Der Oscar für technische Verdienste (Academy Technical Achievement Award) ist eine seit 1931 vergebene Auszeichnung der Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences und würdigt herausragende Leistungen auf dem Gebiet der Verbesserung technischer Geräte und Methoden in der Filmwirtschaft.

Bei dem Preis handelt es sich um eine sogenannte Class III-Auszeichnung, da die Preisträger keine Oscar-Statuette (Class I) oder Oscar-Plakette (Class II) erhalten, sondern ein Oscar-Zertifikat. Zum Teil wurden in einem Jahr mehrere Preise in dieser Kategorie vergeben.

1931 bis 1939

JahrPreisträgerPreisbegründung (deutsch/englisch)
19311. Electrical Research Products Inc.
2. RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
3. RCA-Photophone Inc.		1. „für Tauchspulen-Mikrofonsender“
(„for moving coil microphone transmitters“)
2. „für Reflex-Mikrofonkonzentratoren“
(„for reflex type microphone concentrators“)
3. „für Bändchenmikrofonsender“
(„for ribbon microphone transmitters“)
1932Eastman Kodak Company„für das Typ II-B Sensitometer“
(„for its Type II-B Sensitometer“)
19341. Fox Film Corporation
2. Fred Jackman, Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
3. Sidney Saunders von RKO Studios, Inc.		1. „für die Entwicklung und effektive Nutzung des durchscheinenden Zellstoffschirms in der Kompositfotografie“
(„for their development and effective use of the translucent cellulous screen in composite photography“)
2. „für die Entwicklung und effektive Nutzung des durchscheinenden Zellstoffschirms in der Kompositfotografie“
(„for their development and effective use of the translucent cellulous screen in composite photography“)
3. „für die Entwicklung und effektive Nutzung des durchscheinenden Zellstoffschirms in der Kompositfotografie“
(„for their development and effective use of the translucent cellulous screen in composite photography“)
19351. Columbia Pictures Corporation
2. Bell and Howell Company		1. „für die Anwendung der Vertical-Cut-Disc-Methode (Berg-und-Tal-Aufnahme) auf die eigentliche Studioproduktion, mit ihrer Aufnahme des Tons auf dem Bild ‚One Night of Love‘“
(„for their application of the Vertical Cut Disc method (hill and dale recording) to actual studio production, with their recording of the sound on the picture 'One Night of Love'“)
2. „für die Entwicklung des Bell and Howell Fully Automatic Sound and Picture Printer“
(„for their development of the Bell and Howell Fully Automatic Sound and Picture Printer“)
19361. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
2. William A. Mueller von Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department
3. Mole-Richardson Company
4. Douglas Shearer und Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
5. Electrical Research Products Inc.
6. Paramount Productions
7. Nathan Levinson		1. „für die Entwicklung der gegenläufigen Negativ- und Positiventwicklung mittels Strahlverwirbelung und die Anwendung des Verfahrens auf die gesamte Negativ- und Druckbearbeitung des Gesamtproduktes einer großen produzierenden Firma“
(„for the development of anti-directional negative and positive development by means of jet turbulation, and the application of the method to all negative and print processing of the entire product of a major producing company“)
2. „für seine Art der Synchronisation, bei der die Lautstärke des Dialogs automatisch die Lautstärke der begleitenden Musik und Soundeffekte steuert“
(„for his method of dubbing, in which the level of the dialogue automatically controls the level of the accompanying music and sound effects“)
3.„für die Entwicklung der Strahler „Solar-Spot““
(„for their development of the 'Solar-spot’ spot lamps“)
4. „für ihr automatisches Steuerungssystem für Kameras und Tonaufnahmegeräte und Bühnenhilfsgeräte“
(„for their automatic control system for cameras and sound recording machines and auxiliary stage equipment“)
5. „für ihre Untersuchung und Entwicklung von Geräten zur Analyse und Messung des Flatterns, das sich aus der Bewegung des Films durch die Mechanismen ergibt, die bei der Aufzeichnung und Wiedergabe von Ton verwendet werden“
(„for their study and development of equipment to analyze and measure flutter resulting from the travel of the film through the mechanisms used in the recording and reproduction of sound“)
6. „für die Konstruktion und den Bau der Entwicklungsmaschine Paramount Transparency Air Turbine“
(„for the design and construction of the Paramount transparency air turbine developing machine“)
7. „für das Verfahren des Unterschneidens von Tonspuren mit variabler Dichte und variabler Fläche, um eine Erhöhung des effektiven Lautstärkebereichs von Tonaufzeichnungen für Kinofilme sicherzustellen“
(„for the method of intercutting variable density and variable area sound tracks to secure an increase in the effective volume range of sound recorded for motion pictures“)
19371. RCA-Victor
2. Electrical Research Products Inc.
3. RCA-Victor
4. United Artists Studio Corp.		1. „für die Entwicklung eines Verfahrens zur Aufzeichnung und zum Druck von Tonaufzeichnungen unter Verwendung eines begrenzten Spektrums (bekannt als Ultraviolettlicht-Aufzeichnung)“

(„for their development of a method of recording and printing sound records utilizing a restricted spectrum (known as ultra-violet light recording)“)
2. "für den ERPI 'Typ Q' tragbaren Aufnahmekanal‟ („for the ERPI 'Type Q' portable recording channel“)
3. „für den praktischen Entwurf und Spezifikationen für einen rutschfesten Drucker“.

(„for furnishing a practical design and specifications for a non-slip printer“)
4. „für die Entwicklung einer praktischen, effizienten und leisen Windmaschine“ („for the development of a practical, efficient and quiet wind machine“)

19381. John Arnold und M-G-M Studio Camera Department
2. John Livadary, Direktor des Sound Recording der Columbia Pictures Corporation
3. Thomas T. Moulton und United Artists SSD
4. RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc.
5. Joseph E. Robbins und Paramount Pictures Inc.
6. Douglas Shearer und M-G-M SSD		„für ihre Verbesserung des halbautomatischen Nachführungsfokus und seine Anwendung an allen Kameras des Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio.“

(„for their improvement of the semi-automatic follow focus device and its application to all of the cameras used by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio“)
2. „für die Anwendung des biplanaren Lichtventils bei der Tonaufzeichnung von Filmen“ („for the application of the bi-planar light valve to motion picture sound recording“)
3. „für die Anwendung von Lautstärkeindikatoren in der Bewegtbildtonaufzeichnung, welche Lesespitzenwerte und lineare Dezibelskalen haben.“

(„for the application to motion picture sound recording of volume indicators which have peak reading response and linear decibel scales“)
4. „für die Vorstellung der modulierten Hochfrequenzmethode für die Bestimmung der optimalen fotografischen Verarbeitungsbedingungen für Tonspuren mit variabler Breite“

(„for the introduction of the modulated high-frequency method of determining optimum photographic processing conditions for variable width sound tracks“)
5. „für die außergewöhnliche Anwendung der akustischen Prinzipien für das Schalldämmen von Benzin-/Dieselgeneratoren und Wasserpumpen“

(„for an exceptional application of acoustic principles to the sound proofing of gasoline generators and water pumps“)
6. „für das Design von Filmtransportmechanismen, wie im ERPI 1010 Reproduktionsgerät verbaut“ („for the design of the film drive mechanism as incorporated in the ERPI 1010 reproducer“)

19391. John Aalberg (RKO Radio SSD)
2. Byron Haskin (Special Effects Dept. der Warner Bros. Studio)		1. „für die Anwendung der Kompression der Aufzeichnung auf variablen Flächen in Bewegtbildproduktionen.“

(„for the application of compression to variable area recording in motion picture production“)
2. „für die Pionierarbeit in der Entwicklung des Dreikopf-Hintergrundprojektors und der ersten praktischen Anwendung in Bewegtbildproduktionen“ („for pioneering the development and for the first practical application to motion picture production of the triple head background projector“)

