Awards & Winners

Alvah J. Miller

Alvah J. Miller is a film crewmember.

Awards by Alvah J. Miller

Check all the awards nominated and won by Alvah J. Miller.

2005


Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
(For the design and development of the Aerohead motion control camera head and the J-Viz Pre-Visualization system. This remote head not only serves the needs of the live-action filmmaker, but also provides the functionality of a motion-controlled head, allowing for sophisticated tiling and pre-visualization techniques.)

2000


Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)
(For the electronic and software design of the Lynx C-50 Camera Motor System. This camera motor, operated with programmable microprocessors, achieves an unprecedented range of precisely controlled speeds in stand-alone cameras or when synchronized to motion-control systems.)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
(For the conception, design and development of data capture systems that enable superior accuracy, efficiency and economy in the creation of composite imagery. These systems digitally record live action camera and axis data with practically no impact on the live action production process, allowing compositing for visual effects to become faster and more cost-effective.)

1988


Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)
(For their individual contributions and the collective advancements they have brought to the motion picture industry in the field of motion control technology.)

1977


Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)
(For the development of a facility uniquely oriented toward visual effects photography, and for the engineering of the Electronic Motion Control System used in concert for multiple exposure visual effects motion picture photography. [Systems])