Awards presenter Anne Heche at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Scientific and Technical Awards on February 27, 1999.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards were presented on Saturday evening, February 27, 1999, at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel.

This year's Sci-Tech Awards Dinner was hosted by Anne Heche, who presented an Oscar statuette to Avid for the concept, system design and engineering of the Avid Film Composer along with 34 other awards. A total of eighty-four individuals received Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards. Click for complete list.

Scientific and Technical Awards are given for devices, methods, formulas, discoveries or inventions of special and outstanding value to the arts and sciences of motion pictures and that also have a proven history of use in the motion picture industry.

Portions of this year's Scientific and Technical Awards were taped for inclusion in the March 21 Academy Awards® broadcast. Heche also appeared on the Oscar telecast to introduce the segment.

Bill Miller, CEO of Avid Technology, Inc., accepted an Oscar statuette on behalf of the company at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards Presentation on February 27, 1999. Actress Anne Heche served as presenter for the event.