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	Academy Award - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a professional honorary organization which as of 2003 had a voting membership of 5816.
		Academy Awards are nicknamed "Oscars", which is also the nickname of the statuette (the name is said to have been born when Academy librarian Margaret Herrick saw the statuette on a table and said: "It looks just like my uncle Oscar!").
		The awards were first given at a banquet in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on May 16, 1929 but there was little suspense since the winners of the awards had already been announced three months earlier on February 18.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Academy_Awards (858 words)

	Academy Award for Visual Effects - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The category was called Best Special Effects when it was created in 1939.
		In 1972, the Academy stopped giving out awards for Visual Effects and instead gave Special Achievement Awards.
		For a film to be nominated for this award, the effects artist must have created something not available for filming.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Academy_Award_for_Visual_Effects (281 words)

	Encyclopedia: Academy Award
		The Academy Awards, commonly known as The Oscars, are one of the most prominent film awards in the United States.
		The greatest number of Academy Awards won by a film is 11, this distinction is shared by 3 films: Ben-Hur, Titanic, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
		Academy Awards Founded on May 11, 1927 in California, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Academy-Award (3565 words)

	Academy Award
		The Academy Awards are the most prominent film award in the United States.
		The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a professional honorary organization which as of 2003 had a voting membership of 5816, with actors, with a membership of 1311, making up the largest voting block.
		Special Awards, which are voted on by special committees, rather than by the Academy membership as a whole, include:
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/a/ac/academy_award.html (957 words)

	Special Achievement Award - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Special Achievement Award, an Oscar statuette, is given for an achievement which makes an exceptional contribution to the motion picture for which it was created, but for which there is no annual award category.
		In that case the committee may recommend to the Board of Governors that a special Achievement Award be voted instead.
		Thirteen of the 17 Special Achievement Awards given since the category was instituted in 1972 were given for visual effects or sound effects achievements.
	www.oscars.org /academyawards/awards/acheivement.html (239 words)

	Academy Award - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Academy Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Annual honour awarded since 1927 by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in a number of categories that reflect the diversity and collaborative nature of film-making.
		The Academy Award is one of the highest accolades in the film industry, and a virtual guarantor of increased financial returns.
		There are also awards for original screenplay, adapted screenplay, cinematography, editing, supporting actor, and supporting actress, in addition to a series of honours for documentaries, shorts, animated films, foreign-language films, special effects, make-up, art direction, and musical scores.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Academy+Award (208 words)

	Academy Award
		There is also a wide belief that awards are given for "political" reasons -- for instance, rewarding an artist whose career has included many good works but has not thus far received an Academy Award.
		Less subjectively, it is clear that movie studios spend large amounts of money on campaigns to get their films Oscars—Miramax being the most widely-discussed (and arguably successful) studio at this at present.
		The greatest number of Academy Awards won by a film is 11, this distinction is shared by 3 films: Ben-Hur, Titanic, and.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/ac/academy_award.html (799 words)

	National Weather Association Awards, Grants, and Scholarships
		In 1998, the Special Award nomination was also modified and named in honor of Larry R. Johnson, a founding member of the NWA and President of the NWA for 1995 who died of cancer.
		Aviation Meteorology Award: This award is presented to an individual or group to recognize significant contributions to aviation meteorology, such as impact of operational forecasts on aviation operations or advances in aviation meteorology including research in detection and forecasting of aviation hazards.
		Local Chapter Award: This award is presented to a Local Chapter of the NWA whose activities have significantly increased awareness of the weather and of the NWA in their local area.
	www.nwas.org /award.html (1847 words)

	Gemini Special Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Academy Achievement Award for Exceptional Contribution to the Canadian Television Industry was inaugurated in 1995-96 for the 10th anniversary of the Gemini Awards.
		This award is presented at the discretion of the Academy to an individual for an exceptional, outstanding or ongoing contribution or service to the Canadian television industry.
		This award does not exclude recipients of other award categories, but is specially intended to honour an individual who may not, in the ordinary course of the awards process, be recognized.
	www.academy.ca /gemini/gemini/gmspecialawardsaaa.htm (257 words)

	Honorary Award - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Honorary Award may take the form of an Oscar statuette, and if it does, it is presented on the telecast of the presentations.
		Andrzej Wajda received an Honorary Award in 1999 "in recognition of five decades of extraordinary film direction." The presenter was Jane Fonda.
		The Honorary Award is not called a lifetime achievement award by the Academy, but it is often given for a life's work in filmmaking - to Polish director Andzrej Wajda in 1999, for example, and to Elia Kazan the previous year.
	www.oscars.org /academyawards/awards/honorary01.html (366 words)

	Definition of Academy Award - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Academy Awards, commonly known as The Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the world.
		The awards night itself is an elaborate extravaganza, with the invited guests walking up the red carpet in the creations of the most prominent fashion designers.
		Such influence is nothing new: for example, it is widely believed William Randolph Hearst ran a campaign to ensure that Citizen Kane – a film regarded by many as the greatest of all time – did not receive any Academy Award nominations.
	www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Academy_Award (1020 words)

	News Release
		Additionally, two special awards are presented by the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) to recognize longtime innovators in high-performance computing.
		Smith was honored in 1990 with the Eckert-Mauchly Award given jointly by the IEEE and the Association for Computing Machinery, and was elected a fellow of both organizations in 1994.
		The award, established in 1992 in memory of Sidney Fernbach, one of the pioneers in the development and application of high performance computers, is awarded for outstanding contributions in the application of high performance computers using innovative approaches.
	www.sc-conference.org /sc2003/nr_finalaward.html (1143 words)

