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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)

A working SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award) dossier with winners, craft credits, ceremony trails, and nominee history kept close to the surface.

Latest Winner Jamie Caliri and Dyami Caliri
Span 1978-2025
Nominations 238
Ceremonies 46

Jamie Caliri and Dyami Caliri

Most recent winning record: 98th ceremony (2025). Jamie Caliri | Dyami Caliri

Category History

46 ceremonies, 238 winners, 0 other nominees across the full Academy Awards span. Fast view shows every winner and keeps older nominee trails linked through each ceremony ledger.

2020s

2024 97th Ceremony
Winner

Curt Schaller and Dr. Roman Foltyn

Curt Schaller | Dr. Roman Foltyn

Winner

Dave Freeth

Winner

Jayson Dumenigo

Winner

Nir Averbuch, Yair Chuchem and Dan Raviv

Nir Averbuch | Yair Chuchem | Dan Raviv

Winner

Steve Wagner, Garrett Brown, Jerry Holway and Robert Orf

Steve Wagner | Garrett Brown | Jerry Holway | Robert Orf

Craft Credits Garrett Brown Jerry Holway
Winner

Thijs Vogels, Fabrice Rousselle, David Adler, Gerhard Röthlin and Mark Meyer

Thijs Vogels | Fabrice Rousselle | David Adler | Gerhard Röthlin | Mark Meyer

2023 96th Ceremony
Winner

Charles Q. Robinson, Nicolas Tsingos, Christophe Chabanne, Mark Vinton and Dolby Laboratories

Charles Q. Robinson | Nicolas Tsingos | Christophe Chabanne | Mark Vinton | Dolby Laboratories

Winner

F. Sebastian Grassia, Alex Mohr, Sunya Boonyatera, Brett Levin and Jeremy Cowles

F. Sebastian Grassia | Alex Mohr | Sunya Boonyatera | Brett Levin | Jeremy Cowles

Winner

Jaden Oh

Winner

Ken Museth, Peter Cucka and Mihai Aldén

Ken Museth | Peter Cucka | Mihai Aldén

Winner

Michael Perkins, Gerwin Damberg, Trevor Davies and Martin J. Richards

Michael Perkins | Gerwin Damberg | Trevor Davies | Martin J. Richards

Winner

Peter Janssens, Goran Stojmenovik and Wouter D’Oosterlinck

Peter Janssens | Goran Stojmenovik | Wouter D’Oosterlinck

Winner

Steve Read and Barry Silverstein

Steve Read | Barry Silverstein

2010s

2019 92nd Ceremony
Winner

ALEXEY LUKIN and IZOTOPE INC.

ALEXEY LUKIN | IZOTOPE INC.

