Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Garrett Brown, Jerry Holway(For the creation of the Skyman flying platform for Steadicam operators. This cable-driven, manned camera platform allows the operator to spin 360 degrees for unimpeded pans while controlling the downhill speed via brakes. As a device for achieving otherwise impossible shots, Skyman has had a definite influence on later cable-suspended camera systems.) |
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Jim Rodnunsky, Jim Webber, Bob Webber, Thornton Bayliss(For the design and engineering of Cablecam. This radio-controlled, cable-driven camera platform with its ultra-smooth synthetic cables and powerful hydraulic motors, enables runs in excess of 3000 feet with quick return to start. Operating unmanned, it can function at speeds and through perils that would be unsafe for on-board operators.) |
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
David DiFrancesco, Bala S. Manian, Thomas L. Noggle(For their pioneering efforts in the development of laser film recording technology. This pioneering laser film recorder, designed and used for motion pictures, demonstrated the potential of this technology for recording digital data onto intermediate film stock.) |
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Mike MacKenzie, Mike Bolles, Udo Pampel, Joe Fulmer(For their pioneering work in motion-controlled, silent camera dollies. This silent, high-speed motion control modification of a Panther dolly makes it possible to film moving camera composite shots of actors while recording live dialogue.) |
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Barry Walton, Bill Schultz, Chris Barker, David Cornelius(For the creation of an advanced motion-controlled, silent camera dolly. This extensive modification to the Panther dolly allows high-speed moves to be silent, smooth and stable.) |
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Bruce Wilton, Carlos Icinkoff(For their modular system of motion-control rotators and movers for use in motion-control. These components have become the de facto industry standard for use in precision motion control equipment.) |
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Remy Smith, James K. Branch, Nasir J. Zaidi(For the design and development of the Spectra Professional IV-A digital exposure meter. The design and execution of the Spectra Professional IV-A meter has resulted in a practical and successful tool for the film production community.) |
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Ivan Kruglak(For his commitment to the development of a wireless transmission system for video-assisted images for the motion picture industry. Through years of persistent effort, Mr. Kruglak has commercialized and popularized a technique of great utility for motion picture camera operations. By introducing diversity antennas and a time code insertion accessory, he has optimized camera wireless video-assist components.) |
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Dr. Doug Roble(For his contribution to tracking technology and for the design and implementation of the TRACK system for camera position calculation and scene reconstruction. The TRACK system is an integrated software tool that uses computer-vision techniques to extract critical 2D and 3D information about a scene and the camera used to film it) |
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Thad Beier(For the design and implementation of ras_track, a system for 2D tracking, stabilization, and 3D camera and object tracking. Ras_track allows the user to determine the postiton and location of the camera and objects in a scene by tracking points in a scanned sequence.) |
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Manfred N. Klemme, Donald E. Wetzel(For the design and development of the K-Tek Microphone Boom Pole and accessories for on-set motion picture sound recording. The K-TEK series microphone boom pole provides production recording personnel with a self-lubricated, light-weight, sturdy pole with multiple accessories.) |
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Nick Foster(For his software development in the field of water simulation systems. This software technique provides an efficient and flexible method for the creation of flowing streams, oceans, tidal waves and turbulence for motion picture visual effects.) |
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Cary Phillips(For the design and development of the Caricature Animation System at Industrial Light & Magic. By integrating existing tools into a powerful interactive system, and adding an expressive multi-target shape interpolation-based freeform animation system, the Caricature system provides a degree of subtlety and refinement not possible with other systems.) |
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Mitchell J. Bogdanowicz, Jim Meyer, Stan Miller(For the design of the CalColor Calibrated Color Effects Filters. Designed to correspond to the spectral sensitivity of color negative film stocks, these filters provide for improved color control in motion picture lighting.) |
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Carl F. Holtz, David F. Kopperl, A. Tulsi Ram, Richard C. Sehlin(For the research and development of the concept of molecular sieves applied to improve the archival properties of processed photographic film. The use of zeolite crystals as molecular sieves to absorb moisture, acetic acid, methylene chloride and a variety of solvents created an effective deterrent to the effects of vinegar syndrome in stored film stock.) |
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Albert K. Saiki, Tak Miyagishima(For the design and development of the Eyepiece Leveler. This leveler keeps the camera eyepiece at the same level, regardless of whether the camera position is tilted up or down, enabling the camera operator to concentrate on the composition of the image.) |