1940 bis 1949

JahrPreisträgerPreisbegründung (englisch)
19401. R. D. Musgrave (Selznick International Pictures Inc.)
2. F. R. Abbott, Haller Belt und Alan Cook
(Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.)
3. George H. Anderson
4. John Arnold
5. Farciot Edouart, Joseph E. Robbins und William Rudolph
(Paramount Pictures, Inc.)
6. Charles Handley, David Joy (National Carbon Co.)
7. Winton C. Hoch (Technicolor Motion Picture Corp.)
8. Emery Huse, Ralph B. Atkinson (Eastman Kodak Co.)
9. Thomas T. Moulton, Fred Albin
(Sound Dept. of the Samuel Goldwyn Studio)
10. Harold Nye
11. A. J. Tondreau		1. „For pioneering in the use of coordinated equipment in the production Gone with the Wind“
2. „Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment: for faster projection lenses“
3. ./.
4. „For the M-G-M mobile camera crane“
5. „For the design and construction of a quiet portable treadmill“
6. „Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment: for improved and more stable high-intensity carbons“
7. „Multiple Award for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment: for an auxiliary optical system“
8. „For their specifications for chemical analysis of photographic developers and fixing baths“
9. „For the origination and application of the Delta db test to sound recording in motion pictures“
10. ./.
11. ./.
1941Anton Grot (Warner Bros. Studio Art Dept.)„For the design and perfection of the Warner Bros. water ripple and wave illusion machine“
19421. Charles L. Lootens (Republic SSD)
2. Douglas Shearer, Loren L. Ryder
(M-G-M SSD and Paramount SSD)
3. Ernest Wilbur Silvertooth (Paramount Studio Engineering Dept.)
4. Ray Wilkinson (Paramount Studio Laboratory)
5. Paramount Pictures, Inc., 20th Century-Fox Film Corp.		1. „For pioneering the use of and for the first practical application to motion picture production of Class B push-pull variable area recording“
2. „For pioneering the development of fine grain emulsions for variable density original sound recording in a studio production“
3. „For the design and computation of a relay condenser system applicable to transparency process projection, delivering considerably more usable light“
4. „For pioneering in the use of and for the first practical application to release printing of fine grain positive stock“
5. „For the development and first practical application to motion picture production of an automatic scene slating device“
19431. Robert Henderson (Paramount Studio Engineering and Transparency Departments)
2. Daniel J. Bloomberg (Republic SSD)		1. „For the design and construction of adjustable light bridges and screen frames for transparency process photography“
2. „For the design and application to motion picture production of a device for pre-selection purposes“
19441. Daniel J. Bloomberg (Republic SSD)
2. Charles G. Clarke (20th Century-Fox Studio Camera Dept.)
3. Farciot Edouart (Paramount Studio Transparency Dept.)
4. Willard H. Turner (RKO Radio SSD)		1. „For the design and development of an inexpensive method of converting Moviolas to Class B push-pull reproduction“
2. „For the development and practical application of a device for composing artificial clouds into motion picture scenes during production photography“
3. „For an automatic electric transparency cueing timer“
4. „For the design and construction of the phono-cue starter“
19451. Linwood G. Dunn, Cecil Love (Acme Tool Manufacturing Co.)
2. Grover Laube (20th Century-Fox Studio Camera Dept.)
3. Western Electric Co.
4. Russ Brown, Ray Hinsdale, Joseph E. Robbins
5. Gordon Jennings
6. Radio Corp. of America, RKO Radio SSD
7. Daniel J. Bloomberg (Republic SSD)
8. Bernard B. Brown, John P. Livadary
9. Paul Zeff, S. J. Twining, George Seid
(Columbia Studio Laboratory)
10. Paul K. Lerpae		1. „For the design and construction of the Acme-Dunn Optical Printer“
2. „For the development of a continuous loop projection device“
3. „For the design and construction of the 1126A Limiting Amplifier for variable density sound recording“
4. „For the development and production use of the Paramount floating hydraulic boat rocker“
5. „For the design and construction of the Paramount nodal point tripod“
6. „For the design and construction of the RKO reverberation chamber“
7. „For the design and development of a multi-interlock selector switch“
8.„ For the design and engineering of a separate soloist and chorus recording room“
9. „For the formula and application to production of a simplified variable area sound negative developer“
10. „For the design and construction of the Paramount traveling matte projection and photographing device“
19461. Loren L. Ryder, Charles R. Daily
(Paramount Studio Sound Department)
2. Michael S. Leshing, Benjamin C. Robinson, Arthur B. Chatelain, Robert C. Stevens (alle 20th Century-Fox Studio), John G. Capstaff (Eastman Kodak Co.)		1. „For the design, construction and use of the first dial-controlled step-by-step sound channel line-up and test circuit“
2. „For the 20th Century-Fox film processing machine“
19471. Harlan L. Baumbach (Paramount West Coast Laboratory)
2. Herbert E. Britt
3. Burton F. Miller
(Warner Bros. Studio Sound and Electrical Departments)
4. Carlton W. Faulkner (20th Century-Fox SSD)
5. Mole-Richardson Co.
6. Arthur F. Blinn, Robert O. Cook, C. O. Slyfield (Walt Disney SSD)
7. Burton F. Miller (Warner Bros. SSD)
8. Harold Nye (Warner Bros. Studio Electrical Dept.)
9. Marty Martin, Hal Adkins (RKO Radio Studio Miniature Department) 		1. „For an improved method for the quantitative determination of hydroquinone and metol in photographic developing baths“
2. „For the development and application of formulas and equipment for producing cloud and smoke effects“
3. „For the design and construction of a motion picture arc lighting generator filter“
4. „For the reversed bias method, including a double bias method for light valve and galvanometer density recording“
5. „For the Type 450 super high intensity carbon arc lamp“
6. „For the design and development of an audio finder and track viewer for checking and locating noise in sound tracks“
7. „For the design and application of an equalizer to eliminate relative spectral energy distortion in electronic compressors“
8. „For the development of the electronically controlled fire and gaslight effect“
9. „For the design and construction of equipment providing visual bullet effects“
19481. Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros. SSD)
2. Farciot Edouart, C.R. Daily, Hal Corl, H. G. Cartwright
(Paramount Studio Engineering and Transparency Departments)
3. Fred Ponedel (Warner Bros. Studio)
4. Kurt Singer (RCA-Victor Division of the Radio Corp. of America)
5. James Gibbons (Warner Bros. Studios)		1. „For the design and construction of a constant-speed sound editing machine“
2. „For the first application of a special antisolarizing glass to high intensity background and spot arc projectors“
3. „For pioneering the fabrication and practical application to motion picture color photography of large translucent photographic backgrounds“
4. „For the design and development of a continuously variable band elimination filter“
5. „For the development and production of large dyed plastic filters for motion picture photography“
19491. Marty Martin, Jack Lannan, Russell Shearman
(RKO Radio Studio Special Effects Dept.)
2. A. J. Moran (Warner Bros. Studio Electrical Dept.)		1. „For the development of a new method of simulating falling snow on motion picture sets“
2. For „a method of remote control for shutters on motion picture arc lighting equipment“