Winner

Dr. Zvi Reznic, Professor Meir Feder, Guy Dorman and Ron Yogev

Dr. Zvi Reznic | Professor Meir Feder | Guy Dorman | Ron Yogev

Winner

Jeff Bloom, GUY McNALLY, Nick Rose, John Ellwood and Jonathan Newland

Jeff Bloom | GUY McNALLY | Nick Rose | John Ellwood | Jonathan Newland

Winner

Nicolaas Verheem, Greg Smokler and Ilya Issenin

Nicolaas Verheem | Greg Smokler | Ilya Issenin

Winner

Sanken Microphone Company Limited

2018 91st Ceremony
Winner

David Simons, Daniel Wilk, James Acquavella, Michael Natkin and David M. Cotter

David Simons | Daniel Wilk | James Acquavella | Michael Natkin | David M. Cotter

Winner

Edwin Catmull, TONY DeROSE and Jos Stam

Edwin Catmull | TONY DeROSE | Jos Stam

Craft Credits Tony DeRose
Winner

Thomas Knoll, John Knoll and Mark Hamburg

Thomas Knoll | John Knoll | Mark Hamburg

Craft Credits John Knoll
2017 90th Ceremony
Winner

Abigail Brady, Jon Wadelton and Jerry Huxtable

Abigail Brady | Jon Wadelton | Jerry Huxtable

Winner

Bill Spitzak and Jonathan Egstad

Bill Spitzak | Jonathan Egstad

Winner

Jeff Lait, Mark Tucker, Cristin Barghiel and John Lynch

Jeff Lait | Mark Tucker | Cristin Barghiel | John Lynch

Winner

John Coyle, Brad Hurndell, Vikas Sathaye and Shane Buckham

John Coyle | Brad Hurndell | Vikas Sathaye | Shane Buckham

Winner

Leonard Chapman, Stanislav Gorbatov, David Gasparian and Souhail Issa

Leonard Chapman | Stanislav Gorbatov | David Gasparian | Souhail Issa

2016 89th Ceremony
Winner

Arri

Winner

Luca Fascione, J.P. Lewis and Iain Matthews

Luca Fascione | J.P. Lewis | Iain Matthews

Winner

Marcos Fajardo, Christopher Kulla, Alan King, Thiago Ize and Clifford Stein

Marcos Fajardo | Christopher Kulla | Alan King | Thiago Ize | Clifford Stein

Winner

Panavision and Sony

Panavision | Sony

Winner

Red Digital Cinema

Winner

Sony

Winner

Steven Rosenbluth, JOSHUA BARRATT, ROBERT NOLTY and ARCHIE TE

Steven Rosenbluth | JOSHUA BARRATT | ROBERT NOLTY | ARCHIE TE

Craft Credits Steven Rosenbluth
Winner

Vladimir Koylazov

2014 87th Ceremony
Winner

Brad Walker, D. Scott Dewald, Bill Werner, Greg Pettitt and Frank Poradish

Digital Apparatuses Technology

Winner

Iain Neil and ANDRÉ De Winter

Lenses and Filters

Craft Credits Iain Neil ANDRÉ De Winter
Winner

Ichiro Tsutsui, Masahiro Take, Mitsuyasu Tamura and Mitsuru Asano

Digital Apparatuses Technology

Winner

John Frederick, Bob Myers, Karl Rasche and Tom Lianza

Digital Apparatuses Technology

2013 86th Ceremony
Winner

Andre Gauthier, Benoit Sevigny, Yves Boudreault and Robert Lanciault

Digital Imaging Technology

Winner

Emmanuel Prévinaire, Jan Sperling, Etienne Brandt and Tony Postiau

Photography

Winner

Eric Veach

Digital Imaging Technology

Winner

Ofer Alon

Digital Imaging Technology

2011 84th Ceremony
Winner

Dr. Jürgen Noffke and Uwe Weber

Lenses and Filters

Winner

E.F. "BOB" Nettmann, Michael Sayovitz, Brad Fritzel and Fred Miller

Camera Cranes

Craft Credits E.F. "BOB" Nettmann
Winner

Fujifilm Corporation, Hideyuki Shirai, Dr. Katsuhisa Oozeki and Hiroshi Hirano

Film

Winner

John D. Lowry, Ian Cavén, Ian Godin, Kimball Thurston and Tim Connolly

Laboratory

Winner

Michael Lewis, Greg Marsden, Raigo Alas and Michael Vellekoop

Camera Cranes

Winner

Radu Corlan, Andy Jantzen, Petru Pop and Richard F. Toftness

Camera

2000s

2009 82nd Ceremony
Winner

Brad Walker, D. Scott Dewald, Bill Werner and Greg Pettitt

Projection

Winner

Dr. Richard Kirk

Laboratory

Winner

Fujifilm Corporation, Ryoji Nishimura, Masaaki Miki and Youichi Hosoya

Film

Winner

Mark Jaszberenyi, Gyula Priskin and Tamas Perlaki

Laboratory

Winner

Michael Cieslinski, Dr. Reimar Lenz and Bernd Brauner

Laboratory

Winner

Paul Debevec, Tim Hawkins, John Monos and Dr. Mark Sagar

Digital Imaging Technology

Winner