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Edmund M. Di Giulio, James Bartell(For the design of the KeyKode Sync Reader. The KeyKode Sync Reader provides a fast, accurate and user-friendly means of utilizing the KeyKode information on film, thereby expediting the editorial and post-production processes.) |
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Ivan Kruglak(For his pioneering concept and the development of the Coherent Time Code Slate. Time code slates have had significant impact on the filmmaking process by simplifying post-production. This development makes the synchronization process faster and more precise, particularly when multiple cameras are used.) |
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Michael Denecke(For refining and further developing electronic time code slates. Due to their features and simplified operational procedures, the Denecke slates have had significant impact on the motion picture industry and have become the standard for electronic time code slates.) |
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
Ed Zwaneveld, Frederick Gasoi, Mike Lazaridis, Dale Brubacher-Cressman(For the design and development of the DigiSync Film KeyKode Reader. The DigiSync Film KeyKode Reader provides a fast, accurate and user-friendly means of utilizing the KeyKode information on film, expediting the editorial and post-production processes.) |
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Award of Merit)
Avid Technology(For the concept, system design and engineering of the Avid Film Composer for motion picture editing. The Avid Film Composer is a digital, non-linear, 24 frame-per-second editing machine usinig compression algorithms, that has revolutionized the art of film editing. Shots can be stored, recalled, manipulated and played back instantaneously, allowing the film editor unprecedented creative freedom and the ability to realize a film more fully than before.) |
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)
Thomas Stockham, Robert B. Ingebretsen(For their pioneering work in the areas of waveform editing, crossfades and cut-and-paste techniques for digital audio editing. The foundation of current digital audio editing equipment for motion pictures has its roots in the late seventies work of these digital pioneers.) |
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)
James A. Moorer(For his pioneering work in the design of digital signal processing and its application to audio editing for film. This early work in systems architecture and software has had a significant impact on the digital creation of sound effects and the editing of audio for motion picture sound tracks.) |
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)
Stephen J. Kay(For the design and development of the Shock Block. This specially designed ground fault interrupter eliminates the electric shock hazard when working in water, wet conditions or from an accidentally exposed power line.) |
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)
Gary Tregaskis, Dominique Boisvert, Phillippe Panzini, Andre LeBlanc(For the primary design (Tregakis) and for the development and implementation (Boisvert/Panzini/LeBlanc) of the Flame and Inferno software.) |
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)
Robert Predovich, John Scott, Mohamed Ken T. Husain , Cameron Shearer(For the design and implementation of the Soundmaster Integrated Operations Nucleus operating environment. The Soundmaster system provides motion picture audio post production facilities with a completely integrated capability for synchronization of audio and picture elements with the numerous methods of synchronization in use today) |
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)
Roy B. Ference, Steven R. Schmidt, Richard J. Federico, Rockwell Yarid, Michael E. McCrackan(For the design and development of the Kodak Lightning Laser Recorder. The Kodak Lightning laser recorder system established higher operational and quality standards and achieved wide industry acceptance for digital film recording onto intermediate film stock.) |
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)
Colin F. Mossman, Hans Leisinger, George Rowland(For the concept and design of the Deluxe High Speed Spray Film Cleaner. This innovative and effective high speed film cleaning machine is unique in its use of spray technology, providing the flexibility to use alternative solvents, and to anticipate changes in environmental legislation.) |
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)
Arnold & Richter Cine Technik, Arri(For the concept and engineering of the Arriflex 435 Camera System. The 435 enhances the creative process via its programmability and reliability, and provides the camera operator with the widest feature and performance capability of any MOS camera in use today.) |
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)
Arnold & Richter Cine Technik, Carl Zeiss AG(For the concept and optical design of the Carl Zeiss/Arriflex Variable Prime Lenses. This series of variable prine lenses opens many creative possibilities, since any focal length can be continuously selected throughout the entire range. They offer sharp, high-contrast, high-resolution images with minimized vignetting, superior to many prime lenses.) |
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)
Derek C. Lightbody(For the design and development of Aurasoft Luminaires. The Aurasoft offers a radical new type of reflector design for the production of soft, very even and relatively shadowless light, with superior coverage and significantly higher intensity than existing softlights.) |
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)
