Science and Technology Council Articles

Visual effects supervisor Bill Taylor, visual effects artist Jonathan Erland, cinematographer Daryn Okada (Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, Mean Girls, Baby Mama), Oscar-nominated production designer Arthur Max (Gladiator, Robin Hood), set decorator Rosemary Brandenburg (Transformers, Public Enemies), Oscar-nominated cinematographer Caleb Deschanel (The Right Stuff, The Passion of the Christ, The Black Stallion), costume designer Michael Wilkinson (Terminator Salvation, TRON Legacy) and make-up artist Robert Ryan (The [...]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will explore preliminary research findings and demonstrate how the new technology of "solid state light" (SSL) may transform the color palette of filmmaking in "Illuminating the Future: The Arrival of Solid State Lighting" on Saturday, May 22, at 11 a.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Hosted by cinematographer Daryn Okada (Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, [...]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that Thad Beier, Elizabeth Cohen, Don Hall and Jim Houston have accepted invitations to join the Academy’s Science and Technology Council. From the Academy’s press release: Beier, the head of CG at Digital Domain, was awarded an Academy Technical Achievement Award (shared) in 1998 for the design and implementation of the ras_track tracking software, a [...]

"The Sound Behind the Image III: Real Horrorshow!," presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ Science and Technology Council, which focused on the role of sound in horror films from its beginning through the digital age, took place at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills on Thursday, October 29, 2009. Pictured above at the reception before the event: (seated left to [...]