Per Christensen, Michael Bunnell and Christophe Hery

Digital Imaging Technology

Winner

Steve Chapman, Martin Tlaskal, Darrin Smart and Dr. James Logie

Laboratory

Winner

Volker Massmann, Markus Hasenzahl, Dr. Klaus Anderle and Andreas Loew

Laboratory

Winner

Wolfgang Lempp, Theo Brown, Tony Sedivy and Dr. John Quartel

Laboratory

Craft Credits Wolfgang Lempp
2008 81st Ceremony
Winner

Bruno Coumert, Jacques Debize, Dominique Chervin and Christophe Reboulet

Lenses and Filters

Winner

Erwin Melzner, Volker Schumacher and Timo Müller

Lighting

Winner

Jacques Delacoux and Alexandre Leuchter

Systems

2006 79th Ceremony
Winner

Dr. Bill Collis, Simon Robinson, Ben Kent and Dr. Anil Kokaram

Digital Imaging Technology

Craft Credits Dr. Bill Collis Ben Kent
Winner

Howard Preston and Mirko Kovacevic

Photography

Winner

Phillip J. Feiner, JIM HOUSTON, DENIS LECONTE and CHRIS BUSHMAN

Laboratory

Winner

Steve Sullivan, Colin Davidson, Max Chen and Francesco Callari

Digital Imaging Technology

2005 78th Ceremony
Winner

Anatoliy Kokush

Camera Cranes

Winner

Anatoliy Kokush, Yuriy Popovsky and Oleksiy Zolotarov

Camera Cranes

Winner

David Baraff, Michael Kass and Andrew Witkin

Digital Imaging Technology

Winner

David Grober and Scott Lewallen

Photography

Winner

Garrett Brown

Camera Cranes

Winner

Laurie Frost, Peter Hannan and Richard Loncraine

Photography

Craft Credits Laurie Frost Peter Hannan
2003 76th Ceremony
Winner

Christopher Alfred, Andrew J. Cannon, Michael C. Carlos, Mark Crabtree, Chuck Grindstaff and John Melanson

Digital Imaging Technology

Craft Credits Andrew J. Cannon
Winner

Kenneth L. Tingler, CHARLES C. ANDERSON, DIANE E. KESTNER and BRIAN A. SCHELL

Laboratory

Winner

KINOTON GmbH

Projection

Winner

Stephen Regelous

Digital Imaging Technology

2001 74th Ceremony
Winner

Franz Kraus, Johannes Steurer and Wolfgang Riedel

Special Photographic

Craft Credits Franz Kraus
Winner

Iain Neil and Al Saiki

Lenses and Filters

Craft Credits Iain Neil
Winner

John M. Eargle, D.B. Keele and Mark E. Engebretson

Sound

Winner

Makoto Tsukada

Special Photographic

Winner

Paul J. Constantine and Peter M. Constantine

Special Photographic

Winner

Peter Kuran, Sean Coughlin, Joseph A. Olivier and William Conner

Laboratory

Winner

Steven Gerlach, Gregory Farrell and Christian Lurin

Sound

1990s

1999 72nd Ceremony
Winner

Fritz Gabriel Bauer

Camera

Winner

Huw Gwilym, Karl Lynch and Mark V. Crabtree

Sound

Craft Credits Huw Gwilym
Winner

Iain Neil, Rick Gelbard and Panavision Inc.

Camera

Craft Credits Iain Neil
Winner

James Moultrie, Mike Salter and Mark Craig Gerchman

Lenses and Filters

Winner

L. Ron Schmidt

Projection

Winner

Marlowe A. Pichel

Projection

Winner

NAT TIFFEN

Lenses and Filters

Winner

Nick Phillips

Stage Operations

1998 71st Ceremony
Winner

Arnold & Richter Cine Technik

Camera

Winner

Arnold Richter Cine Technik and Carl Zeiss Company

Lenses and Filters

Winner

Colin Mossman, HANS LEISINGER and GEORGE JOHN ROWLAND

Laboratory

Winner

DEREK C. LIGHTBODY

Lighting

Winner

Gary Tregaskis, Dominique Boisvert, Philippe Panzini and ANDRÉ LeBLANC

Special Photographic

Craft Credits ANDRÉ LeBLANC
Winner

Iain Neil, Takuo Miyagishima and Panavision Incorporated

Lenses and Filters

Winner

James A. Moorer

Sound

Winner

Mark Roberts, Ronan Carroll, Assaff Rawner, Paul Bartlett and Simon Wakley

Camera Cranes

Craft Credits Paul Bartlett Simon Wakley
Winner

Michael Sorensen, Richard Alexander and Donald Trumbull

Camera Cranes

Winner

Robert Predovich, John Scott, Mohamed Ken T. Husain and Cameron Shearer

Sound

Craft Credits Robert Predovich
Winner

Ronald E. Uhlig, THOMAS F. POWERS and FRED M. FUSS

Laboratory

Winner

Roy B. Ference, Steven R. Schmidt, Richard J. Federico, Rockwell Yarid and MICHAEL E. McCRACKAN

