Harbor adds Damien Van Der Cruyssen to color roster

With a track record spanning 20 years and a reputation for collaborating with the some of the film and commercials industry’s most revered filmmakers and creatives, Damien Van Der Cruyssen's arrival at Harbor’s NYC facility as senior colorist further strengthens the company’s global talent roster.

Commenting on this exciting new hire, Founder and CEO of Harbor Zak Tucker said, “Damien Van Der Cruyssen’s creative approach to projects and collaborative spirit with clients is something that we’ve admired for a long time. He has a particularly keen eye with the subtleties of the image and their relationship to the specific storyline. Damien is the sort of artist that sees possibility when he looks at the image. With his background in high-end commercial work and top-tier signature feature films, we know he will be an integral part of the cross-genre and cross-border talent roster here at Harbor.”

After studying cinematography at the prestigious ENS Louis Lumiere film school near Paris, France, Van Der Cruyssen’s early career took him to the Éclair Laboratories where he discovered the art of color grading and fell in love with the craft. Digital color correction was still in its infancy and was used mostly of commercials so he started his career as a colorist in advertising. He became a junior colorist at Mikros Image in Paris, then joined Medialab Technology as a colorist. In 2006 he relocated to New York to take up the role of senior colorist with The Mill. In 2011 he became Joint Head of Telecine for The Mill. He spent two years as senior colorist with Company3 before returning to The Mill in 2016, where his new position saw him take on the role of Director of DI.