/345522.html "HD-DVDs and Blu-rays fail to dominate market"] by Rene Rodrigez, December 15, 2007 Miami Herald</ref> |
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In 2010 Geoffrey Kleinman launched [http://www.DrinkSpirits.com DrinkSpirits.com] with the post [http://www.drinkspirits.com/general-spirits/why-a-spirits-blog/ Why a Spirits Blog]<ref>[http://www.drinkspirits.com/general-spirits/why-a-spirits-blog/ Why A Spirits Blog] by Geoffrey Kleinman, March 1, 2010, Drink Spirits</ref>. |
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In 2011 Geoffrey Kleinman was selected as a Judge for the San Francisco World Spirits Competition [http://www.sfspiritscomp.com/pdfs/PressSP11.pdf] and was cited as a "renowned journalist" <ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/12/15/idUS248866+15-Dec-2010+PRN20101215 'San Francisco World Spirits Competition - the Nation's Largest - Adds Twelve New Judges' ''[[Reuters]]'' December 15, 2010 05:13pm]</ref> He retuned in 2012 to judge and will again judge the competition in 2013. |
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In 2012 Geoffrey Kleinman was awarded the honor of [[Kentucky Colonel]] from [[Steve Beshear]], The governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky <ref>[http://www.geoffreykleinman.com/accolades/]<//ref> |
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== Books and Plays == |
== Books and Plays == |
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Revision as of 16:09, 24 December 2012
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| Born | November 21, 1970 |
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| Website | http://www.kleinman.com |
Bio
Geoffrey Kleinman (born November 21, 1970 in Moraga, California) is the founder of Kleinman.com the company which started and ultimately sold "DVD Talk" and which runs DrinkSpirits.com.
After graduating with a B.S. in Cinema Photography from Ithaca College in 1992, Kleinman moved to Los Angeles to work an editor. Following short stints at CAA, and as an assistant editor on the film The Last Shot [2], he moved to Portland Oregon to work in Internet technology.
In Portland he worked at Vulcan's Forge Multimedia (one of the first Web Design companies in Portland, Oregon)[1] [3], from there he moved to One World Internetworking [4] and early Internet Service Provider focused on business hosting.
In 1995 while working at One World Internetworking he started his first online venture which was initially called The Bi-Weekly Business Internet Report but after a few issues became The Kleinman Report [2] which helped evangelize business use of the internet.[3] In 1995 Geoffrey covered Internet World [5] where a young David Filo and Jerry Yang (still students at Stanford) were publicly showing off, for the first time their search engine Yahoo
In 1996 he was recruited by Intel as an Internet Marketing Project Manager where he worked on the Intel Internet Connection Wizard for Proshare technology which was ultimately integrated into the release of Windows 98. After a corporate reorganization he was tasked with development for the “Intel Owner’s Club”,[4] an online community aimed at building affinity with Intel with owners of Intel products. That project was the predecessor for The Intel Web Outfitters Service IWOS, a multi-million dollar venture.
On January 20, 1995, Geoffrey Kleinman launched DVD Talk which began as a small DVD news site and forum. Over the course of 8½ years the site grew from a 'one man band' to a full fledged online magazine with a staff of 60 writers [6]. In September 2007 DVD Talk was sold to Internet Brands [5]
During his time at DVD Talk, Geoffrey Kleinman contributed to various independent film projects,[6] including serving as a post-production and distribution adviser on The Puffy Chair (2005) [7] [8], Film Geek (2006) [9] [10] and 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (2006).
Geoffrey was active in both covering film festivals,[7] as well as speaking at them, most recently participating in “So You Made a Film, Now What?” at Oregon’s prestigious BendFilm Festival [8] [11] [12] (2007). He is also regularly asked to serve on selection committees and juries for film exhibitions and festivals such as Pine Film [13] and BendFilm [14] [9]
Geoffrey Kleinman was often called on to be a professional source for the home entertainment industry and has been cited as an expert opinion,[10][11] especially in regards to the HD format war.[12][13][14]
In 2010 Geoffrey Kleinman launched DrinkSpirits.com with the post Why a Spirits Blog[15].
In 2011 Geoffrey Kleinman was selected as a Judge for the San Francisco World Spirits Competition [15] and was cited as a "renowned journalist" [16] He retuned in 2012 to judge and will again judge the competition in 2013.
In 2012 Geoffrey Kleinman was awarded the honor of Kentucky Colonel from Steve Beshear, The governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
Blogs and writing
In 2009 Geoffrey Kleinman launched On Portland covering arts, entertainment, food, drink and living in Portland, Oregon. He also serves as a contributor to Neighborhood Notes and Twitters under both @GeoffK @onportland
In early 2010 Geoffrey launched Drink Spirits a gude to distilled spirits, whiskey, bourbon, micro distilleries and cocktails.
In June 2011, Geoffrey began freelance writing for Tasting Panel Magazine, and debuted with the piece Pisco, Take Too in the June 2011 Issue [17]
In January 2012 Geoffrey Joined Essential Homme Magazine as the Spirits Editor with the debut article Japanese Whiskey [18]
References
- ^ "Custom tools optimize video on CD. (Focus on Digital Video)" MacWEEK, April 10, 1995
- ^ Net Happening's Post Announcing The Kleinman Report
- ^ Driver's Training For The Information Super Highway by Geoffrey Kleinman 1995
- ^ Announcement of The Intel Owner's Club
- ^ "Review Site DVDTalk Sold" by Chris Tribbey, Home Media Magazine November 2007
- ^ Shawn Levy, blog.oregonlive.com The Oregonian January 05, 2006 08:19AM
- ^ "2006 Sundance & Slamdance Festival Report" by Geoffrey Kleinman, DVD Talk January 2006
- ^ "Bend Film Banter"
- ^ David Walker, [1] Willamette Week Issue #32.22 Cover Story
- ^ CNN Headline News, January 9, 2002
- ^ Lockergnome Chris Pirillo January 9th, 2002 1:58am
- ^ "Companies Jockey Over Next Wave of DVD Players" Fox News April 19, 2004
- ^ "Fan-Addicts Hooked On Format War" by Chris Tribbey, November 16, 2007, Home Media Magazine
- ^ "HD-DVDs and Blu-rays fail to dominate market" by Rene Rodrigez, December 15, 2007 Miami Herald
- ^ Why A Spirits Blog by Geoffrey Kleinman, March 1, 2010, Drink Spirits
- ^ 'San Francisco World Spirits Competition - the Nation's Largest - Adds Twelve New Judges' Reuters December 15, 2010 05:13pm
- ^ "Pisco, Take Too" by Geoffrey Kleinman, June 2011 Tasting Panel Magazine
- ^ "Japanese Whiskey" by Geoffrey Kleinman, January 2012 Essential Homme Magazine.