Scientific and Technical Awards host, actress Jessica Alba		2007 Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards winners (View Larger Image)

Actress Jessica Alba presented the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday, February 9, at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills.

Among the 13 awards that Alba presented during the ceremony was the Academy’s Gordon E. Sawyer Award, an Oscar statuette, which was bestowed on David Grafton for his lifetime of technological contributions to the industry.

Awards Administration Director Rich Miller said that unlike other Academy Awards®, achievements receiving Scientific and Technical Awards do not have to have been developed and introduced during 2007. “The achievement can be a device or a discovery, a formula or a method, but it must demonstrate a proven record of contributing significant value to the process of making motion pictures,” Miller said.

Portions of the Scientific and Technical Awards presentation will be shown during the 80th Academy Awards® telecast.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT.  The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.