1950 bis 1959

JahrPreisträgerPreisbegründung (englisch)
19501. Loren L. Ryder, Bruce H. Denney, Robert J. Carr (Paramount SSD)
2. M. B. Paul
3. Herbert E. Britt
4. André Coutant, Jacques Mathot
5. Charles R. Daily, Stephen Csillag (Paramount Studio Engineering, Editorial and Music Departments)
6. International Projector Corp.
7. Alexander Velcoff		1. „For the development and application of the supersonic playback and public address system“
2. „For the first successful large-area seamless translucent backgrounds“
3. „For the development and application of formulas and equipment producing artificial snow and ice for dressing motion-picture sets“
4. For „the design of the Eclair Camerette“
5. „For a new precision method of computing variable tempo click tracks“
6. „For a simplified and self-adjusting take-up device for projection machines“
7. „For the application to production of the infrared photographic evaluator“
1951Keine PreisvergabeKeine Preisvergabe
19521. Richard M. Haff, Frank P. Herrnfeld, Garland C. Misener (Ansco Film Division of General Aniline & Film Corporation)
2. Fred Ponedel, Ralph Ayres, George Brown (alle Warner Bros. Studio)
3. Glen Robinson (M-G-M Studio Construction Dept.)
4. Jack Gaylord (M-G-M Studio Construction Dept.)
5. Carlos Rivas (M-G-M Studio)		1. „For the development of the Ansco color scene tester“
2. „For an air-driven water motor to provide flow, wake and white water for marine sequences in motion pictures“
3. „For the development of a new music wire and cable cutter“
4. „For the development of balsa falling snow“
5. „For the development of an automatic magnetic film splicer“
19531. Projection, Still Photographic and Development Engineering Departments of M-G-M Studio
2. John G. Frayne, R.R. Scoville (Westrex Corp.)
3. Photo Research Corp.
4. Gustav Jirouch
5. Carlos Rivas (M-G-M Studio)		1. „For an improved method of projecting photographic backgrounds“
2.„ For a method of measuring distortion in sound reproduction“
3. „For creating the Spectra color temperature meter“
4. „For the design of the Robot automatic film splicer“
5. For „the development of a sound reproducer for magnetic film“
1954Westrex Corp.„For the design and construction of a new film editing machine“
19551. David S. Horsley (Universal-International Studio Special Photographic Dept.)
2. Karl Freund, Frank Crandell (Photo Research Corp.)
3. Wesley C. Miller, J. W. Stafford, K. M. Frierson (M-G-M SSD)
4. John P. Livadary, Lloyd W. Russell (Columbia SSD)
5. Roland Miller, Max Goeppinger (Magnascope Corp.)
6. Carlos Rivas, G. M. Sprague (M-G-M SSD)
7. Fred R. Wilson (Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department)
8. P. C. Young (M-G-M Studio Projection Department)
9. Fred Knoth, Orien Ernest (Universal-International Studio Technical Department)		1. „For a portable remote control device for process projectors“
2. For „the design and development of a direct reading brightness meter“
3. „For an electronic sound printing comparison device“
4. „For an improved limiting amplifier as applied to sound level comparison devices“
5. „For the design and development of a cathode ray magnetic sound track viewer“
6. „For the design of a magnetic sound editing machine“
7. „For the design of a variable multiple-band equalizer“
8. „For the practical application of a variable focal length attachment to motion picture projector lenses“
9. „For the development of a hand portable, electric, dry oil-fog machine“
19561. 20th Century-Fox Studio, Bausch & Lomb Co.
2. Walter Jolley, Maurice Larson, R. H. Spies (20th Century-Fox Studio)
3. Steve Krilanovich
4. Dave Anderson (20th Century-Fox Studio)
5. Loren L. Ryder, Charles West, Henry Fracker (Paramount Studio)
6. Farciot Edouart, Hal Corl (Paramount Studio Transparency Dept.)		1. „For the new combination lenses for CinemaScope photography“
2. „For a spraying process which creates simulated metallic surfaces“
3. „For an improved camera dolly incorporating multi-directional steering“
4. „For an improved spotlight capable of maintaining a fixed circle of light at constant intensity over varied distances“
5. „For a projection film index to establish proper framing for various aspect ratios“
6. „For an improved dial stereopticon background projector“
19571. Richard H. Ranger (Rangertone, Inc.)
2. Ted Hirsch, Carl W. Hauge, Edward H. Reichard (Consolidated Film Industries)
3. Technical Departments of Paramount Pictures Corp.
4. Roy C. Stewart, C.R. Daily (Sons of Stewart-Trans Lux Corp., Transparency Dept. of Paramount Pictures Corp.)
5. Construction Dept. of M-G-M Studio
6. Daniel J. Bloomberg, John Pond, William Wade (Engineering and Camera Departments of Republic Studio)		1. „For the development of a synchronous recording and reproducing system for quarter-inch magnetic tape“
2. For „an automatic scene counter for laboratory projection rooms“
3. „For the engineering and development of the Paramount lightweight horizontal-movement VistaVision camera“
4. „For the engineering and development of the HiTrans and Para-HiTrans rear projection screens“
5. „For a new hand-portable fog machine“
6. „For the Naturama adaptation to the Mitchell camera“
1958Charles E. Sutter, William Bryson Smith (Paramount Pictures Corp., General Cable Corp.)„For the engineering and application to studio use of aluminum lightweight electrical cable and connectors“
19591. Willy Borberg (General Precision Laboratory, Inc.)
2. Fred Ponedel, George Brown, Conrad Boye (Warner Bros. Special Effects Dept.)		1. „For the development of a high speed intermittent movement for 35 mm motion picture theater projection equipment“
2. „For the design and fabrication of a new rapid-fire marble gun“.

1960 bis 1969

JahrPreisträgerPreisbegründung (englisch)
19601. Ub Iwerks (Walt Disney Productions)
2. E.L. Stones, Glen Robinson, Winfield Hubbard, Luther Newman (M-G-M Studio Construction Dept.)		1. „For the design of an improved optical printer for special effects and matte shots“
2. „For the design of a multiple-cable, remote-controlled winch“
19611. Arthur Holcomb, Petro Vlahos (Columbia Studio Camera Dept.)
2. Anthony Paglia (20th Century-Fox Studio Mechanical Effects Dept.)
3. Carl W. Hauge, Robert Grubel, Edward H. Reichard (Consolidated Film Industries)		1. „For a camera flicker indicating device“
2. „For the design and construction of a miniature flak gun and ammunition“
3. „For the development of an automatic developer replenisher system“
19621. Hurletron, Inc., Electric Eye Equipment Division
Wadsworth E. Pohl (Technicolor Corp.)		1. „For an automatic light changing system for motion picture printers“
2. „For an integrated sound and picture transfer process“
19631. Electro-Voice, Inc.
2. Louis G. MacKenzie		1. „For a highly directional dynamic line microphone“
2. „For a selective sound effects repeater“
1964Douglas Shearer, A. Arnold Gillespie (M-G-M Studios)

„For the engineering of an improved Background Process Projection System“

19651. Milton Forman, Richard B. Glickman, Daniel J. Pearlman (ColorTran Industries)
2. Stewart Filmscreen Corp.
3. Anthony Paglia (20th Century-Fox Studio Mechanical Effects Dept.)
4. Edward H. Reichard, Carl W. Hauge (Consolidated Film Industries)
5. Edward H. Reichard, Leonard L. Sokolow, Carl W. Hauge (Consolidated Film Industries)
6. Nelson Tyler		1. „For the advancements in the design and application to motion picture photography of lighting units using quartz iodine lamps“
2. „For a seamless translucent Blue Screen for Traveling Matte Color Cinematography“
3. „For an improved method of producing Explosion Flash Effects for motion pictures“
4. „For the design of a Proximity Cue Detector and its application to motion picture printers“
5. „For the design and application to motion picture laboratory practice of a Stroboscopic Scene Tester for color and black-and-white film“
6. „For the design and construction of an improved Helicopter Camera System“
1966Keine PreisvergabeKeine Preisvergabe
19671. Panavision, Inc.
2. Carroll Knudson
3. Ruby Raksin		1. „For the design of the Panatron Power Inverter and its application to motion picture camera operation“
2. „For the production of a Composers Manual for Motion Picture Music Synchronization“
3. „For the production of a Composers Manual for Motion Picture Music Synchronization“
19681. Electro-Optical Division of Kollmorgen Corp.
2. Panavision, Inc.
3. Fred R. Wilson (Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept.)
4. Waldon O. Watson (Universal City SSD)		1. „For the design and development of a series of Motion Picture Projection Lenses“
2. „For a Variable Speed Motor for Motion Picture Cameras“
3. „For an Audio Level Clamper“
4. „For new concepts in the design of a Music Scoring Stage“
19691. Carl W. Hauge, Edward H. Reichard (beide Consolidated Film Industries), E. Michael Meahl, Roy J. Ridenour (beide Ramtronics)
2. Eastman Kodak Co., Consolidated Film Industries		1. „For engineering an automatic exposure control for printing-machine lamps“
2. „For a new direct positive film (Eastman Kodak) and for the application of this film to the making of post-production work prints (Consolidated Film)“

