The 2015 Scientific and Technical Academy Awards Announced
Organized by the “Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,” the 87th award dinner for the Scientific and Technical Academy Awards was held on Saturday, 7 February 2015 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills (California). In total, twenty-one awards were given out to fifty-eight different personalities from the cinema industry. Leica and Sony, associate mmbers of the AFC, were amongst those recognized.
A “Scientific and Engineering Award (Academy Plaque)” was awarded to Ian Niel, for the lens design, and André de Winter, for the mechanical design, of Leica’s Summilux-C series of lenses.
A “Scientific and Engineering Award (Academy Plaque)” was awarded to Ichiro Tsutsui, Masahiro Take, Mitsuyasu Tamura, and Mitsuru Asano for the development of the BVM-E Professional OLED Master series of Sony monitors.