The 2015 Scientific and Technical Academy Awards Announced

12 mars 2015 - Modifié le 5/09 La Lettre AFC n°252

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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.