And the Oscar goes to . . .

Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award). To Loren Carpenter, Rob Cook, Ed Catmull, Tom Porter, Pat Hanrahan, Tony Apodaca and Darwyn Peachey for the development of “RenderMan” software which produces images used in motion pictures from 3D computer descriptions of shape and appearance.

Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award). To Alvy Ray Smith, Ed Catmull, Thomas Porter and Tom Duff for their pioneering inventions in Digital Image Compositing.

Scientific and Technical Award (Academy Award of Merit). To Rob Cook, Loren Carpenter and Ed Catmull for their significant advancements to the field of motion picture rendering as exemplified in Pixar’s “Renderman.” Their broad professional influence in the industry continues to inspire and contribute to the advancement of computer-generated imagery for motion pictures.

Scientific and Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award). To Ed Catmull for the original concept, and Tony DeRose and Jos Stam for their scientific and practical implementation of subdivision surfaces as a modeling technique in motion picture production. Subdivision surfaces have become a preferred modeling primitive for many types of motion picture computer graphics.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award. Ed Catmull

Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award). To Ed Catmull for the original concept, and to Tony DeRose and Jos Stam for their pioneering advancement of the underlying science of subdivision surfaces as 3D geometric modeling primitives. Their creation of essential geometric operations and sustained research on the fundamental mathematics of subdivision surfaces helped transform the way digital artists represent 3D geometry throughout the motion picture industry.