John D. Lowry

June 2, 1932
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
January 21, 2012
Camarillo, California
79 years and 233 days
Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Academy Award Nominations (Winner marker =  winner  ):
Winner markerScientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award). To John D. Lowry, Ian Cavén, Ian Godin, Kimball Thurston and Tim Connolly for the development of a unique and efficient system for the reduction of noise and other artifacts, thereby providing high-quality images required by the filmmaking process. The “Lowry Process” uses advanced GPU-accelerated, motion estimation-based image processing tools to enhance image quality.

1 Nomination