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Scientific
and Engineering Awards
(Academy Plaques)
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To John Eargle, Don Keele and Mark Engebretson
for the concept, design and engineering of the modern
constant-directivity, direct radiator style motion picture
loudspeaker systems.
The work of John Eargle, Don Keele and Mark Engebretson
has resulted in the over-20-year dominance of constant-directivity,
direct radiator bass style cinema loudspeaker systems.
To Iain Neil for the concept and optical design
and Al Saiki for the mechanical design of the Panavision
Primo Macro Zoom Lens (PMZ).
This compact, wide-angle, macro focus lens enhances and
expands the picture-capturing ability, both technically
and artistically, of the cinematographer. It is the first
cine lens that allows macro photography while still being
able to zoom.
To Franz Kraus, Johannes Steurer and Wolfgang
Riedel for the design and development of the ARRILASER
Film Recorder.
The ARRILASER film recorder demonstrates a high level
of engineering resulting in a compact, user-friendly, low-maintenance
device while at the same time maintaining outstanding speed,
exposure ratings and image quality.
To Peter Kuran for the invention, and Sean Coughlin,
Joseph A. Olivier and William Conner for the
engineering and development of the RCI-Color Film Restoration
Process.
This photo-chemical process restores color to faded color
negative using off-the-shelf film stocks with a unique approach.
The resulting film intermediate can be used to create a
new internegative.
To Makoto Tsukada, Shoji Kaneko and the Technical
Staff of Imagica Corporation, and Daijiro Fujie
of Nikon Corporation for the engineering excellence and
the impact on the motion picture industry of the Imagica
65/35 Multi-Format Optical Printer.
This liquid-gate optical printer offers ease of set-up
and change-over to various formats from 35mm to 65mm 15-perf
with both additive and subtractive lamp houses.
To Steve Gerlach, Gregory Farrell and Christian
Lurin for the design, engineering and implementation
of the Kodak Panchromatic Sound Recording Film.
Allowing all four soundtrack systems to be exposed on
a single negative with relative ease, this stock has allowed
single inventory prints, facilitating the more economic
distribution of motion pictures.
To Paul Constantine and Peter M. Constantine
for the design and development of the CELCO Digital Film
Recorder products.
CELCO recorder products have had a significant impact
on the industry through continual improvements in their
technology.
Technical
Achievement Awards
(Academy Certificates)
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To Pete Romano for the design and development
of the Remote AquaCam, an underwater camera housing system
for use in motion pictures.
The Remote AquaCam brings to the industry an underwater
camera housing specifically designed for remote and high-speed
operation. Its hydro-dynamic shape facilitates ease of
operation for surface hand-held filming, and its remote
capabilities allow it to film in confined areas or in
situations where an operator cannot be near the camera.
To Jordan Klein for his pioneering efforts in
the development and application of underwater camera housings
for motion pictures.
With over 50 years of involvement in the design and
development of underwater camera housings, Jordan Klein
has had significant influence in the field of underwater
photography.
To Bernard Werner and William Gelow for
the engineering and design of filtered line arrays and
screen spreading compensation as applied to motion picture
loudspeaker systems.
Employing both tapered line array and filtered line
array technologies and unique passive and active filter
networks, their work with cinema loudspeakers was both
innovative and dedicated specifically to cinema applications.
To Tomlinson Holman for the research and systems
integration resulting in the improvement of motion picture
loudspeaker systems.
For over 20 years Tomlinson Holman has been involved
in the research and integration of the constant-directivity,
direct radiator bass type of cinema loudspeaker systems.
To Geoff Jackson and Roger Woodburn for
their DMS 120S Camera Motor.
This well-engineered camera motor features built-in
time-lapse programmability and is useful in an unusually
wide range of applications, including MOS production filming,
high-speed photography, animation and motion control.
To Thomas Major Barron for the overall concept
and design; Charles Smith for the structural engineering;
and Gordon Seitz for the mechanical engineering
of the Bulldog Motion Control Camera Crane.
This motion control camera crane represents an unprecedented
combination of long reach, high-speed and a novel approach
to its transport, which allows a very rapid setup on location.
To John Anderson, Jim Hourihan, Cary
Phillips and Sebastian Marino for the development
of the ILM Creature Dynamics System.
This system makes hair, clothing, skin, flesh and muscle
simulation both directable and integrated within a character
animation and rigging environment.
To Dr. Steve Sullivan and Eric Schafer
for the development of the ILM Motion and Structure Recovery
System (MARS.)
The MARS system provides analysis of camera motion
and object motion, and their dimensions. It employs a
rich set of user-interface tools and sophisticated algorithms.
To Carl Ludwig and John Constantine Jr.
for their contributions to CELCO Digital Film Recorder
products.
CELCO recorder products have had a significant impact
on the industry through continual improvements in their
technology.
To Bill Spitzak, Paul Van Camp, Jonathan
Egstad and Price Pethel for their pioneering
effort on the NUKE-2D Compositing Software.
The Nuke-2D compositing software allows for the creation
of complex interactive digital composites using relatively
modest computing hardware.
To Lance Williams for his pioneering influence
in the field of computer-generated animation and effects
for motion pictures.
The ongoing influence of Lance Williams is exemplified
in his three seminal papers "Casting Shadows on Curved
Surfaces," "Pyramidal Parametrics" and
"View Interpolation for Image Synthesis."
To Dr. Uwe Sassenberg and Rolf Schneider
for the development of "3D Equalizer," an advanced
and robust camera and object match-moving system.
This dominant commercial tracking system provides "survey-free"
tracking, which significantly reduces the need for painstaking,
error-prone measurements on sets.
To Garland Stern for the concept and implementation
of the Cel Paint Software System.
All current cel painting applications in the motion
picture industry can be traced back to the original idea
and pioneering implementation of Garland Stern.
To Mic Rodgers and Matt Sweeney for the
concept, design and realization of the "Mic Rig."
This self-contained, low bed "picture car"
carrier and "camera platform" enables the safe,
economic and realistic filming of action sequences that
may involve principal actors and dialogue.
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