Mr. Rudes is the 2014 winner of "La Médaille d'Or du Rayonnement Culturel" for the United States, a prize created by La Renaissance Française" in Paris in 1916 by Raymond Poincaré, then President of France. The medal distinguishes persons who have rendered distinguished service in French language, literature, arts, science and technology. It is awarded under the patronage of the President of the French Republic and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Defense and National Education.Since 2002, Mr. Rudes has also served as US Coordinator for LVT, one of the world leaders in film and digital subtitling. In that capacity, he has supervised the subtitling of hundreds of films, including scores of official selections for the Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Sundance, Locarno, Tribeca and Toronto Film Festivals.As of March 1, 2014, Mistral Artist has taken over all subtitling and dubbing activity of LVT-USA. Show less «