Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Technical Awards

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world's preeminent movie related organization, comprised of 7,000+ accomplished men and women working in cinema. The Academy recognizes and upholds excellence in the motion picture arts and sciences, inspire imagination, and connect the world through the medium of motion pictures. Scientific and Technical Awards are given for devices, methods, formulas, discoveries or inventions of special and outstanding value to the arts and sciences of motion pictures and that also have a proven history of use in the motion picture industry. The Scientific and Engineering Award is given for achievements that produce a definite influence on the advancement of the motion picture industry.