ACADEMY
AWARD® WINNING SOFTWARE
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ Board of Governors
has honored Ed Catmull, Loren Carpenter, and Rob Cook, with an Academy
Award® of Merit (Oscar®) “for significant advancements
to the field of motion picture rendering as exemplified in Pixar’s
RenderMan®.” The award was presented as part of the 73rd
Scientific and Technical Academy Awards ceremony presentation on
March
3, 2001. This was the first Oscar awarded to a software package for
its outstanding contributions to the field.
Read the press
release.
SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD®
In 1993, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored the
developers of RenderMan with a Scientific and Engineering Achievement
Award for their contribution to the motion picture industry.
CREATING ACADEMY AWARDŽ WINNING FX
Pixar's RenderManŽ was used in 41 of the last 44 films nominated
for a Best
Visual Effects OscarŽ by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts &
Sciences.
2004
Nominees:
Harry Potter & The Prisoner of
Azkaban
Spider-Man 2
I, Robot
2003
Winner:
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Nominees:
Master and commander: The Far side of the
World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the
Black Pearl
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