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| 25 March |
| Whoopi Goldberg |
| Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| | Awarded to: | | | - Kirk Douglas (I)
- For 50 years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community.
- Chuck Jones (I)
- For the creation of classic cartoons and cartoon characters whose animated lives have brought joy to our real ones for more than a half century.
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| | Awarded to: | | | - Toy Story (1995) - John Lasseter
- For the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length computer-animated film.
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| 2 March |
| Ballroom, Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA |
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| | Winners: | | | - Arnold and Richter Cine Technik
- For the development of the Arriflex 535 Series cameras.
- Digital Theater Systems
- For the design and development of the DTS digital sound system for motion picture exhibition.
- Dolby Laboratories
- For the design and development of the SR-D digital sound system
- Sony Corp.
- For the design and development of the SDDS digital sound system for motion picture exhibition.
- Howard Flemming; Ronald Uhlig
- For their pioneering work leading to motion picture digital sound.
- Ron Goodman (I); Attila Szalay; Steve Sass; SpaceCam Systems Inc.
- For the design of the SpaceCam gyroscopically stabilized camera system.
- Colin Mossman; Joe Wary; Hans Leisinger; Gerry Painter; Deluxe Laboratories
- For the design and development of the Deluxe QuadFormat digital sound printing head.
- Martin Müller (VI)
- For the design and development of the MSM 9801 IMAX 65mm/15 perf production motion picture camera.
- Iain Neil; Rick Gelbard; Eric Dubberke; Panavision International L.P.
- For the optical design, mechanical design, engineering and development of the Primo 3:1 zoom lens.
- Alvy Ray Smith; Ed Catmull; Thomas Porter (I); Tom Duff
- For their pioneering inventions in digital image compositing.
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| Other Nominees: | | | David Gilmartin; Johannes Borggrebe; Jean-Pierre Gagnon; Frank Ricotta; Technicolor Inc. - For the design and development of the Technicolor Contact Printer sound head.
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| | Winners: | | | - BHP Inc.
- For their pioneering efforts developing digital sound printing heads for motion pictures.
- Computer Film Co.
- For their pioneering efforts in the creation of the CFC digital film compositing system.
- Toulouse U Genie Des Systemes; Kodak Pathe CTP CINE; Eclair Laboratories
- For the concept (Toulouse U), prototype (Kodak), developement and further implementation (Eclair) of the Toulouse Electrolytic Silver Recovery Cell.
- Pascal Chedeville
- For the design of the L.C. Concept digital sound system for motion picture exhibition.
- Clay Davis (Todd AO); John Carter (XI) (Todd AO)
- For their pioneering efforts in creating an automated patchbay system for motion picture sound transfer and dubbing operations.
- Jim Deas (Warner Bros. Studio Facility)
- For the design and subsequent development of an automated patchbay and metering system for motion picture sound transfer and dubbing operations.
- Gary Demos; David Ruhoff; Can Cameron; Michelle Feraud
- For their pioneering efforts in the creation of the Digital Productions digital film compositing system.
- Peter Denz (Praezisions-Entwicklung Denz)
- For developing a flicker-free color video-assist camera.
- Joe Finnegan (I)
- For his pioneering work in developing the Air Ram for motion picture stunt effects.
- Al Jensen (CEI Technology); Chuck Headley (CEI Technology); Jean Messner (CEI Technology); Hazem Nabulsi (CEI Technology)
- For producing a self-contained, flicker-free color video-assist camera.
- David Pringle (I); Zhang Yan
- For the design and development of Lightning Strikes, a flexible, high-performance electronic lightning effect system.
- Douglas Smythe; Lincoln Hu; Douglas S. Kay; Industrial Light and Magic, Inc.
- For their pioneering efforts in the creation of the ILM digital film compositing system.
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