# Oscar/Scientific and Technical Academy Award of Merit

Der Academy Award of Merit der Scientific and Technical Awards ist eine seit 1931 vergebene Auszeichnung der Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Sie würdigt Leistungen, die wesentlichen Einfluss auf den technischen Fortschritt der Filmindustrie haben. Diese Leistungen müssen nicht im der Auszeichnung vorangegangenen Jahr erbracht worden sein.
Der Academy Award of Merit ist vor dem Preis für Wissenschaft und Entwicklung (Class II) und dem Preis für Technische Verdienste (Class III) die höchste Oscar-Ehrung für technische Leistungen innerhalb der Filmindustrie. Als Class-I-Auszeichnung erhalten die Preisträger eine Oscar-Statuette. Der Academy Award of Merit wird nicht jedes Jahr vergeben.

## Preisträger

| Jahr | Preisträger | Preisbegründung (englisch) | Kategorie |
| 1931 | Electrical Research Products, RCA-Photophone, RKO Radio Pictures | for noise reduction recording equipment | Ton |
| 1931 | DuPont Film, Eastman Kodak Company | for super-sensitive panchromatic film | Film |
| 1937 | Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department | for the development of a practical two-way horn system and a biased Class A push-pull recording system | Ton |
| 1938 | Agfa Ansco | for Agfa Supreme and Agfa Ultra Speed pan motion picture negatives | Film |
| 1941 | 20th Century Fox | for the design and construction of the 20th Century Silenced Camera | Kamera |
| 1950 | Eastman Kodak Company | for the development and introduction of an improved safety base motion picture film | Film |
| 1953 | Eastman Kodak Company | for the introduction of Eastman color negative and Eastman color print film | Film |
| 1953 | Ansco Division | for the introduction of Ansco color negative and Ansco color print film | Film |
| 1954 | Henri Chrétien, Earl Sponable, Sol Halprin, Lorin Grignon, Herbert E. Bragg, Carlton W. Faulkner | for creating, developing and engineering the equipment, processes and techniques known as CinemaScope | Systems |
| 1954 | Fred Waller | for designing and developing the multiple photographic and projection systems which culminated in Cinerama | Systems |
| 1955 | Paramount Pictures, Loren L. Ryder, John R. Bishop et al. | for developing a method of producing and exhibiting motion pictures known as VistaVision | Systems |
| 1956 | National Carbon | for the development and production of a high efficiency yellow flame carbon for motion picture color photography | Beleuchtung |
| 1958 | Todd-AO, Westrex Corp. | for developing a method of producing and exhibiting wide-film motion pictures known as the Todd-AO System | Systems |
| 1958 | Motion Picture Research Council | for the design and development of a high efficiency projection screen for drive-in theatres | Projektion |
| 1965 | Petro Vlahos, Wadsworth E. Pohl, Ub Iwerks | for the conception and perfection of techniques for Color Traveling Matte Composite Cinematography | Special Photographic |
| 1969 | Philip V. Palmquist, Herbert Meyer, Charles D. Staffell | for the development of a successful embodiment of the reflex background projection system for composite cinematography | Special Photographic |
| 1969 | Eastman Kodak Company | for the development and introduction of a color reversal intermediate film for motion pictures | Film |
| 1978 | Garrett Brown, Cinema Products | for the invention and development of Steadicam | Kamerakran |
| 1979 | Eastman Kodak Company | for the research and development of a Duplicating Color film for Motion Pictures | Film |
| 1979 | Stefan Kudelski | for the continuing research, design and development of the Nagra Production Sound Recorder for Motion Pictures | Ton |
| 1979 | Panavision | for the concept, design and continuous development of the Panaflex Motion Picture Camera System | Kamera |
| 1980 | Mark Serrurier | for the progressive development of the Moviola from the 1924 invention of his father, Iwan Serrurier, to the present Series 20 sophisticated film editing equipment | Filmschnitt |
| 1981 | Linwood G. Dunn, Cecil Love, Acme Tool and Manufacturing | for the concept, engineering and development of the Acme-Dunn Optical Printer for motion picture special effects | Laboratory |
