Awards & Winners

1998 Academy Awards

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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.)

71st Academy Awards »

Academy Award for Best Picture

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Grant Hill The Thin Red Line
John Roberdeau The Thin Red Line
Robert Michael Geisler The Thin Red Line
Mark Gordon Saving Private Ryan
Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan
Gary Levinsohn Saving Private Ryan
Ian Bryce Saving Private Ryan
Alison Owen Elizabeth
Eric Fellner Elizabeth
Tim Bevan Elizabeth
Elda Ferri Life Is Beautiful
Gianluigi Braschi Life Is Beautiful
Marc Norman Shakespeare in Love
Edward Zwick Shakespeare in Love
Harvey Weinstein Shakespeare in Love
David Parfitt Shakespeare in Love
Donna Gigliotti Shakespeare in Love
Academy Award for Best Actor

Roberto Benigni

Honored for : Life Is Beautiful
(Role: Guido)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ian McKellen Gods and Monsters
Role: James Whale
Nick Nolte Affliction
Role: Wade Whitehouse
Edward Norton American History X
Role: Derek
Tom Hanks Saving Private Ryan
Role: Captain Miller
Roberto Benigni Life Is Beautiful
Role: Guido
Academy Award for Best Actress

Gwyneth Paltrow

Honored for : Shakespeare in Love
(Role: Viola De Lesseps)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Cate Blanchett Elizabeth
Role: Queen Elizabeth I
Emily Watson Hilary and Jackie
Role: Jacqueline du Pré
Meryl Streep One True Thing
Role: Kate Gulden
Fernanda Montenegro Central Station
Role: Dora
Gwyneth Paltrow Shakespeare in Love
Role: Viola De Lesseps
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Chris Wedge

Honored for : Bunny

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Chris Wedge Bunny
Jonathan Myerson The Canterbury Tales
Christopher Grace The Canterbury Tales
Mark Baker Jolly Roger
Mark Osborne More
Steve Kalafer More
Karsten Kiilerich When Life Departs
Stefan Fjeldmark When Life Departs
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Michael Kahn

Honored for : Saving Private Ryan

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Simona Paggi Life Is Beautiful
Billy Weber The Thin Red Line
Leslie Jones The Thin Red Line
Saar Klein The Thin Red Line
Michael Kahn Saving Private Ryan
David Gamble Shakespeare in Love
Anne V. Coates Out of Sight
Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns

Honored for : Saving Private Ryan

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Gary Rydstrom Saving Private Ryan
Richard Hymns Saving Private Ryan
George Watters II Armageddon
Dave McMoyler The Mask of Zorro
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

James Coburn

Honored for : Affliction
(Role: Glen Whitehouse)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Billy Bob Thornton A Simple Plan
Role: Jacob
James Coburn Affliction
Role: Glen Whitehouse
Geoffrey Rush Shakespeare in Love
Role: Philip Henslowe
Robert Duvall A Civil Action
Role: Jerome Facher
Ed Harris The Truman Show
Role: Christof
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Judi Dench

Honored for : Shakespeare in Love
(Role: Queen Elizabeth I)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lynn Redgrave Gods and Monsters
Role: Hanna
Rachel Griffiths Hilary and Jackie
Role: Hilary du Pré
Brenda Blethyn Little Voice
Role: Mari
Kathy Bates Primary Colors
Role: Libby
Judi Dench Shakespeare in Love
Role: Queen Elizabeth I
Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Janusz Kami?ski

Honored for : Saving Private Ryan

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Remi Adefarasin Elizabeth
John Toll The Thin Red Line
Janusz Kami?ski Saving Private Ryan
Conrad L. Hall A Civil Action
Richard Greatrex Shakespeare in Love
Academy Award for Best Production Design

Martin Childs, Jill Quertier

Honored for : Shakespeare in Love

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Cindy Carr What Dreams May Come
Eugenio Zanetti What Dreams May Come
Jay R. Hart Pleasantville
Jeannine Oppewall Pleasantville
John Myhre Elizabeth
Peter Howitt Elizabeth
Thomas E. Sanders Saving Private Ryan
Lisa Dean Saving Private Ryan
Martin Childs Shakespeare in Love
Jill Quertier Shakespeare in Love
Academy Award for Best Original Song

Stephen Schwartz

Honored for : When You Believe
(The Prince of Egypt)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tony Renis The Prayer
Quest for Camelot
Alberto Testa The Prayer
Quest for Camelot
David Foster The Prayer
Quest for Camelot
Carole Bayer Sager The Prayer
Quest for Camelot
Diane Warren I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
Armageddon
Allison Moorer A Soft Place to Fall
The Horse Whisperer
Gwilym Emyr Owen III A Soft Place to Fall
The Horse Whisperer
Randy Newman That\u2019ll Do
Babe: Pig in the City
Stephen Schwartz When You Believe
The Prince of Egypt
Academy Award for Best Director

