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Academy Award for Technical Achievement winners
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The list Academy Award for Technical Achievement winners includes
Michael Crichton, A. Arnold Gillespie, Douglas Shearer, Ub Iwerks and RKO Radio Pictures.
The list consists of 138 members.
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Michael Crichton
American author and filmmaker (1942–2008)
Overview: John Michael Crichton (October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His ...Date of birth: 23 October 1942Date of death: 4 November 2008Age: 66 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: WriterGender: MaleHeight: 6' 9" (206 cm)
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A. Arnold Gillespie
Visual effects artist
Overview: Albert Arnold "Buddy" Gillespie (October 14, 1899 – May 3, 1978) was an American cinema special effects artist.Date of birth: 14 October 1899Date of death: 3 May 1978Age: 78 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Special EffectsGender: MaleHeight: 5' 10" (178 cm) 0
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Warner Bros. Pictures
American film studio
Overview: Warner Bros. Pictures is an American film production and distribution company. Headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, it is the flagship label of the Warner Bros. Pictures ... 0
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Columbia Pictures
American film studio
Overview: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., commonly known as Columbia Pictures, is an American film production and distribution company that is the flagship unit of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a ... 0
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Douglas Shearer
Canadian sound designer and recording director
Overview: Douglas Graham Shearer (November 17, 1899 – January 5, 1971) was a Canadian American pioneering sound designer and recording director who played a key role in the advancement of sound technology ...Date of birth: 17 November 1899Date of death: 5 January 1971Age: 71 (age at death)Nationality: CanadianOccupation: Special EffectsGender: Male 0
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Hoyt Yeatman
American visual effects artist
Overview: Hoyt Yeatman (born January 23, 1955 in San Francisco, California, United States) is an American visual effects artist and supervisor. He has worked with Jerry Bruckheimer on a number of films, including ... 0
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Ub Iwerks
American film director
Overview: Ubbe Eert "Ub" Iwwerks (March 24, 1901 – July 7, 1971) was an American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, and special effects technician, who designed Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Mickey ...Date of birth: 24 March 1901Date of death: 7 July 1971Age: 70 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: CartoonistGender: Male 0
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MGM/UA Entertainment Co.
American media company
Overview: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM) is an American media company specializing in film and television production and distribution based ... 0
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Paramount Pictures
American film studio
Overview: Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film production and distribution company and the namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global. It is ... 0
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Technicolor
Color motion picture process
Overview: Technicolor is a family of color motion picture processes. The first version, Process 1, was introduced in 1916, and improved versions followed over several decades. 0
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L'Office National du Film du Canada
Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor
Overview: The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; French: Office national du film du Canada, ONF) is a Canadian public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the ... 0
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United Artists
American film studio
Overview: United Artists (UA) is an American film production company owned by Amazon MGM Studios. In its original operating period, UA was founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford and Douglas ... 0
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RKO Radio Pictures
American film production and distribution company
Overview: RKO Radio Pictures Inc., commonly known as RKO Pictures or simply RKO, was an American film production and distribution company, one of the "Big Five" film studios of Hollywood's Golden Age. The business ... 0
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Mike Lazaridis
Canadian businessman
Overview: Mihal "Mike" Lazaridis OC OOnt FRS (born March 14, 1961) is a Canadian businessman, investor in quantum computing technologies, and founder of BlackBerry, which created and manufactured the BlackBerry ... 0
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Greg Cannom
American special make-up effects artist
Overview: Greg Cannom (born 1951) is an American special make-up effects artist. He is the recipient of several accolades, including five Academy Awards and two Saturn Awards, and has been nominated for four Pr ... 0
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Republic Pictures
American movie and serial production company
Overview: Republic Pictures is currently an acquisition-only label owned by Paramount Pictures. Its history dates back to Republic Pictures Corporation, an American film studio that originally operated from 1935 ... 0
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Paul Debevec
American computer graphics professional
Overview: Paul Debevec is a researcher in computer graphics at the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies. He is best known for his pioneering work in high dynamic range imaging ...Nationality: AmericanGender: MaleHeight: 6' 2" (188 cm) 0
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Farciot Edouart
Film artist and innovator (1894-1980)
Overview: Farciot Edouart, ASC (born Alexander Edouart Farciot, November 5, 1894 - March 17, 1980) was a motion picture special effects artist and innovator, a recognized specialist and innovator in the area of ... 0
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Bernard B. Brown
Sound engineer
Overview: Bernard B. Brown (July 24, 1898 – February 20, 1981) was an American sound engineer and composer, who wrote the scores for many early animated cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions for ...Date of birth: 24 July 1898Date of death: 20 February 1981Age: 82 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ComposerGender: Male 0
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RCA
American electronics company
Overview: The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded in 1919 as the Radio Corporation of America. It was initially a patent trust owned by General Electric (GE), Westinghouse ... 0
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