| 1982 | Fuji Photo Film | for the research, development and introduction of a new Ultra-high-speed color negative film for motion pictures | Film |
| 1983 | August Arnold, Erich Kästner | for the concept and engineering of the first operational 35mm, hand-held, spinning-mirror reflex, motion picture camera | Kamera |
| 1984 | Kurt Larché (Osram) | for the research and development of xenon short-arc discharge lamps for motion picture projection | Projektion |
| 1988 | Bernhard Kuhl, Werner Block (Osram) | for the invention and the continuing improvement of the OSRAM HMI light source for motion picture photography | Beleuchtung |
| 1989 | Ray Dolby, Ioan Allen | for their continuous contributions to motion picture sound through the research and development programs of Dolby Laboratories | Ton |
| 1991 | Eastman Kodak Company | for the development of T-Grain technology and the introduction of EXR color negative films which utilize this technology | Film |
| 1993 | Chadwell O’Connor | for the concept and engineering of the fluid-damped camera head for motion picture photography | Stage Operations |
| 1994 | Panavision | for the Auto Panatar anamorphic photographic lens | Linsen und Filter |
| 1994 | Manfred G. Michelson | for the design and development of the first sprocket-driven film transport system for color print film processors which permits transport speeds in excess of 600 feet per minute | Laboratory |
| 1995 | Petro Vlahos, Paul Vlahos | for the conception and development of the Ultimatte Electronic Blue Screen Compositing Process for motion pictures | Special Photographic |
| 1995 | Eastman Kodak Company | for the development of the Eastman EXR Color Intermediate Film 5244 | Film |
| 1997 | IMAX | for the method of filming and exhibiting high-fidelity, large-format, wide-angle motion pictures | Systems |
| 1998 | Gunnar P. Michelson | for the engineering and development of an improved, electronic, high-speed, precision light valve for use in motion picture printing machines | Laboratory |
| 1999 | Avid Technology | for the concept, system design and engineering of the Avid Film Composer for motion picture editing | Editorial und Pre-production |
| 2001 | Rob Cook, Loren Carpenter, Ed Catmull | for their significant advancements to the field of motion picture rendering as exemplified in Pixar’s „RenderMan“ | Special Photographic |
| 2003 | Alias/Wavefront | for the development of a 3D animation, dynamics, modeling and rendering production tool Maya | Digital Imaging Technology |
| 2003 | Arnold & Richter Cine Technik, Panavision | for their continuing development and innovation in the design and manufacturing of advanced camera systems specifically designed for the motion picture entertainment industry | Kamera |
| 2004 | Digidesign | for the design, development and implementation of the Pro Tools® digital audio workstation | Ton |
| 2004 | Bill Tondreau | for his significant advancements in the field of motion control technology for motion picture visual effects | Systems |
| 2005 | Horst Burbulla | for the invention and continuing development of the Technocrane telescoping camera crane | Kamerakran |
| 2005 | Jean-Marie Lavalou, Alain Masseron, David Samuelson | for the engineering and development of the Louma Camera Crane and remote system for motion picture production | Kamerakran |
| 2008 | Eastman Kodak Company | for the development of photographic emulsion technologies incorporated into the Kodak Vision2 family of color negative films | Laboratory |
| 2012 | Franz Kraus, Johannes Steurer, Wolfgang Riedel | for the design and development of the ARRILASER Film Recorder | Laboratory |
| 2013 | Cooke Optics Limited | for their continuing innovation in the design, development and manufacture of advanced camera lenses that have helped define the look of motion pictures over the last century | Laboratory |
| 2015 | Dr. Larry Hornbeck | for the invention of digital micromirror technology as used in DLP Cinema projection | Systems |
| 2018 | Mark Elendt, Side Effects Software | for the creation and development of the Houdini visual effects and animation system | Laboratory |