The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science’s Science and Technology Council has added seven new members to its roster, including Deadpool make-up artist and designer Bill Corso, Star Wars: The Force Awakens film editor Maryann Brandon, and cinematographer Steve Yedlin. The newcomers bring the Council's 2017–2018 membership roster to 25. The new members are: Nafees Bin Zafar, a technology development supervisor at Digital Domain who has worked in live-action visual…...
- 10/4/2017
- Deadline
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 21 scientific and technical achievements represented by 58 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation on Saturday, February 7, at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills.
In addition, veteran sound engineer and Dolby Laboratories executive David W. Gray will receive the Gordon E. Sawyer Award (an Oscar® statuette), presented “to an individual in the motion picture industry whose technological contributions have brought credit to the industry.” Gray’s career has encompassed the design, refinement and implementation of groundbreaking cinema sound technologies, including stereo optical soundtracks, digital sound on film and most recently, Dolby Atmos®. He has served for many years on the Academy’s Science and Technology Council and its Theater Standards Committee, among others, as well as chaired the audio study group of Smpte’s pioneering DC28 technology committee, from which the first two...
In addition, veteran sound engineer and Dolby Laboratories executive David W. Gray will receive the Gordon E. Sawyer Award (an Oscar® statuette), presented “to an individual in the motion picture industry whose technological contributions have brought credit to the industry.” Gray’s career has encompassed the design, refinement and implementation of groundbreaking cinema sound technologies, including stereo optical soundtracks, digital sound on film and most recently, Dolby Atmos®. He has served for many years on the Academy’s Science and Technology Council and its Theater Standards Committee, among others, as well as chaired the audio study group of Smpte’s pioneering DC28 technology committee, from which the first two...
- 1/13/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
And the Oscars go to … the Mat-Towercam Twin Peek, the Biscuit Jr., the Mova Facial Performance Capture System, the Ilm PhysBAM Destruction System and the early conceptualization of sparse-tiled voxel data structures.
That may be Greek to most of us, but it makes sense to the Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards Committee, which on Tuesday announced that those achievements, and 16 others, will be the recipients of this year’s Scientific and Technical Academy Awards.
See photos: Golden Globe Awards: Winners Gallery (Photos)
The awarded achievements include camera mounts and platforms, digital projection technology, advancements that aid in the creation of computer-generated foliage and hair,...
That may be Greek to most of us, but it makes sense to the Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards Committee, which on Tuesday announced that those achievements, and 16 others, will be the recipients of this year’s Scientific and Technical Academy Awards.
See photos: Golden Globe Awards: Winners Gallery (Photos)
The awarded achievements include camera mounts and platforms, digital projection technology, advancements that aid in the creation of computer-generated foliage and hair,...
- 1/13/2015
- by Deborah Day and Steve Pond
- The Wrap
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Eastman Kodak will receive an Academy Award of Merit for its development of photographic emulsion technologies used in its Vision2 color negative films at the Scientific and Technical Academy Awards.
A total of 10 technologies -- including six for fluid-simulation developments that enable computer-generated water, smoke and explosions -- will be recognized at the Feb. 9 ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
As digital technology has marched forward, Kodak has maintained its position to continue the development of film. This year, Kodak's technologies are being honored for breakthroughs in film speed, grain and sharpness. The company will receive an Oscar statuette.
Also in the area of film development, Jonathan Erland will receive the Award of Commendation for his leadership and efforts toward identifying and solving the problem of high-speed emulsion stress syndrome in motion picture film stock.
Scientific and Engineering Awards, an Academy plaque, will be presented to Doug Roble, Nafees Bin Zafar and Ryo Sakaguchi for the development of the fluid-simulation system at Digital Domain, and to Nick Rasmussen, Ron Fedkiw and Frank Losasso Petterson for the development of the Industrial Light + Magic fluid-simulation system.
Eastman Kodak will receive an Academy Award of Merit for its development of photographic emulsion technologies used in its Vision2 color negative films at the Scientific and Technical Academy Awards.
A total of 10 technologies -- including six for fluid-simulation developments that enable computer-generated water, smoke and explosions -- will be recognized at the Feb. 9 ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
As digital technology has marched forward, Kodak has maintained its position to continue the development of film. This year, Kodak's technologies are being honored for breakthroughs in film speed, grain and sharpness. The company will receive an Oscar statuette.
Also in the area of film development, Jonathan Erland will receive the Award of Commendation for his leadership and efforts toward identifying and solving the problem of high-speed emulsion stress syndrome in motion picture film stock.
Scientific and Engineering Awards, an Academy plaque, will be presented to Doug Roble, Nafees Bin Zafar and Ryo Sakaguchi for the development of the fluid-simulation system at Digital Domain, and to Nick Rasmussen, Ron Fedkiw and Frank Losasso Petterson for the development of the Industrial Light + Magic fluid-simulation system.
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