David Pfluger

Biography

Dr. David Pfluger has a PhD in physical chemistry, University of Basel, Switzerland. After his graduation in 2002, he worked for six years in cinema post-production before entering the field of time-based media preservation. He has been an active member of the film and video competence networks of Memoriav, Switzerland since 2005, and has been involved in several research projects in the field of media conservation since 2010. He is part of the technical team who developed the Scan2Screen multispectral film scanner specifically aimed at overcoming some of the challenges faced in the preservation of film colors. Since 2023, he has been in charge of the film collection at Lichtspiel, Kinemathek Bern, Switzerland.