1970 bis 1979

JahrPreisträgerPreisbegründung (englisch)
19701. Otto Popelka (Magna-Tech Electronics Co., Inc.)
2. Fenton Hamilton (MGM Studios)
3. Panavision, Inc.
4. Robert M. Flynn, Russell Hessy (Universal City Studios, Inc.)		1. „For the development of an Electronically Controlled Looping System“
2. „For the concept and engineering of a mobile battery power unit for location lighting“
3. „For the design and development of the Panaspeed Motion Picture Camera Motor“
4. „For a machine-gun modification for motion picture photography“
19711. Sylvania Electric Products, Inc.
2. B. J. Losmandy
3. Eastman Kodak Co., Photo Electronics Corp.
4. Electro Sound Inc.		1. „For the development and introduction of a series of compact tungsten halogen lamps for motion picture production“
2. „For the concept, design and application of micro-miniature solid state amplifier modules used in motion picture recording equipment“
3. „For the design and engineering of an improved video color analyzer for motion picture laboratories“
4. „For the design and introduction of the Series 8000 Sound System for motion picture theatres“
19721. Thomas Jefferson Hutchinson, James R. Rochester, Fenton Hamilton
2. Photo Research Division of Kollmorgen Corp.
3. Robert D. Auguste (Cinema Products Co.)
4. Producers Service Corp., Consolidated Film Industries, Cinema Research Corp., Research Products, Inc.
5. Cinema Products Co.		1. „For the development and introduction of the Sunbrute system of xenon arc lamps for motion picture projection“
2. „For the development and introduction of the film-lens balanced Three Color Meter“
3. „For the development and introduction of a new crystal controlled lightweight motor for the 35 mm motion picture Arriflex camera“
4. „For the engineering and implementation of fully automated blow-up motion picture printing systems“
5. „For a control to actuate zoom lenses on motion picture cameras“
19731. Photo Research Division of Kollmorgen Corp., PSC Technology Inc., Acme Products Division
2. Carter Equipment Co., Inc., Ramtronics
3. David Degenkolb, Harry Larson, Manfred Michelson, Fred Scobey (alle DeLuxe General Inc.)
4. Jiro Mukai, Ryusho Hirose (beide Canon, Inc.), Wilton R. Holm (AMPTP Motion Picture and Television Research Center)
5. Philip V. Palmquist, Leonard L. Olson (beide 3M Company), Frank P. Clark (AMPTP Motion Picture and Television Research Center)
6. E.H. Geissler, G.M. Berggren (beide Wil-Kin Inc.)		1. „For the Spectra Film Gate Photometer for motion picture printers“
2. „For the Ramtronics light-valve photometer for motion picture printers“
3. „For the development of a computerized motion picture printer and process control system“
4. „For development of the Canon Macro Zoom Lens for motion picture photography“
5. „For development of the Nextel simulated blood for motion picture color photography“
6. „For engineering of the Ultra-Vision Motion Picture Theater Projection System“
19741. Rosco Laboratories, Inc.
2. Richard H. Vetter (Todd-AO Corp.)		1. „For the technical advances and the development of a complete system of light-control materials for motion-picture photography“
2. „For the design of an improved anamorphic focusing system for motion-picture photography“
19751. Elemack Co., Rom, Italien
2. Louis Ami (Universal City Studios)		1. „For the design and development of their Spyder camera dolly“
2. For the design and construction of a reciprocating camera platform used when photographing special visual effects for motion pictures.
19761. Lawrence W. Butler, Roger Banks
2. David J. Degenkolb, Fred Scobey (beide Deluxe General, Inc), John Dolan, Richard Dubois (beide Akwaklame Company)
3. Joseph F. Westheimer
4. Carter Equipment Co., Inc., Ramtronics
5. Hollywood Film Co.
6. Bell & Howell
7. Fredrik Schlyter		1. „For the concept of applying low inertia and stepping electric motors to film transport systems and optical printers for motion-picture production“
2. „For the development of a technique for silver recovery from photographic wash-waters by ion exchange“
3. „For the development of a device to obtain shadowed titles on motion-picture films“
4. „For the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines“
5. „For the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines“
6. „For the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines“
7. For „the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines“
19771. Fred Bartscher (Kollmorgen Corp.), Glenn Berggren (Schneider Corp.)
2. Panavision, Inc.
3. Hiroshi Suzukawa (Canon), Wilton R. Holm (AMPTP Motion Picture and Television Research Center)
4. Carl Zeiss Co.
5. Photo Research Division of Kollmorgen Corp.		1. „For the design and development of a single-lens magnifier for motion-picture projection lenses“
2. „For the design and development of super-speed lenses for motion-picture photography“
3. For „the design and development of super-speed lenses for motion-picture photography“
4. „For the design and development of super-speed lenses for motion-picture photography“
5. „For the engineering and manufacture of the spectra TriColor Meter“
19781. Ernst F. Nettman (Astrovision Division of Continental Camera Systems, Inc.)
2. EECO (Electronic Engineering Co. of California)
3. Bernhard Kuhl, Werner Block (beide OSRAM GmbH)
4. Panavision, Inc.
5. Panavision, Inc.
6. Piclear, Inc.		1. „For the engineering of its Snorkel Aerial Camera System“
2. „For developing a method for interlocking non-sprocketed film and tape media used in motion picture production“
3. „For the development of the HMI high-efficiency discharge lamp for motion picture lighting“
4. „For the design of Panalite, a camera-mounted controllable light for motion picture photography“
5. „For the engineering of the Panahead gearhead for motion picture cameras“
6. „For originating and developing an attachment to motion picture projectors to improve screen image quality“
19791. Karl Macher, Glenn M. Berggren (beide Isco Optische Werke)
2. David J. Degenkolb, Arthur L. Forde, Fred Scobey (DeLuxe General, Inc.)
3. Kiichi Sekiguchi (CINE-FI Int’l)
4. Leonard T. Chapman (Leonard Equipment Company)
5. James L. Fisher (J.L. Fisher, Inc.)
6. Robert Stindt (Production Grip Equipment Company)		1. „For the development and introduction of the Cinelux-ULTRA Lens for 35 mm Motion Picture Projection“
2. „For the development of a Method to Recycle Motion Picture Laboratory Photographic Wash Waters by Ion Exchange“
3. „For the development of the CINE-FI Auto Radio Sound System for Drive-In Theaters“
4. „For the design and manufacture of a small, mobile, motion picture camera platform known as the Chapman Hustler Dolly“
5. „For the design and manufacture of a small, mobile motion picture camera platform known as the Fisher Model Ten Dolly“
6. „For the design and manufacture of a small, mobile, motion picture camera platform known as the Stindt Dolly“

