Scientific & Technical Awards
The Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards honor the men, women and companies whose discoveries and innovations have contributed in significant, outstanding and lasting ways to motion pictures. Each year’s honorees are celebrated at a formal dinner held two weeks prior to the Oscar ceremony. The Sci-Tech Awards presentation has become a highlight of the Academy Awards season.
Past Sci-Tech Awards
2008 Scientific & Technical Awards Ceremony
Actress Jessica Biel hosted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards on February 7, 2009.
About the Awards
Recognizing the crucial role of science and technology in the moviemaking process, the Academy has, almost since its inception, honored the achievements of pioneers whose work has advanced the motion picture industry.
History
The first Scientific and Technical Awards were handed out at the 1930–31 Academy Awards ceremony, held on November 10, 1931 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
What’s New
2009 Winners Announced
Fifteen scientific and technical achievements represented by 46 individual award recipients will be honored at the Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation at The Beverly Wilshire on Saturday, February 20, 2010.
