Filmmaker examines the future in 3D

September 17, 2008 By Thomas Lee

Melissa Butts has seen the future, and it looks startlingly clear and lifelike. Butts is a filmmaker who specializes in 3D digital movies, an emerging market that is increasingly drawing the interest of major Hollywood studios, theater chains, and top directors like James Cameron and Steven Spielberg.

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