1980 bis 1989

JahrPreisträgerPreisbegründung (englisch)
19801. Michael V. Chewey, Walter G. Eggers, Allen Hecht (alle MGM Laboratories)
2. Irwin Young, Paul Kaufman, Fredrik Schlyter (alle Du Art Film Laboratories, Inc.)
3. James S. Stanfield, Paul W. Trester
4. Zoran Perisic (Courier Films, Ltd.)
5. A. D. Flowers, Logan R. Frazee
6. Photo Research Division of Kollmorgen Corp.
7. Bruce Lyon, John Lamb
8. Ross Lowell (Lowel-Light Manufacturing, Inc.)		1. „For the development of a Computer-Controlled Paper Tape Programmer System and its applications in the motion picture laboratory“
2. „For the development of a Computer-Controlled Paper Tape Programmer System and its applications in the motion picture laboratory“
3. „For the development and manufacture of a device for the repair or protection of sprocket holes in motion picture film“
4. „For the Zoptic Special Optical Effects Device for motion picture photography“
5. „For the development of a device to control flight patterns of miniature airplanes during motion picture photography“
6. „For the development of the Spectra Series II Cine Special Exposure Meter for motion picture photography“
7. „For the development of a Video Animation System for testing motion picture animation sequences“
8. „For the development of compact lighting equipment for motion picture photography“
19811. Carter Equipment Co., Inc.
2. Hollywood Film Co.
3. Andre DeBrie S.A.
4. Charles Vaughn, Eugene Nottingham (beide Cinetron Computer Systems, Inc.)
5. John W. Lang, Walter Hrastnik, Charles J. Watson (alle Bell and Howell Company)
6. Worth Baird (LaVezzi Machine Works, Inc.)
7. Peter Regla, Dan Slater (Elicon)		1. „For the development of a continuous contact, total immersion, additive color motion picture printer“
2. „For the development of a continuous contact, total immersion, additive color motion picture printer“
3. „For the development of a continuous contact, total immersion, additive color motion picture printer“
4. „For the development of a versatile general purpose computer system for animation and optical effects motion picture photography“
5. „For the development and manufacture of a modular continuous contact motion picture film printer“
6. „For the advanced design and manufacture of a film sprocket for motion picture projectors“
7. „For the development of a follow-focus system for motion picture optical effects printers and animation stands“
19821. Hal Landaker, Alan Landaker
2. Bill Hogan (Ruxton, Ltd), Richard J. Stumpf, Daniel R. Brewer (beide Universal City Studios’ Production Sound Department)
3. Ernst F. Nettman (Continental Camera Systems, Inc.)
4. Bill Taylor (Universal City Studios)
5. Peter Parks (Oxford Scientific Films)
6. Louis Stankiewicz, H.L. Blachford
7. Dennis Muren, Stuart Ziff (beide Industrial Light and Magic, Inc.)		1. „For the concept (H. Landaker) and the engineering (A.D. Landaker) of the Burbank Studios’ Production Sound Department 24-frame color video system“
2. „For the engineering of a 24-frame color video system“
3. „For the development of a pitching lens for motion picture photography“
4. „For the concept and specifications for a Two Format, Rotating Head, Aerial Image Optical Printer“
5. „For the development of the OSF microcosmic zoom device for microscopic photography“
6. „For the development of Baryfol sound barrier materials“
7. „For the development of a Motion Picture Figure Mover for animation photography“
19831. Dick Deats
2. Cons Tresfon, Adriaan De Rooy (beide Egripment), Ed Phillips, Carlos DeMattos (beide Matthews Studio Equipment, Inc.)
3. Bran Ferren (Associates and Ferren)
4. Christie Electric Corp., LaVezzi Machine Works, Inc.		1. „For the design and manufacture of the „Little Big Crane“ for motion picture production“
2. „For the design and manufacture of the „Tulip Crane“ for motion picture production“
3. „For the design and development of a computerized lighting effect system for motion picture photography“
4. „For the design and manufacture of the Ultramittent film transport for Christie motion picture projectors“
19841. William G. Krokaugger (Mole-Richardson Company)
2. Charles L. Watson, Larry L. Langrehr, John H. Steiner
3. Elizabeth D. De La Mare (De La Mare Engineering, Inc.)
4. Douglas Fries, John Lacey, Michael Sicrist
5. Jack Cashin (Ultra-Stereo Labs, Inc.)
6. David J. Degenkolb		1. „For the design and engineering of a portable, 12,000 watt, lighting-control dimmer for use in motion picture production“
2. „For the development of the BHP (electro-mechanical) fader for use on continuous motion picture contact printers“
3. For „the progressive development and continuous research of special effects pyrotechnics originally designed by Glenn W. De La Mare for motion picture production“
4. „For the design and engineering of a 35 mm reflex conversion camera system for special effects photography“
5. „For the engineering and development of a 4-channel, stereophonic, decoding system for optical motion picture sound track reproduction“
6. „For the design and development of an automated device used in the silver recovery process in motion picture laboratories“
19851. Nat Tiffen (Tiffen Manufacturing Corp.)
2. Don Trumbull, Jonathan Erland, Stephen Fog, Paul Burk (alle Apogee, Inc.)
3. Jonathan Erland, Robert Bealmear (beide Apogee, Inc.)
4. Howard Preston (Preston Cinema Systems)		1. „For the production of high-quality, durable, laminated color filters for motion picture photography“
2. „For the design and development of the „Blue Max“ high-power, blue-flux projector for traveling matte composite photography“
3. „For an innovative design for front projection screens and an improved method for their construction“
4. „For the design and development of a variable speed control device with automatic exposure compensation for motion picture cameras“
19861. David W. Spencer
2. Harrison & Harrison, Optical Engineers
3. Larry Barton (Cinematography Electronics, Inc.)
4. Alan Landaker (Burbank Studios)		1. „For the development of an Animation Photo Transfer (APT) process“
2. „For the invention and development of Harrison Diffusion Filters for motion picture photography“
3. „For a precision speed, crystal-controlled device for motion picture photography“
4. „For the Mark III Camera Drive for motion picture photography“
19871. Lee Electric (Lightning) Ltd.
2. Peter Parks (Oxford Scientific Films’ Image Quest Division)
3. Matt Sweeney, Lucinda Strub
4. Carl E. Holmes (Carl E. Holmes Company), Alexander Bryce (The Burbank Studios)
5. Bran Ferren (Associates and Ferren)
6. John L. Baptista (MGM Laboratories, Inc.)
7. David W. Samuelson, William B. Pollard
8. Hal Landaker, Alan Landaker (beide The Burbank Studios)		1. „For the design and development of an electronic, flicker-free, discharge lamp control system“
2. „For the development of a live aero-compositor for special effects photography“
3. „For the development of an automatic capsule gun for simulating bullet hits for motion picture special effects“
4. „For the development of a mobile DC power supply unit for motion picture production photography“
5. „For the development of a laser synchro-cue system for applications in the motion picture industry“
6. For „the development and installation of a computerized silver recovery operation“
7. „For the development and programs incorporated into a pocket computer for motion picture cinematographers (Samuelson) and for contributing new algorithms on which the programs are based (Pollard)“
8. „For the development of the Beat System low-frequency cue track for motion picture production sound recording“
19881. Ioan Allen (Dolby Laboratories, Inc.)
2. John Eppolito, Wally Gentleman, William Mesa, Les Paul Robley, Geoffrey H. Williamson
3. Jan Jacobsen
4. Thaine Morris, David Pier
5. Tad Krzanowski (Industrial Light and Magic, Inc.)
6. Dan C. Norris, Tim Cook (beide Norris Film Products)		1. „For the Cat. 43 playback-only noise reduction unit and its practical application to motion picture sound recordings“
2. „For refinement to a dual-screen, front-projection image-compositing system“
3. „For the application of a dual-screen, front-projection system to motion picture special effects photography“
4. „For the development of the DSC Spark Devices for motion picture special effects“
5. „For the development of a Wire Rig Model Support Mechanism used to control the movements of miniatures in special effects“
6. „For the development of a single-frame exposure system for motion picture photography“
19891. Grant Loucks (Alan Gordon Enterprises), Geoffrey H. Williamson (Wilcam)
2. Michael V. Chewey III
3. BHP Inc. (Nachfolgerin der Abteilung für professionelles Equipment von Bell & Howell)
4. Hollywood Film Co.
5. Bruce W. Keller, Manfred G. Michelson (beide Technical Film Systems)
6. Anton Lisziewicz, Glenn M. Berggren (beide ISCO-OPTIC GmbH)
7. James K. Branch (Spectra Cine), William L. Blowers, Nasir J. Zaidi
8. Bob Badami, Dick Bernstein, Bill Bernstein (alle Offbeat Systems)
9. Gary Zeller (Zeller Intl. Ltd.)
10. Emanual Trilling (Trilling Resources Ltd.)
11. Paul A. Roos		1. „For the design concept (Loucks) and the mechanical and electrical engineering (Williamson) of the Image 300 35 m high-speed motion picture camera“
2. „For the development of the motion picture industry’s first paper reader incorporating microprocessor technology“
3. „For the development of a high-speed reader incorporating microprocessor technology for motion picture laboratories“
4. „For the development of a high-speed reader incorporating microprocessor technology for motion picture laboratories“
5. „For the design and development of a high-speed light value controller and constant current power supply for motion picture laboratories“
6. „For the design and development of the Ultra-Star series of motion picture projection lenses“
7. „For the design and development of the Spectra Cine-spot 1-degree spotmeter for measuring the brightness of motion picture screens“
8. „For the design and development of the Streamline Scoring System, Mark IV, for motion picture music editing“
9. „For the development of Zel-Jel fire protection barrier for motion picture stunt work“
10. „For the development of Stunt-Gel fire protection barrier for motion picture stunt work“
11. „For the invention of a method known as Video Assist, whereby a scene being photographed on a motion picture film can be be viewed on a monitor and/or recorded on videotape“

