Oscar 2008: David A. Grafton to Receive Gordon E. Sawyer Award

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted the Gordon E. Sawyer Award to David A. Grafton.
According to the Academy’s press release, Grafton is "a pioneering designer of lenses for optical effects printers, which at the time of their development were adopted by nearly every visual effects facility in the motion picture industry."
For more than three decades, the English-born Grafton designed electro-optical systems for IBM, NCR, EG&G, and Xerox. In the 1970s, he also worked with special effects companies such as Industrial Light & Magic and Boss Film Studios, thus contributing to the production of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, and numerous other motion pictures.
Grafton has already received two [...]

by Andre Soares | January 2, 2008   
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