Beverly Wood

Beverly Wood is a film chemist from Chase City, Virginia. Wood worked as a post production editor and a designer of the two film processing technologies: Color Contrasting Enhancement (CCE) and Adjustable Contrast Enhancement (ACE).

Early life and education Wood was born in 1956 in Chase City, Virginia, the child of Arnold Garrett Wood and Lillian Wood. Her father was the first African-American bank teller in Chase City.

Career Wood worked several summer jobs at various companies while at school, such as Phil Morris and DuPont. Eventually, after leaving the University of Georgia, Wood worked at Kodak as the head of film restoration in their R&D department, utilizing her research from University of Georgia as a graduate, to work on Gas Chromatography. Wood’s work at Deluxe would culminate in her contributing to the technologies of Color Contrasting Enhancement (CCE) and Adjustable Contrast Enhancement (ACE) on film. Wood’s aim was to convert the rundown theater into a local community center that focused primarily on teaching the history and processes of filmmaking to the community. The renovation was funded by both donations as well various grants provided to the SOH from other types of preservation organizations.

Achievements and awards

Beverly Wood has been recognized for her notable work in the film industry doing her part to develop color contrast enhancement as well as adjustable contrast enhancement it was her work and development in these fields that earned her at the Techno-Color Natalie M and Herbert T. Klamus Medal in 2020.