Brad Carvey

{{short description|American engineer (born 1951)|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Brad Carvey

| image = Brad Carvey.jpg

| caption = Carvey during NAB

| birth_name = Bradley John Carvey

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|July 10, 1951}}

| birth_place = Missoula, Montana, U.S.

| occupation = Engineer

| relatives = Dana Carvey (brother)

}}

Bradley John Carvey (born July 10, 1951 in Missoula, Montana) is an American engineer best known as the builder of the first Video Toaster, a system used in the production and editing of movie and television video.{{ cite magazine | magazine = Wired | title = Flying Toasters; High-flying NewTek, whose Toaster revolutionized video production, is screaming to the next level. | language = en-us | url = https://www.wired.com/1994/05/flying-toasters/ | issn = 1059-1028 | last1 = Jacobs| first1 = Stephen | volume = 2 | date = 1 May 1994 | issue = 5 | access-date = 4 January 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160102163307/https://www.wired.com/1994/05/flying-toasters/ | url-status = live | archive-date = 2 January 2016 }}{{ cite book | last1 = Beckwith | first1 = Wes | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=czrtfbzjQ7oC&pg=PR9| title = Lightwave 3D 8: 1001 Tips and Tricks | last2 = Warner | first2 = Steve | last3 = Abraham| first3 = Gerald | last4 = Wood | first4 = Robin | date = 2004 | publisher = Wordware Publishing, Inc. | isbn = 978-1-55622-090-6 | language = en | pages = ix }}

Career

Carvey built the first wire wrapped prototype for the Video Toaster, for which Steve Kell wrote the software.{{Cite news|last=Reimer|first=Jeremy|date=18 March 2016|title=A history of the Amiga, part 9: The Video Toaster|url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/03/a-history-of-the-amiga-part-9-the-video-toaster/|access-date=2021-01-04|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318125806/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/03/a-history-of-the-amiga-part-9-the-video-toaster/|archive-date=18 March 2016}}

Carvey created visual effects for feature films and TV shows including Men In Black, Stuart Little, Black Hawk Down, Kate & Leopold, Stargazers and Elvis Has Left The Building.{{IMDb name | id= nm0142594| name= Brad Carvey }}{{Cite journal|title=Brad Carvey biography|url=http://www.hdri3d.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=135:brad-carvey&catid=121:contributors&Itemid=89|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711154246/http://www.hdri3d.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=135:brad-carvey&catid=121:contributors&Itemid=89|archive-date=11 July 2011|publisher=DMG Publishing|journal=Hdri 3D|issue=29|access-date=27 January 2010}}

Personal life

Brad is the brother of Dana Carvey, who based the Garth Algar character (from the Wayne's World comedy sketches and movies) on his nerdy older brother.{{cite magazine|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.05/flying.toasters_pr.html |title=Wired Magazine profile of Newtek |publisher=Wired.com |last1=Jacobs|first1=Stephen |volume=2|date=May 1994 |issue=5 |accessdate=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991006221309/https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.05/flying.toasters_pr.html|archive-date=6 October 1999|url-status=live|quote=NewTek received another boost in market recognition via the movie theaters. The man who built the first wire-wrapped Toaster, engineer Brad Carvey, 42, is Dana Carvey's brother. Brad was Dana's model for the character of Garth Algar, and was called in to help set-dress Garth's bedroom for Wayne's World 2. Not surprisingly, NewTek and Toaster promotional items appeared in Garth's bedroom, and Garth wore a Toaster T-shirt in several of the movie's scenes.}}{{ cite podcast | url = http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-765-dana-carvey | title = WTF Podcast, Episode 765 – Dana Carvey | publisher = wtfpod.com | url-access = subscription | author-link = Marc Maron | last = Maron | first = Marc | date = 5 December 2016 | time = 15:30 | access-date = 11 March 2017 }}{{IMDb name | id= nm0142594| name= Brad Carvey |section=bio}} Dana wears a Video Toaster "test pattern" T-shirt during a scene in Wayne's World 2. In 1993 Dana and Brad both won Primetime Emmys. Brad's Emmy was for "Outstanding achievement in Engineering", awarded to the development team of the Video Toaster, while Dana's was for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program.{{Cite web|title=TV Now: Dana Carvey Biography|archive-date=29 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329075909/http://www.tv-now.com/stars/danacar.html|url=http://www.tv-now.com/stars/danacar.html|url-status=dead|access-date=4 January 2021|website=tv-now.com}}

References

Category:1951 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Missoula, Montana