Special Photographic

Winner

STEPHEN J. KAY

Lighting

Winner

Thomas G. Stockham Jr. and Robert B. Ingebretsen

Sound

1997 70th Ceremony
Winner

Al Jensen, CHUCK HEADLEY, JEAN MESSNER and HAZEM NABULSI

Camera

Winner

Craig W. Reynolds

Special Photographic

Winner

Dominique Boisvert, Réjean, Daniel Langlois and Richard Laperriere

Special Photographic

Craft Credits Daniel Langlois
Winner

Eben Ostby, William Reeves, Samuel J. Leffler and Tom Duff

Special Photographic

Winner

JOEL W. JOHNSON

Stage Operations

Winner

John Gibson, Rob Krieger, Milan Novacek, Glen Ozymok and Dave Springer

Special Photographic

Craft Credits John Gibson
Winner

Kirk Handley, Ray Meluch, Scott Robinson, Wilson H. Allen and John Neary

Sound

Craft Credits Scott Robinson
Winner

Richard Shoup, Alvy Ray Smith and Thomas Porter

Special Photographic

Winner

William Kovacs and Roy Hall

Special Photographic

Craft Credits William Kovacs
1995 68th Ceremony
Winner

Alvy Ray Smith, Ed Catmull, Thomas Porter and Tom Duff

Special Photographic

Winner

Arnold And Richter Cine Technik

Camera

Winner

Colin Mossman, Joe Wary, Hans Leisinger, Gerald Painter and Deluxe Laboratories

Sound

Winner

David Gilmartin, JOHANNES BORGGREBE, JEAN-PIERRE GAGNON, FRANK RICOTTA and TECHNICOLOR INC.

Sound

Winner

Digital Theater Systems

Sound

Winner

Dolby Laboratories

Sound

Winner

Howard Flemming and Ronald Uhlig

Sound

Winner

Iain Neil, Rick Gelbard and Eric Dubberke

Lenses and Filters

Craft Credits Iain Neil
Winner

Martin S. Mueller

Camera

Winner

Ronald C. Goodman, ATTILA SZALAY, STEVEN SASS and SPACECAM SYSTEMS INC.

Photography

Winner

Sony Corporation

Sound

1994 67th Ceremony
Winner

GARY DEMOS, DAN CAMERON, DAVID DiFRANCESCO, GARY STARKWEATHER and SCOTT SQUIRES

Special Photographic

Winner

George Sauve, Bill Bishop, Arpag Dadourian, Ray Feeney and Richard Patterson

Special Photographic

Winner

Iain Neil, Al Saiki and Panavision International

Lenses and Filters

Craft Credits Iain Neil
Winner

JAMES KETCHAM

Sound

Winner

LINCOLN HU, MICHAEL MacKENZIE, GLENN KENNEL and MIKE DAVIS

Special Photographic

Winner

Paul Bamborough, Nick Pollack, Arthur Wright, Neil Harris and DUNCAN MacLEAN

Editorial and Pre-production

Winner

Ray Feeney, WILL McCOWN, BILL BISHOP and LES DITTERT

Special Photographic

Winner

William J. Warner, Eric C. Peters, Michael E. Phillips, Tom A. Ohanian, Patrick D. O'Connor and Joe H. Rice

Editorial and Pre-production

1992 65th Ceremony
Winner

Al Mayer, Iain Neil, George Kraemer, Hans Spirawski, Bill Eslick and Don Earl

Camera

Craft Credits Iain Neil Don Earl
Winner

Arnold Richter, Otto Blaschek and ARRI

Camera

Winner

Claus Wiedemann, Robert Orban and Dolby Laboratories

Sound

Winner

Douglas Trumbull, Geoffrey H. Williamson, Robert D. Auguste and Edmund M. Di Giulio