1990 bis 1999

JahrPreisträgerPreisbegründung (englisch)
19901. Leo Cattozzo
2. Magna-Tech Electronic Co., Inc.		1. „For the design and development of the CIR-Catozzo self-perforating adhesive tape film splicer“
2. „For introduction of the first remotely controlled advance/retard function for magnetic film sound dubbing“
19911. William L. Blowers, Thomas F. Denove (beide Belco Associates, Inc.)
2. Iain Neil, Takuo Miyagishima (Panavision, Inc.)
3. Manfred G. Michelson (Technical Film Systems, Inc.)
4. John W. Lang, Walter Hrastnik, Charles J. Watson (alle Bell and Howell Company)
5. Christopher Gilman, Harvey Hubert Jr. (beide Diligent Dwarves Effects Lab)
6. Jim Graves (J and G Enterprises)
7. Bengt O. Orhall, Kenneth Lund, Bjorn Selin, Kjell Högberg (alle AB Film-Teknik)
8. Richard Mula, Pete Romano (beide HydroImage, Inc.)
9. Dedo Weigert (Dedo Weigert Film GmbH)
10. Fred Kolb Jr., Paul Preo
11. Peter Baldwin, Paul Kiankhooy (Lightmaker Co.)
12. All-Union Cinema, Photo Research Institute (NIKFI)		1. „For the development and manufacture of the Belco Denove Cinemeter“
2. „For the optical design (Neil), the mechanical design (Miyagishima) and for the concept and development (Panavision) of the Primo Series of spherical prime lenses for 35 mm cinematography“
3. „For the design and development of the first sprocket-driven film transport systemfor color print film processors which permits transport speeds in excess of 600 feet per minute“
4. „For the development and manufacture of a modular continuous contact motion picture film printer“
5. „For the development of the Actor Climate System, consisting of heat-transferring undergarments“
6. „For the development of the Cool Suit System, consisting of heat-transferring undergarments“
7. „For the development and manufacture of the Mark IV film subtitling processor, which has increased the speed, simplified the operation, and improved the quality of subtitling“
8. „For the development of the SeaPar 1200 watt HMI underwater lamp which provides a safe, portable HMI light fixture to be used on either wet or dry sets“
9. „For the development of the Dedolight, a miniature low-voltage tungsten-halogen lighting fixture capable of being hidden in practical locations“
10. „For the concept and development of a 35 mm projection test film by which projection parameters may be evaluated“
11. „For the design (Baldwin) and for the development of the Lightmaker AC/DC HMI ballast“
12. „For continuously improving and providing 3-D presentation to Soviet motion picture audiences for the last 25 years“
19921. Robert W. Stoker Jr.
2. Jim Doyle
3. Dick Cavdek, Steve Hamerski (Otto Nemenz Int’l. Inc.)
4. Ken Robings (Clairmont Camera)
5. Century Precision Optics		1. „For the design and development of a cobweb gun for applying non-toxic cobweb effects on motion picture sets with both safety and ease of operation“
2. „For the design and development of the Dry Fogger, which uses liquid nitrogen to produce a safe, dense, low-hanging dry fog“
3. „For the opto-mechanical design and development of the Canon/Nemenz Camera Zoom Lens“
4. „For the opto-mechanical design and development of the Canon/Nemenz Camera Zoom Lens“
5. „For the opto-mechanical design and development of the Canon Century Precision Optics Zoom Lens“
19931. Ira Tiffen (Tiffen Manufacturing)
2. Robert R. Burton (Audio Rents Inc.)
3. Iain Neil, Kaz Fudano
4. Tom Brigham, Douglas Smythe (Abteilung für Computergrafiken von Industrial Light & Magic)		1. „For production of the Ultra Contrast Filter Series for motion picture photography, which provides a graded range of contrast reduction filters with excellent consistency over the entire frame area“
2. „For development of the Model S-27 4-Band Splitter/Combiner, a method of processing soundtrack by allowing the sound mixer to work on separate bands of the audio spectrum“
3. „For optical design (Neil) and mechanical design (Fudano) of the Panavision Slant Focus Lens, which allows for the focus plane to be tipped and rotated so that near and far objects can be simultaneously brought into focus“
4. „For the original concept and pioneering work (Brigham) and development and first implementation in feature motion pictures of the MORF system for digital metamorphosis of high resolution images. The MORF system made practical the creation of metamorphosis and transformation effects for films“
19941. Wally Mills, Gary Stadler, Gustave Parada
2. Gary Nuzzi, David Johnsrud, William Blethen
3. David Degenkolb		1. „For the concept (Mills) and the design (Stadler/Parada) of the Cinemills Lamp Protection System, which provides a process that prevents the early failure of 20-kilowatt lamps by maintaining essentially uniform current flow to the lamp filament as it heats and changes resistance“
2. „For the design and development of the Unilux H3000 Strobe Lighting System, a high-speed system that generates a high-intensity light pulse with a duration of only one-100,000th of a second, the effect of which is to freeze an object moving at a high rate of speed so it can be photographed with extraordinary sharpness“
3. „For the development of a Silver Recovery Ion Exchange System to eliminate hazardous silver ion waste in development wash water and allow recycling of the water“
19951. Audio Tracks Inc.
2. Colin Broad (CB Electronics)
3. B. Russell Hessey (Special Effects Spectacular Inc.), Vincent T. Kelton, George Jackman (De La Mare Engineering Inc.)
4. Emanuel Previnaire (Flying-Cam)
5. Jacques Sax (Sonosax)
6. Dieter Sturm (Sturm’s Special Effects Int’l.)
7. David A. Addleman, Lloyd A. Addleman
8. Mark R. Schneider, Herbert R. Jones, Christopher D. Conover, John R.B. Brown
9. Jack Smith, Michael Crichton, Emil Safier
10. Stephen Greenfield, Chris Huntley (beide Screenplay Systems)
11. Frieder Hocheim, Gary H. Swink, Joe Zhou, Don Northrop
12. Clay Davis, John Carter (beide Todd AO)
13. Stephen W. Potter, John Asman, Charles Pell, Richard Larson (alle LarTec Systems)
14. Art Fritzen (California Fritzen Propeller Company)
15. Mike Boudry (Computer Film Company)		1. „For the design and development of the ADE (Advanced Data Encoding) system, which creates an encoded timecode track and database during the initial transfer of the production sound ‚dailies‘“
2. „For the design and development of the EDL (Edit Decision List) Lister, which creates an encoded timecode track and database during the transfer of the production sound ‚dailies‘“
3. „For the hardware design (Hessey/Kelton) and the pyrotechnic development (Jackman) which together comprise the non-gun safety blank firing system“
4. „For his pioneering concept and for the development of mounting a motion picture camera on a remotely-controlled miniature helicopter“
5. „For the design and development of the Sonosax SX-S portable audio mixer“
6. „For the creation and development of the Bio-Snow 2 Flake“
7. „For the development of Cyberware 3030 3D Digitizer“
8. „For the development of the Polhemus 3 Space Digitizing System“
9. „For pioneering computerized motion picture budgeting and scheduling“
10. „For development of the „Scriptor“ software“
11. „For the development of the Kino Flo Portable, Flicker Free, High Output Fluorescent Lighting System for motion picture set illumination“
12. „For the pioneering effort of computer-controlled list management style ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement)“
13. „For the advancement and refinement of the computer-controlled list management style ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement) system via the LarTech ADR System that has established itself as a standard of the industry“
14. „As designer and sole manufacturer of the Eight-Bladed Ritter Fan Propellers“
