September 12, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Dawn Newell (310) 247-3000
                 dnewell@oscars.org

18 Scientific Achievements to be Considered for 75th Academy Awards^®

Beverly Hills, CA - Eighteen scientific and technical achievements have been selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Scientific and Technical Awards Committee for consideration in the 75th Academy Awards, Committee Chair Richard Edlund announced today.

"The committee announces these achievements in advance to give any persons or companies with claims of a prior or similar technology the opportunity to contact the Academy and enter themselves in competition," said Edlund. "The committee can then review these claims to determine whether or not they warrant consideration as well."

The deadline for additional entries to be submitted to the Academy is 5 p.m., Friday, September 27.

The methods or devices selected by the committee and the individuals or companies submitting them are:

Deva Digital Audio Disk Recorder; Zaxcom
Maya^™; Alias/Wavefront, Inc.
PDI/Dreamworks Facial Animation System; PDI/Dreamworks
Houdini VEX; Side Effects Software
Mental Ray; Mental Images GmbH
Deep Canvas; Walt Disney Company
Deluxe Worldwide Printing System; Deluxe Laboratories
Use of Color Positive Print Film to Create Yellow Mattes; Cineric, Inc.
Kodak Vision Premier Color Print Film/2393; Eastman Kodak Company
Fully Automated, Computer Controlled Proofing Printer; Hollywood Film Company
Reduction of Color Anomalies - Yellow Layer Dye Fading; Pacific Title & Arts Studio
Dedolight 400D; Dedo Weigert Film GmbH
Ultimate Director's Finder (UDF); Kish Optics, Inc.
Kinoton FP 30/38 EC High Speed Studio Projector; Kinoton America
Wireless Systems for Movie Production; Sennheiser Electronic GmbH
Microprocessor Controlled Wireless Microphone System; Lectrosonics, Inc.
Video Assist; Jimmie Songer
Airstar Lighting Balloons; Airstar America

Demonstration of selected achievements will be conducted on Tuesday, October 22, in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Awards Administration

Director Richard Miller said the committee will meet on December 4 to make recommendations to the Academy's Board of Governors, which will make the final decisions. The Scientific and Technical Awards will be presented at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Saturday, March 1, 2003.

For more information call the Academy at 310-247-3000, ext. 129; fax 310-859-9619; or e-mail scitech@oscars.org.