Ira Tiffen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ira Tiffen
Occupation	Glass Artist
Date Of Birth	Dec 24, 1951(1951-12-24)
Age	73
Birthplace	Brooklyn
Country	United States
Birth City	Brooklyn
Horoscope	Aquarius

Ira Tiffen Biography

Ira Tiffen is one of the most popular and richest Glass Artist who was born on December 24, 1951 in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, United States. Ira Tiffen was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Nathan and Helen Tiffen. His father was born February 19, 1925, and his mother was born April 13, 1929. He started his career at 19 years of age working at Tiffen on his vacation time, making filters in the lab. When he graduated from New York University with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering in 1973, he began his full-time job at Tiffen managing the department for laminating filter glass.

In 1993, Tiffen was awarded with the Academy Award for Technical Achievement for the production of the Ultra Contrast Filter Series.

Since 1988, he has been the author of a Camera Filters section in the American Cinematographer Manual. Tiffen has been an Associate Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 1992, and a Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) since 2002.

Ira Tiffen Net Worth

Ira Tiffen is one of the richest Glass Artist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ira Tiffen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ira Alan Tiffen (born December 24, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York) is an optics designer and glass artist who worked at the Tiffen Company from 1973 to 2004. He has been the recipient of both an Academy Award and an Emmy Award for his technical achievements in motion picture photography and video imaging.

Ira Tiffen worked in various departments of Tiffen, specializing in manufacturing and product development, and eventually became the Vice President of Research and Development in the late 1980s. He would later go on to receive an honorary doctorate from Columbia College. He left Tiffen in 2004, and in 2007 began making glass art as a glass artist. In 2012 he took on the position of Vice President of Motion Picture Filters at Schneider Kreuznach. In 2015, he was interviewed by the RocketJump Film School.

In 1998, Tiffen, along with his father and brother, were presented the Emmy Engineering Award for their contributions to the design and manufacturing of camera lens filters. More specifically, the award was for the Tiffen laminating process, which involves fusing together two layers of clear glass using a micro-thin bonding layer, which the award description says “provided the basis for an unprecedented level of color, contrast, resolution, and flare control”.

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Facts & Trivia

Ira Ranked on the list of most popular Glass Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ira Tiffen celebrates birthday on December 24 of every year.