15. „For his pioneering work in the field of film input scanning“
19961. Pascal Chedeville
2. Jim Deas (Warner Bros. Studio Facility)
3. Clay Davis, John Carter (beide Todd AO)
4. Al Jensen, Chuck Headley, Jean Messner, Hazem Nabulsi (alle CEI Technology)
5. Peter Denz (Praezisions-Entwicklung Denz)
6. David Pringle, Zhang Yan
7. BHP Inc.
8. Joe Finnegan
9. Gary Demos, David Ruhoff, Can Cameron, Michelle Feraud
10. Douglas Smythe, Lincoln Hu, Douglas S. Kay (Industrial Light and Magic, Inc.)
11. Computer Film Co.
12. Toulouse U Genie Des Systemes, Kodak Pathe CTP CINE, Eclair Laboratories		1. For „the design of the L.C. Concept digital sound system for motion picture exhibition“
2. „For the design and subsequent development of an automated patchbay and metering system for motion picture sound transfer and dubbing operations“
3. For „their pioneering efforts in creating an automated patchbay system for motion picture sound transfer and dubbing operations“
4. „For producing a self-contained, flicker-free color video-assist camera“
5. „For developing a flicker-free color video-assist camera“
6. „For the design and development of Lightning Strikes, a flexible, high-performance electronic lightning effect system“
7. „For their pioneering efforts developing digital sound printing heads for motion pictures“
8. „For his pioneering work in developing the Air Ram for motion picture stunt effects“
9. „For their pioneering efforts in the creation of the Digital Productions digital film compositing system“
10. „For their pioneering efforts in the creation of the ILM digital film compositing system“
11. „For their pioneering efforts in the creation of the CFC digital film compositing system“
12. „For the concept (Toulouse U), prototype (Kodak), developement and further implementation (Eclair) of the Toulouse Electrolytic Silver Recovery Cell“
19971. Perry Kivolowitz, Garth Dickie
2. Kenneth Perlin
3. Nestor Burtnyk (National Research Council of Canada), Marceli Wein (National Research Council of Canada)
4. Grant Loucks
5. Brian Knep, Craig Hayes, Rick Sayre, Tom Williams
6. James Kajiya, Timothy Kay
7. Jeffery Yost, Christian Rouet, David Benson, Florian Kainz
8. Richard A. Prey, William N. Masten		1. „For the primary design (Perry Kivolowitz) and for the development. (Garth Dickie) of the algorithms, for the shape-driven warping and morphing subsystem of the Elastic Reality Special Effects System“
2. „For the development of Perlin Noise, a technique used to produce natural appearing textures on computer generated surfaces for motion picture visual effects“
3. „For their pioneering work in the development of software techniques for Computer Assisted Key Framing for Character Animation“
4. „For the concept and specifications of the Mark V Director’s Viewfinder“
5. „For the creation and development of the Direct Input Device“
6. „For their pioneering work in producing computer generated fur and hair in motion pictures“
7. „For the development of a system to create and control computer generated fur and hair in motion pictures“
8. „For the design and development of the Nite Sun II lighting crane and camera platform“
19981. Clark F. Crites
2. Dan Leimeter, Bob Weitz
3. Greg Hermanovic, Kim Davidson, Mark Elendt, Paul Breslin
4. Jim Keating, Michael Wahrman, Richard E. Hollander
5. James M. Reilly, Douglas W. Nishimura, Monique C. Fisher (alle Rochester Institute of Technology)
6. Phil Cory
7. Jim Frazier, Iain Neil, Rick Gelbard
8. James F. Foley, Charles Converse, F. Edward Gardner (alle UCISCO), Bob Stoker, Matt Sweeney
9. Richard Chuang, Glenn Entis, Carl Rosendahl
10. James A. Cashin, Roger Hibbard, Larry Jacobson		1. For „the design and development of the ELF 1-C Endless Loop Film Transport and storage system“
2. „For the development and implementation of a Portable Adjustment Tool for T-Style Slit Lens Assemblies“
3. „For the development of the procedural modeling and animation components of the Prisms software package“
4. „For their contributions that led to the Wavefront Advanced Visualizer computer graphics system“
5. „For the creation of A-D Strips, a diagnostic tool for the detection of the presence of vinegar syndrome in processed acetate-based motion picture film“
6. „For the design and development of the Special Effects Spark Generator“
7. „For the concept (Frazier) and the design and development (Neil/Gelbard) of the Panavision/Frazier Lens System for motion picture photography“
8. „For the development and realization of the Liquid Synthetic Air system“
9. „For the concept and architecture of the Pacific Data Images (PDI) Animation System“
10. „For the design, development and implementation of a projection system analyzer“
19991. Garrett Brown, Jerry Holway
2. Jim Rodnunsky, Jim Webber, Bob Webber (alle Cablecam Systems), Thornton Bayliss
3. David DiFrancesco, N. Balasubramanian, Tom Noggle
4. Mike MacKenzie, Mike Bolles, Udo Pampel, Joe Fulmer (alle Industrial Light & Magic)
5. Barry Walton, Bill Schultz, Chris Barker, David Cornelius (alle Sony Pictures Imageworks)
6. Bruce Wilton, Carlos Icinkoff (beide Mechanical Concepts)
7. Remy Smith, James K. Branch, Nasir J. Zaidi
8. Ivan Kruglak
9. Doug Roble
10. Thaddeus Beier
11. Manfred N. Klemme, Donald E. Wetzel
12. Nick Foster
13. Cary Phillips
14. M.J. Bogdanowicz (Eastman Kodak Company), Jim Meyers, Stan Miller (beide Rosco Laboratories, Inc.)
15. Carl F. Holtz, David F. Kopperl, A. Tulsi Ram, Richard C. Sehlin
16. Takuo Miyagishima, Albert K. Saiki (beide Panavision, Inc.)
17. Edmund M. Di Giulio, James Bartell (beide Cinema Products)
18. Ivan Kruglak
19. Michael Denecke
20. Ed Zwaneveld, Frederick Gasoi (beide National Film Board of Canada), Mike Lazaridis, Dale Brubacher-Cressman (beide Research In Motion)		1. „For the creation of the Skyman flying platform for Steadicam operators“
2. „For the design and engineering of Cablecam“
3. „For their pioneering efforts in the development of laser film recording technology“
4. „For their pioneering work in motion-controlled, silent camera dollies“
5. „For the creation of an advanced motion-controlled, silent camera dolly“
6. „For their modular system of motion-control rotators and movers for use in motion control“
7. „For the software and electronic design and development (Smith) and for the design and development (Branch/Zaidi) of the Spectra Professional IV-A digital exposure meter“
8. „For his commitment to the development of a wireless transmission system for video-assisted images for the motion picture industry“
9. „For his contribution to tracking technology and for the design and implementation of the TRACK system for camera position calculation and scene reconstruction“
10. „For the design and implementation of ras_track, a system for 2D tracking, stabilization and 3D camera and object tracking“
11. „For the design and development of the K-Tek Microphone Boom Pole and accessories for on-set motion picture sound recording“
12. „For his software development in the field of water simulation systems“
13. „For the design and development of the „Caricature“ Animation System at Industrial Light & Magic“
14. „For the design of the CalColor Calibrated Color Effects Filters“
15. „For the research and development of the concept of molecular sieves applied to improve the archival properties of processed photographic film“
16. „For the design and development of the Eyepiece Leveler“
17. „For the design of the KeyKode Sync Reader“
18. „For his pioneering concept and the development of the Coherent Time Code Slate“
19. „For refining and further developing electronic time-code slates“
20. „For refining and further developing electronic time-code slates“

