OSCARS

Sofia Coppola becomes the first woman to be nominated for writing, directing and producing in the same year.

In recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen. (Oscar statuette)

For the design, development and implementation of the Pro Tools digital audio workstation.

For his significant advancements in the field of motion control technology for motion picture visual effects.

For the engineering and development of the Kinoton FP 30/38 EC II Studio Projector.

For the successful development of a process-surviving antistatic layer technology for motion picture film.

For their significant contributions to the evolution of digital audio editing for motion picture post production.

For the design and development of Massive, the autonomous agent animation system used for the battle sequences in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

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).

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.

For their groundbreaking implementations of practical methods for rendering skin and other translucent materials using subsurface scattering techniques.