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AMPAS honors 25 individuals, firms with scientific Oscars
LOS ANGELES, Jan 03, 2013 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --
Twenty-five individual or group
developers representing the most advanced level in Hollywood were
named as recipients of this year's Scientific and Technical
Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
announced on Thursday.
The awards, which will be presented on Feb. 9 in nine
categories, will honor developers of a computer-graphics software,
camera-positioning system, advanced camera lenses, among others.
Unlike other Academy accolades, the scientific and technical
achievements did not necessarily need to be developed in 2012, but
they must have exhibited a proven record of contributing
significant value to the process of making motion pictures, AMPAS
said.
The recipients of Technical Achievement Awards (Academy
certificates) are:
-- J.P. Lewis, Matt Cordner and Nickson Fong for the invention
and publication of the Pose Space Deformation technique used in
the creation of computer-generated characters;
-- Lawrence Kesteloot, Drew Olbrich and Daniel Wexler for the
creation of the Light system for computer graphics lighting at
PDI/DreamWorks;
-- Steve LaVietes, Brian Hall and Jeremy Selan for the creation
of the Katana computer graphics scene management and lighting
software at Sony Pictures Imageworks;
-- Theodore Kim, Nils Thuerey, Markus Gross and Doug James for
the invention, publication and dissemination of Wavelet Turbulence
software;
-- Richard Mall for the design and development of the Matthews
Max Menace Arm, a sophisticated positioning device for lighting
fixtures, cameras or accessories.
Scientific and Engineering Awards (Academy plaques) will go to:
-- Simon Clutterbuck, James Jacobs and Dr. Richard Dorling for
the development of the Tissue Physically-Based Character
Simulation Framework;
-- Dr. Philip McLauchlan, Allan Jaenicke, John-Paul Smith and
Ross Shain for the creation of the Mocha planar tracking and
rotoscoping software;
-- Joe Murtha, William Frederick and Jim Markland of
Anton/Bauer, Inc.for the design and creation of the CINE VCLX
Portable Power System allowing for extended use of power cameras
and other equipment.
Cooke Optics Limited will receive the Academy Award of Merit
(an Oscar statuette) as it has continued innovation in the design
and manufacture of advanced camera lenses "that have helped define
the look of motion pictures over the last century."
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