Camera

Winner

Ken Bates

Stage Operations

Winner

Loren Carpenter, Rob Cook, Ed Catmull, Tom Porter, Pat Hanrahan, Tony Apodaca and Darwyn Peachey

Special Photographic

1991 64th Ceremony
Winner

Faz Fazakas, Brian Henson, Dave Housman, Peter Miller and John Stephenson

Systems

Winner

Georg Thoma, HEINZ FEIERLEIN and SACHTLER AG

Stage Operations

Winner

George Worrall

Stage Operations

Winner

Guido Cartoni

Stage Operations

Winner

Harry J. Baker

Stage Operations

Winner

Iain Neil, Albert Saiki and Panavision Incorporated

Lenses and Filters

Craft Credits Iain Neil
Winner

Mario Celso

Lighting

Winner

Randy Cartwright, David B. Coons, Lem Davis, Thomas Hahn, James Houston, Mark Kimball, Dylan W. Kohler, Peter Nye, Michael Shantzis, David F. Wolf and Walt Disney Studios

Systems

Winner

Ray Feeney, Richard Keeney and Richard J. Lundell

Systems

Craft Credits Ray Feeney
1990 63rd Ceremony
Winner

Arnold & Richter

Camera

Winner

BRUCE WILTON and CARLOS ICINKOFF

Special Photographic

Winner

John W. Lang, WALTER HRASTNIK and CHARLES J. WATSON

Laboratory

Winner

MANFRED G. MICHELSON

Laboratory

Winner

The FUJI PHOTO FILM COMPANY LIMITED

Film

1980s

1988 61st Ceremony
Winner

Arnold & Richter, Otto Blaschek and Arriflex Corporation

Camera

Winner

Bill Tondreau, Alvah Miller, Paul Johnson, Peter A. Regla, Dan Slater, Bud Elam, Joe Parker, Bill Bryan, Jerry Jeffress, Ray Feeney, Bill Holland and Kris Brown

Special Photographic

Winner

Roy W. Edwards and PHOTO-SONICS INCORPORATED

Camera

1987 60th Ceremony
Winner

Carl Zeiss Company

Lenses and Filters

Winner

Colin F. Mossman and Rank Film Development Group

Laboratory

Winner

Eastman Kodak Company

Film

Winner

Eastman Kodak Company

Film

Winner

Fritz Gabriel Bauer

Camera

Winner

Montage Group Ltd., Ronald C. Barker and Chester L. Schuler

Editorial

Winner

Willi Burth and Kinotone Corporation

Projection

Winner

ZORAN PERISIC

Special Photographic

1986 59th Ceremony
Winner

ANTHONY D. BRUNO, JOHN L. BAPTISTA, MANFRED G. MICHELSON and BRUCE W. KELLER

Laboratory

Winner

Bran Ferren, CHARLES HARRISON and KENNETH WISNER

Special Photographic

Winner

FRITZ SENNHEISER

Sound

Winner

RICHARD BENJAMIN GRANT and RON GRANT

Editorial

Winner

Richard Edlund, GENE WHITEMAN, DAVID GRAFTON, MARK WEST, JERRY JEFFRESS and BOB WILCOX

Special Photographic

Winner

Robert Greenberg, JOEL HYNEK, EUGENE MAMUT, ALFRED THUMIM, ELAN LIPSCHITZ and DARRYL A. ARMOUR

Special Photographic

Winner

William L. Fredrick and Hal Needham

Camera Cranes

Craft Credits Hal Needham
1984 57th Ceremony
Winner

Barry M. Stultz, RUBEN AVILA and WES KENNEDY

Sound

Winner

Barry M. Stultz, Ruben Avila, Wes Kennedy and John Mosely

Sound

Craft Credits John Mosely
Winner

DONALD A. ANDERSON and DIANA REINERS

Sound

Winner

GÜNTHER SCHAIDT and ROSCO LABORATORIES INCORPORATED

Stage Operations

Craft Credits GÜNTHER SCHAIDT
Winner

John Whitney Jr. and GARY DEMOS

Special Photographic

Winner

KENNETH RICHTER

Lenses and Filters

1970s

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