Charles A. Poynton is a Canadian technical consultant and writer based in Toronto.
[2] Poynton is a Fellow of SMPTE, and was awarded the David Sarnoff Gold Medal in 1993 for his work to "integrate video technology with computing and communications".
[3] He is a popular teacher of seminars and travels widely for this purpose.
[4] In 1981, he founded Poynton Vector Corporation to design and build digital television processing equipment for NASA's Johnson Space Center.
From 1985 to 1995, this equipment converted the field-sequential color television signal from the Space Shuttle to NTSC, for viewing, recording, and distribution to television networks.