Other ILM Awards

Scientific and Technical Academy Awards (Class II, Systems) - Academy Award (Oscar)

Recipients: John Dykstra, Jerry Jeffress and Alvah J. Miller

Awarded: March 29, 1978 (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

John C. Dykstra, for the development of a facility uniquely oriented toward visual effects photography, and to Alvah J. Miller and Jerry Jeffress, for the engineering of the Electronic Motion Control System used in concert [with this facility] for multiple exposure visual effects motion picture photography.

Scientific and Technical Academy Awards (Scientific and Engineering Award, Camera) - Academy Award (Oscar)

Recipients: Richard Edlund

Awarded: March 15, 1981 (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

Richard Edlund and Industrial Light and Magic Inc., for the engineering of the Empire Motion Picture Camera System.

Scientific and Technical Academy Awards (Scientific and Engineering Award, Special Photographic) - Academy Award (Oscar)

Recipients: Richard Edlund

Awarded: March 15, 1981 (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

Richard Edlund and Industrial Light and Magic Inc., for the concept and engineering of a beam splitter optical composite motion picture printer.

Best Achievement in Visual Effects - Academy Award (Oscar)

Recipients: Dennis Muren and Stuart Ziff

Awarded: March 15, 1981 (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

Dennis Muren and Stuart Ziff of Industrial Light and Magic Inc., for the development of a Motion Picture Figure Mover for animation photography.