Winners

• Richard King

• Christopher Boyes
• Michael Semanick
• Hammond Peek
• Michael Hedges

• Alex Funke
• Jim Rygiel
• Randall William Cook
• Joe Letteri

• Frances Walsh
• Peter Jackson
• Philippa Boyens

• Sofia Coppola

• Blake Edwards

• PETER D. PARKS

• Digidesign

Sound

The efficient algorithms, extensible architecture and intuitive interface have enabled Pro Tools to become the worldwide standard for the creation and editing of motion picture soundtracks.

• Bill Tondreau

Systems

Measuring his valuable contributions to the invention and implementation of robotic camera systems in decades rather than years, his efforts have aided motion control in becoming a core technology that has supported the renaissance of visual effects.

• KINOTON GmbH

Projection

This high-speed studio projector produces an image quality equal to projectors with Geneva movements. With its unparalleled shuttle speed, reversibility and acceleration, this projector has set a new standard for post-production viewing as well as in traditional screening facilities.

• Diane E. Kestner
• Kenneth L. Tingler
• CHARLES C. ANDERSON
• BRIAN A. SCHELL

Laboratory

This technology successfully controls the static charge buildup on processed intermediate and sound negative films during high speed printing operations.

• Fox Film Corporation
• Andrew J. Cannon

Digital Imaging Technology

Through their respective pioneering efforts with AMS AudioFile, Waveframe and Fairlight, the work of these gentlemen contributed significantly to the development and realization of digital audio workstations with full editing capabilities for motion picture soundtracks.

• Stephen Regelous

Digital Imaging Technology

Massive takes a new approach in simulating behaviors of large numbers of computer-generated extras a.k.a. \"agents.\" Each \"agent\" contains a primitive software \"brain\" used to develop behavioral rules simulating a wide range of behaviors. In \"The Lord of the Rings\" trilogy, over 200,000 agents were controlled in several scenes.

• Kish Sadhvani
• Paul Duclos
• Carl Pernicone

Photography

This versatile, modular and widely accepted cine viewfinder system is capable of properly displaying images in multiple formats ranging from 35mm anamorphic to super 16.

• Fox Film Corporation
• Pat Hanrahan
• Henrik Wann Jensen

Digital Imaging Technology

This mathematical model contributed substantially to the development and implementation of practical techniques for simulating subsurface scattering of light in translucent materials for computer-generated images in motion pictures.

• Joe Letteri
• Christophe Hery
• KEN McGAUGH

Digital Imaging Technology

These groundbreaking techniques were used to create realistic-looking skin on digitally created characters.

• Douglas Greenfield

• Adrien Brody

Wladyslaw Szpilman

• Chris Cooper

John Laroche

• Nicole Kidman

Virginia Woolf

• Catherine Zeta-Jones

Velma Kelly

• Hayao Miyazaki

• John Myhre
• Gordon Sim

• Conrad Hall

• Colleen Atwood

• Roman Polanski

• Michael Moore
• Michael Donovan

• William Guttentag
• Robert David Port

• Martin Walsh

Germany

• John Jackson
• Beatrice De Alba

• Elliot Goldenthal

• Eminem
• Jeff Bass
• Luis Resto

Lose Yourself

• Martin Richards

• Eric Armstrong

• Martin Strange-Hansen
• Mie Andreasen

• Michael Minkler
• Dominick Tavella
• David Lee

• Ethan Van der Ryn
• Michael Hopkins

• Alex Funke
• Jim Rygiel
• Randall William Cook
• Joe Letteri

• Ronald Harwood

• Pedro Almodóvar

• Peter O'Toole

• Alias/Wavefront

Digital Imaging Technology

With its significant and dominant impact on the motion picture industry, the Maya software package offers a robust and widely used commercial visual effects tool with a rich infrastructure for extension and customization.

• Panavision INC.
• Arnold & Richter Cine Technik

Camera

With a commitment that lies beyond the usual commercial considerations, these two manufacturers continue to lead the industry in developing and introducing products that have defined the state of the art in motion picture camera technology.

• GLENN SANDERS
• HOWARD STARK

Sound

This innovative design employs advanced hard disk recording technology and digital audio techniques for use in both production and post-production recording applications.

• Fox Film Corporation
• Greg Hermanovic
• Kim Davidson

Digital Imaging Technology

Through a procedural building-block process, the Houdini software is used to simulate natural phenomena using particle effects and complex three-dimensional models.

• Dr. Leslie Gutierrez
• Diane E. Kestner
• James Merrill
• David Niklewicz

Film

This film stock provides filmmakers with enhanced color saturation, higher contrast and darker blacks, producing a bold, colorful 'look' on the theater screen.

• Fox Film Corporation
• DEDO WEIGERT

Lighting

This uniquely designed set light provides superior performance, reliability and ease of use. Combined with its excellent array of accessories, the Dedolight 400D is an outstanding engineering achievement.

• Dick Walsh

Digital Imaging Technology

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.

• Thomas Driemeyer
• Mental Images

Digital Imaging Technology

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.