Steven Spielberg

Honored for : Saving Private Ryan

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Roberto Benigni Life Is Beautiful
John Madden Shakespeare in Love
Terrence Malick The Thin Red Line
Peter Weir The Truman Show
Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

Tom Stoppard, Marc Norman

Honored for : Shakespeare in Love

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Rodat Saving Private Ryan
Vincenzo Cerami Life Is Beautiful
Roberto Benigni Life Is Beautiful
Andrew Niccol The Truman Show
Jeremy Pikser Bulworth
Warren Beatty Bulworth
Tom Stoppard Shakespeare in Love
Marc Norman Shakespeare in Love
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

Bill Condon

Honored for : Gods and Monsters

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Scott Frank Out of Sight
Scott Smith A Simple Plan
Elaine May Primary Colors
Bill Condon Gods and Monsters
Terrence Malick The Thin Red Line
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Nicola Piovani

Honored for : Life Is Beautiful

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Nicola Piovani Life Is Beautiful
Hans Zimmer The Thin Red Line
David Hirschfelder Elizabeth
Randy Newman Pleasantville
John Williams Saving Private Ryan
Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Sandy Powell

Honored for : Shakespeare in Love

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexandra Byrne Elizabeth
Sandy Powell Velvet Goldmine
Sandy Powell Shakespeare in Love
Colleen Atwood Beloved
Judianna Makovsky Pleasantville
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson, Kevin Scott Mack, Joel Hynek

Honored for : What Dreams May Come

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joel Hynek What Dreams May Come
Nicholas Brooks What Dreams May Come
Stuart Robertson What Dreams May Come
Kevin Scott Mack What Dreams May Come
Richard A. Baker Mighty Joe Young
Hoyt Yeatman Mighty Joe Young
Allen Hall Mighty Joe Young
James Mitchell Mighty Joe Young
Richard R. Hoover Armageddon
Patrick McClung Armageddon
John Frazier Armageddon
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

James Moll, Kenneth Lipper

Honored for : The Last Days

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
James Moll The Last Days
Kenneth Lipper The Last Days
Janet Cole Regret to Inform
Barbara Sonneborn Regret to Inform
Matthew Diamond The Dancemaker
Jerry Kupfer The Dancemaker
Jonathan Stack The Farm: Angola, USA
Liz Garbus The Farm: Angola, USA
Robert B. Weide Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject

Keiko Ibi

Honored for : The Personals

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Keiko Ibi The Personals
Charles Guggenheim A Place in the Land
Shui-Bo Wang Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square
Donald Mcwilliams Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Roberto Benigni

Honored for : Life Is Beautiful
(Country: Italy; in Italian)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Walter Salles Central Station
Country: Brazil; in Portuguese
Majid Majidi Children of Heaven
Country: Iran; in Persian
José Luis Garci The Grandfather
Country: Spain; in Spanish
Roberto Benigni Life Is Beautiful
Country: Italy; in Italian
Carlos Saura Tango
Country: Argentina; in Spanish
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Jenny Shircore

Honored for : Elizabeth

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jenny Shircore Elizabeth
Lois Burwell Saving Private Ryan
Conor O'Sullivan Saving Private Ryan
Daniel C. Striepeke Saving Private Ryan
Lisa Westcott Shakespeare in Love
Veronica McAleer Shakespeare in Love
Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score

Stephen Warbeck

Honored for : Shakespeare in Love

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stephen Warbeck Shakespeare in Love
Randy Newman A Bug's Life
Matthew Wilder Mulan
David Zippel Mulan
Jerry Goldsmith Mulan
Marc Shaiman Patch Adams
Stephen Schwartz The Prince of Egypt
Hans Zimmer The Prince of Egypt
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)

Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen

Honored for : Election Night

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kim Magnusson Election Night
Anders Thomas Jensen Election Night
Josh Gordon Culture
Will Speck Culture
Alexander Jovy Holiday Romance
J.J. Keith Holiday Romance
Vivian Goffette The Postcard
Simon Sandquist Victor
Joel Bergvall Victor
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Ron Judkins

Honored for : Saving Private Ryan

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Gary Rydstrom Saving Private Ryan
Gary Summers Saving Private Ryan
Andy Nelson Saving Private Ryan
Ron Judkins Saving Private Ryan
Kevin O'Connell Armageddon
Greg P. Russell Armageddon
Keith Wester Armageddon
Kevin O'Connell The Mask of Zorro
Greg P. Russell The Mask of Zorro
Pud Cusack The Mask of Zorro
Robin O'Donoghue Shakespeare in Love
Dominic Lester Shakespeare in Love
Peter Glossop Shakespeare in Love
Andy Nelson The Thin Red Line
Anna Behlmer The Thin Red Line
Paul Brincat The Thin Red Line
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)