2000 bis 2009

JahrPreisträgerPreisbegründung (englisch)
20001. Vivienne Dyer, Chris Woolf
2. Leslie Drever
3. Richard C. Sehlin, Mitchell J. Bogdanowicz, Mary L. Schmoeger (alle Eastman Kodak)
4. Hoyt Yeatman (Dream Quest Images), John C. Brewer (Eastman Kodak)		1. „For the design and development of the Rycote Microphone Windshield Modular System“
2. „For the design and development of the Light Wave microphone windscreens and isolation mounts from Light Wave Systems“
3. „For the concept (Sehlin), the design and development (Bogdanowicz/Schmoeger) of the Eastman Lamphouse Modification Filters“
4. „For the identification and diagnosis leading to the elimination of the 'red fringe' artifact in traveling matte composite photography“
20011. Vic Armstrong
2. Bill Tondreau (Kuper Systems), Alvah J. Miller, Paul D. Johnson (beide Lynx Robotics), David Stump (Visual Effects Rental Services)
3. Leonard Pincus, Ashot Nalbandyan, George Johnson, Tom Kong
4. Glenn Berggren, Horst Linge, Wolfgang Reineke
5. Udo Schauss, Karl Lenhardt, Ralf Linn, Norbert Brinker
6. Philip Greenstreet (Rosco Laboratories)
7. Venkat Krishnamurthy
8. George Borshukov, Kim Libreri, Dan Piponi
9. John Pytlak		1. „For the refinement and application to the film industry of the Fan Descender for accurately and safely arresting the descent of stunt persons in high freefalls“
2. „For the conception, design and development of data capture systems that enable superior accuracy, efficiency and economy in the creation of composite imagery“
3. „For the design and development of the Softsun low pressure xenon long-arc light sources, their power supplies and fixtures“
4. „For the concept (Berggren), for research and development (Linge), and for the final design and production (Reineke) of the Isco-Optic lenses for motion picture projection“
5. „For the optical design (Schauss/Lenhardt), and for the mechanical design (Linn/Brinker) of the Schneider Super Cinelux lenses for motion picture projection“
6. For „the concept and development of the Roscolight Day/Night Backdrop“
7. „For the creation of the Paraform Software for 3D Digital Form Development“
8. „For the development of a system for image-based rendering allowing choreographed camera movements through computer graphic reconstructed sets“
9. „For the development of the Laboratory Aim Density (LAD) system“
20021. Pete Romano
2. Jordan Klein Sr.
3. Bernard Werner, William Gelow
4. Tomlinson Holman
5. Geoff Jackson, Roger Woodburn
6. Thomas Major Barron, Charles Smith, Gordon Seitz
7. John Anderson, Jim Hourihan, Cary Phillips, Sebastian Marino
8. Steve Sullivan, Eric Schafer
9. Carl Ludwig, John Constantine Jr.
10. Bill Spitzak, Paul Van Camp, Jonathan Egstad, Price Pethel
11. Lance Williams
12. Uwe Sassenberg, Rolf Schneider
13. Garland Stern
14. Mic Rodgers, Matt Sweeney		1. „For the design and development of the Remote AquaCam, an underwater camera housing system for use in motion pictures“
2. „For his pioneering efforts in the development and application of underwater camera housings for motion pictures“
3. „For the engineering and design of filtered line arrays and screen spreading compensation as applied to motion picture loudspeaker systems“
4. „For the research and systems integration resulting in the improvement of motion picture loudspeaker systems“
5. „For their DMS 120S Camera Motor“
6. „For the overall concept and design (Barron), the structural engineering (Smith) and the mechanical engineering (Seitz) of the Bulldog Motion Control Camera Crane“
7. „For the development of the ILM Creature Dynamics System“
8. „For the development of the ILM Motion and Structure Recovery System (MARS)“
9. „For their contributions to CELCO Digital Film Recorder products“
10. „For their pioneering effort on the NUKE-2D Compositing Software“
11. „For his pioneering influence in the field of computer-generated animation and effects for motion pictures“
12. „For the development of „3D Equalizer,“ an advanced and robust camera and object match-moving system“
13. „For the concept and implementation of the Cel Paint Software System“
14. „For the concept, design and realization of the "Mic Rig"“
20031. Dick Walsh
2. Thomas Driemeyer und Team (Mental Images)
3. Eric Daniels, George Katanics, Tasso Lappas, Chris Springfield
4. Jim Songer
5. Pierre Chabert (Airstar)
6. Rawdon Hayne, Robert W. Jeffs (beide Leelium Tubelite)		1. „For the development of the PDI/Dreamworks Facial Animation System. This effective software simulation system is used to create and control natural, expressive, highly-nuanced facial animation on a wide range of computer-generated characters“
2. „For their contributions to the Mental Ray rendering software for motion pictures. Mental Ray is a highly programmable computer-graphics renderer incorporating ray tracing and global illumination to realistically simulate the behavior of light in computer-generated imagery“
3. „For the development of the Deep Canvas rendering software. The Deep Canvas software program captures the original brush strokes of the traditional background artist to render elements in three dimensions for animated films“
4. For „his contributions to the technical development of video-assist in the motion picture industry. The work of Jim Songer from 1968 through 1973 led directly to the more widespread acceptance of video-assist in the motion picture industry“
5. „For the introduction of balloons with internal light sources to provide set lighting for the motion picture industry. These helium-filled balloons with internal arrangements for tungsten halogen and HMI light sources are usable indoors or out, quick to set up, require essentially no rigging and provide a soft light that can cover a very large area“
6. „For their contributions to the development of internally lit balloons for motion picture lighting. These helium-filled balloons with internal arrangements for tungsten halogen and HMI light sources are usable indoors or out, quick to set up, require essentially no rigging and provide a soft light that can cover a very large area“
20041. Kish Sadhvani, Paul Duclos, Carl Pernicone
2. Henrik Wann Jensen, Stephen R. Marschner, Pat Hanrahan
3. Christophe Hery, Ken McGaugh, Joe Letteri		1. „For the concept and optical design (Sadhvani), for for the practical realization and production engineering (Duclos) and for the mechanical design and engineering (Pernicone) of the portable cine viewfinder system known as the Ultimate Director’s Finder (UDF)“
2. „For their pioneering research in simulating subsurface scattering of light in translucent materials as presented in their paper "A Practical Model for Subsurface Light Transport“
3. „For their groundbreaking implementations of practical methods for rendering skin and other translucent materials using subsurface scattering techniques“
20051. Greg Cannom, Wesley Wofford
2. Gerald Cotts, Anthony Seaman
3. Steve Boze
4. Christopher Hicks, Dave Betts
5. Nelson Tyler
6. Julian Morris, Michael Birch, Paul Smyth, Paul Tate
7. John O.B. Greaves, Ned Phipps, Antonie J. van den Bogert, William Hayes
8. Nels Madsen, Vaughn Cato, Matt Madden, Bill Lorton
9. Alan Kapler		1. „For the development of their special modified silicone material for makeup applications used in motion pictures“
2. „For the original concept and design (Cotts) and for the engineering (Seaman) of the Satellight-X HMI Softlight“
3. „For the design and implementation of the DNF 001 multi-band digital audio noise suppressor“
4. „For the design and implementation of the Cedar DNS 1000 multi-band digital noise suppressor“
5. „For the development of the Tyler Gyroplatform boat mount stabilizing device for motion picture photography“
6. „For the development of the Vicon motion capture technology“
7. „For the development of the Motion Analysis motion capture technology“
8. „For the development of the Giant Studios motion capture technology“
8. „For the design and development of Storm, a software toolkit for artistic control of volumetric effects“
20061. Gary Thieltges
2. Frank Fletcher, Dave Sherwin
3. Alvah J. Miller, Michael Sorensen, J. Walt Adamczyk
4. Scott Leva
5. Lev Yevstratov, George Peters, Vasiliy Orlov
6. James Rodnunsky, Alex MacDonald, Mark Chapman
7. Tim Drnec, Ben Britten Smith, Matt Davis
8. John Platt, Demetri Terzopoulos
9. Edwin Catmull, Tony DeRose, Jos Stam
10. Harold Rattray, Terry Claborn, Steve Garlick, Bill Hogue, Tim Reynolds
11. Udo Schauss, Hildegard Ebbesmeier, Nicole Wemken, Michael Anderer		1. „For the design and development of the remotely-operated, lightweight camera head known as the Sparrow Head“
2. „For the introduction and continuing development of the Power Pod modular camera head system“
3. „For the design and development of the Aerohead motion control camera head and the J-Viz Pre-Visualization system“
4. „For the design and development of the Precision Stunt Airbag for motion picture stunt falls“
5. „For the development of the Ultimate Arm Camera Crane System for specialized vehicle photography“
6. „For the development of the Cablecam 3-D volumetric suspended cable camera technologies“
7. „For the development of the Spydercam 3-D volumetric suspended cable camera technologies“
8. „For their pioneering work in physically-based computer-generated techniques used to simulate realistic cloth in motion pictures“
9. „For the original concept (Catmull) and the scientific and practical implementation (DeRose/Stam) of subdivision surfaces as a modeling technique in motion picture production“
10. „For the design, engineering and implementation of the Technicolor Real Time Answer Print System“
11. „For the optical design (Schauss/Ebbesmeier) and the mechanical design (Wemken/Anderer) of the Cinelux Premiere Cinema Projection Lenses“
20071. Joshua Pines, Christopher Kutcka (beide Technicolor Digital Intermediates)
2. Bill Feightner, Chris Edwards (beide E-Film)
3. Albert Ridilla, Papken Shahbazian, Ronald Belknap, Jay McGarrigle
4. Klemens Kehrer, Josef Handler, Thomas Smidek, Marc Shipman Mueller
5. Florian Kainz
6. Walter Trauniger, Ernst Tschida
7. Christian Tschida, Martin Waitz (beide cmotion)
8. Peter Litwinowicz, Pierre Jasmin		1. „For the design and development of the TDI process for creating archival separations from digital image data“
2. „For the design and development of the E-Film process for creating archival separations from digital image data“
3. „For the design and development of the Hollywood Film Company Brumagic MPST Densitometer“
4. „For the design and development of the Arriflex 235 Camera System“
5. „For the design and engineering of OpenEXR, a software package implementing 16-bit, floating-point, high dynamic range image files“
6. „For the design and engineering of the Arri WRC wireless remote lens control system“
7. „For the design and engineering of the cmotion Wireless Remote System“
8. „For the design and development of the RE: Vision Effects family of software tools for optical flow-based image manipulation“
20081. Christien Tinsley
2. Jörg Pöhler, Rüdiger Kleinke (beide OTTEC Technology GmbH)
3. Sebastian Cramer, Andreas Dasser (P&S Technik GmbH)
4. Víctor González, Ignacio Vargas, Ángel Tena
5. Jonathan Cohen, Jerry Tessendorf, Jeroen Molemaker, Michael Kowalski
6. Duncan Brinsmead, Jos Stam, Julia Pakalns, Martin Werner
7. Stephan Trojansky, Thomas Ganshorn, Oliver Pilarski		1. „For the creation of the transfer techniques for creating and applying 2D and 3D makeup known as "Tinsley Transfers"“
2. „For the design and development of the battery-operated series of fog machines known as "Tiny Foggers"“
3. „For the invention and general design (Cramer) and for the mechanical design (Dasser, Leiter für Entwicklung bei P&S Technik GmbH) of the Skater Dolly and its family of products“
4. „For the creation of the RealFlow software application“
5. „For the development of the system of fluid dynamics tools at Rhythm & Hues“
6. „For the design and implementation of the Maya Fluid Effects system“
7. „For the development of the Flowline fluid effects system“
2009Steve Hylén„For the concept and his continued leadership in the further development of the Hylén Lens System for motion picture effects photography“

2010 bis 2019

JahrPreisträgerPreisbegründung (englisch)
20101. Mark Wolforth, Tony Sedivy
2. Klaus Anderle, Christian Baeker, Frank Billaschco
3. Steve Sullivan, Kevin Wooley, Brett Allen, Colin Davidson
4. Hayden Landis, Ken McGaugh, Hilmar Koch
5. Bjorn Heden		1. „For their contributions to the development of the Truelight real-time 3D look-up table hardware system“
2. „For their contributions to the LUTher 3D look-up table hardware device and color management software“
3. „For the development of the Imocap on-set performance capture system“
4. „For advancing the technique of ambient occlusion rendering“
5. „For the design and mechanical engineering of the silent, two-stage planetary friction drive Heden Lens Motors“
20111. Greg Ercolano
2. David M. Laur
3. Chris Allen, Gautham Krishnamurti, Mark A. Brown, Lance Kimes
4. Florian Kainz
5. Eric Tabellion, Arnauld Lamorlette
6. Tony Clark, Alan Rogers, Neil Wilson, Rory McGregor		1. „for the design and engineering of a series of software systems which led to the Rush render queue management system. His work has been influential across the industry, and has enabled scalable render farms at numerous studios.“
2. „for the development of the Alfred render queue management system, which was the first robust, scalable, widely adopted commercial solution for queue management in the industry and an influence on modern day queue management tools.“
3. „for the development of Queue, a robust, scalable approach to render queue management and one of the first systems that allowed for statistical analysis and process introspection.“
4. „for the design and development of the ObaQ render queue management system, which has scaled from managing a few hundred processors in 1997 to many thousands today with minimal changes to the original design.“
5. „for the creation of a computer graphics bounce lighting methodology which impacted the evolution of global illumination techniques, first used on the film „Shrek 2,“ and which was shared with the industry in their technical paper "An Approximate Global Illumination System for Computer Generated Films."“
6.„for cineSync, a tool for remote collaboration and review of visual effects. Easy to use, cineSync has become a widely accepted solution for remote production collaboration.“
20121. Andrew Clinton, Mark Elendt1. „for the invention and integration of micro-voxels in the Mantra software.“
20131. J.P. Lewis, Matt Cordner, Nickson Fong
2. Lawrence Kesteloot, Drew Olbrich, Daniel Wexler
3. Steve LaVietes, Brian Hall, Jeremy Selan
4. Theodore Kim, Nils Thürey, Markus Gross, Doug James
5. Richard Mall		1. „for the invention and publication of the Pose Space Deformation technique.“
2. „for the creation of the Light system for computer graphics lighting at PDI/DreamWorks.“
3. „for the creation of the Katana computer graphics scene management and lighting software at Sony Pictures Imageworks.“
4. „for the invention, publication and dissemination of Wavelet Turbulence software.“
5. „for the design and development of the Matthews Max Menace Arm.“

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