Mark Roberts, Ronan Carroll, Assaff Rawner , Paul Bartlett, Simon Wakley(For the creation of the Milo Motion-Control Crane. This radically original and effective solution to the problems of high-speed camera motion was achieved with the combination of novel geometry and dedicated 3-dimensional control software.) |
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)
Michael Sorensen, Dick Alexander, Donald Trumbull(For advancing the state-of-the-art of real-time motion-control, as exemplified in the Gazelle and Zebra camera dolly systems. Over the past decade, Sorensen, Alexander and Trumbull have improved the speed, repeatability and portability of robotic camera platforms through novel engineering concepts and the pioneering use of composite materials.) |
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)
Ronald Uhlig, Thomas F. Powers , Fred M. Fuss(For the design and development of KeyKode latent-image barcode key numbers. KeyKode numbers are machine-readable bar codes on camera negative films that exactly replicate the human-readable key numbers. Together with an appropriate reader and database software, they reduce errors and speed important post-production operations, leading to significant cost savings.) |
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)
Iain Neil, Panavision, Tak Miyagishima(For the optical design (Neil), the mechanical design (Miyagishima and the concept and development (Panavision) of the Primo Series of spherical prime lenses for 35mm cinematography.) |
John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation
David W. Gray(In appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.) |
Academy Award for Best Picture
Donna Gigliotti, Edward Zwick, David Parfitt, Marc Norman, Harvey WeinsteinHonored for : Shakespeare in LoveNominations »
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Academy Award for Best Actor
Roberto BenigniHonored for : Life Is Beautiful(Role: Guido)Nominations »
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Academy Award for Best Actress
Gwyneth PaltrowHonored for : Shakespeare in Love(Role: Viola De Lesseps)Nominations »
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Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)
Chris WedgeHonored for : BunnyNominations »
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Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Michael KahnHonored for : Saving Private RyanNominations »
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Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
Gary Rydstrom, Richard HymnsHonored for : Saving Private RyanNominations »
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Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
James CoburnHonored for : Affliction(Role: Glen Whitehouse)Nominations »
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Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Judi DenchHonored for : Shakespeare in Love(Role: Queen Elizabeth I)Nominations »
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Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Janusz Kami?skiHonored for : Saving Private RyanNominations »
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Academy Award for Best Production Design
Martin Childs, Jill QuertierHonored for : Shakespeare in LoveNominations »
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Academy Award for Best Original Song
Stephen SchwartzHonored for : When You Believe(The Prince of Egypt)Nominations »
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Academy Award for Best Director
Steven SpielbergHonored for : Saving Private RyanNominations »
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Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Tom Stoppard, Marc NormanHonored for : Shakespeare in LoveNominations »
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Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay
Bill CondonHonored for : Gods and MonstersNominations »
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Academy Award for Best Original Music Score
Nicola PiovaniHonored for : Life Is BeautifulNominations »
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Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Sandy PowellHonored for : Shakespeare in LoveNominations »
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Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson, Kevin Scott Mack, Joel HynekHonored for : What Dreams May ComeNominations »
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Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
James Moll, Kenneth LipperHonored for : The Last DaysNominations »
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Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject
Keiko IbiHonored for : The PersonalsNominations »
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Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Roberto BenigniHonored for : Life Is Beautiful(Country: Italy; in Italian)Nominations »
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Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Jenny ShircoreHonored for : ElizabethNominations »
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Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Stephen WarbeckHonored for : Shakespeare in LoveNominations »
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Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)
Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas JensenHonored for : Election NightNominations »
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Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Ron JudkinsHonored for : Saving Private RyanNominations »
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Academy Honorary Award
Elia Kazan(in appreciation of a long, distinguished and unparalleled career during which he has influenced the very nature of filmmaking through his creation of cinematic masterpieces) |
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