	Section 11: Production companies
		This award is voted by the Academy Board of Governors to a creative producer whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production and is given only in years when the Board feels there is a deserving recipient.
		All the facilities were recognized with Academy Awards in 1994 for their pioneer work in film scanning.
		Wahrman was awarded an Academy Award for Scientific and Technical Merit for his contributions to the Wavefront Animation System.
	accad.osu.edu /~waynec/history/lesson11.html (8561 words)

	A BUG'S LIFE - Production Notes...CinemaReview.com....Movie Reviews, Movie Contents, Moviegoer Opinions and Much More!
		He received a special achievement Academy Award, in 1996 for "his inspired leadership of the Pixar 'Toy Story' team resulting in the first feature-length computer animated film." "Toy Story" was also the first animation screenplay to ever be nominated in the best screenplay written directly for the screen category.
		New approaches to lighting and shaders (the surfaces and textures applied to the three-dimensional exterior of the characters and background) were created to add to the richness and visual excitement of the film.
		Crowd shots involving nearly 800 ants, special effects such as the climactic thunderstorm and the directors' desire to have background elements moving in a believable manner posed additional challenges for Pixar's resident wizards.
	www.cinemareview.com /production.asp?prodid=391 (2157 words)

	Webby Awards
		The Webby Special Achievement Awards will be presented by the Academy at the 9th Annual Webby Awards on June 6th in New York City.
		All of the Special Achievement Award winners are scheduled to attend to receive their honors.
		Setting the record straight on one of recent history's most persistent political myths, The Webby Awards will present Former Vice President Al Gore with The Webby Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of the pivotal role he has played in the development of the internet over the past three decades.
	www.webbyawards.com /webbys/specialwin.php (436 words)

	The Lasker Foundation \| Former Award Winners, Special Achievement 1998
		Among his honors are the National Medal of Science, the Edgar Fahs Smith and Pauling Awards of the American Chemical Society, the Rosenstiel Award of Brandeis University, the Waterford Prize, and the Merck Award of the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
		He is a member of the American Philosophical Society, and has been elected to honorary membership in the Japanese Biochemical Society, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and the American Medical Writers' Association.
		He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has served on the Councils of both societies.
	www.laskerfoundation.org /awards/library/1998s_bio_dk.shtml (736 words)

	GRAMMY.com
		Formal acknowledgment of the awards will be made in conjunction with the 46th Annual GRAMMY Awards ceremony, which will be held at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 8, 2004 and broadcast on CBS.
		The Lifetime Achievement Award honors lifelong artistic contributions to the recording medium, while the Trustees Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the industry in a non-performing capacity.
		Both special merit awards are decided by vote of the Recording Academy's National Trustees.
	www.grammy.com /news/academy/2003/1222trusteeslaa.aspx (213 words)

	Toy Story/Toy Story 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		But that's exactly what they did, and the result is a perfect marriage of form and content, with the added benefit of fabulous voice talent to complete the task of bringing the characters to life.
		Toy Story is a marvelous achievement; a spirited and often hilarious romp, with animation that is often breathtaking: the expressiveness given to the faces of these toys (who come to life only when Andy is out of the room) is at times mind-boggling, and the cast is uniformly perfect in their realization of the voices.
		The film was awarded a Special Achievement Academy Award for its director, John Lasseter.
	www.classicsondvd.com /toystory.htm (581 words)

	Pixar Investor Relations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Pixar Animation Studios is an Academy Award®-winning computer animation studio with the technical, creative and production capabilities to create a new generation of animated feature films, merchandise and other related products.
		Pixar's creative department is led by John Lasseter, an Academy Award®-winning director and animator and the director of Toy Story, A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2, as well as executive producer of Monsters, Inc. (2001), Finding Nemo (2003), The Incredibles (2004) and Cars (June 9, 2006).
		In 2002, Pixar's For the Birds received the Academy Award® for Best Animated Short Film, Most recently in 2003 Mike's New Car was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
	corporate.pixar.com /overview.cfm (1652 words)

	The Academy Awards
		Academy of excellence opens nominations for 2002 awards.
		Academy pays tribute to industry's finest: awards honor innovation, dedication, outstanding service--and mettle.
		Winners Announced for the 39th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards; Toby Keith Wins 4 Awards; Alan Jackson and Martina McBride Win 2 Each; Willie Nelson Honored With Gene Weed Special Achievement Award; Ray Price Given the Academy of Country Music Pioneer Award; Martina McBride Wins Academy of Country Music/Home Depot Humanitarian Award.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0147913.html (205 words)

	It was in 1984, while still at Apple Computer, that Steve Jobs first heard of Pixar
		At the Oscars, it was nominated for Best Screenplay first-ever for an animated film) and John Lasseter was awarded a Special Achievement Academy Award for the development and inspired applications of techniques that made Toy Story possible.
		On the technical side, Ed Catmull and Thomas Porter, director of effects animation, received special awards from the Academy for their technical and scientific achievements in digital image compositing.
		He was the key developer of RenderMan software, and was awarded the Scientific and Technical Engineering Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the work his software produced.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~afuah/cases/case14.html (7664 words)

	The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Please join the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, E3Expo and the Graphic Arts Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for this special presentation, followed by a jury panel discussion.
		Lorne also serves as the Executive Committee Vice Chairman for The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences and on the Advisory Board to the President for the San Francisco Academy of Art College.
		He has a BFA from the California Institute of the Arts and was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the San Francisco Academy of Art College.
	www.interactive.org /newsandevents.asp?show=159&thetype=1 (1108 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Monsieur Vincent at Epinions.com
		Monsieur Vincent (1947), directed by Maurice Cloche, won the 1948 Special Achievement Academy Award, which was the precursor of the Best Foreign Film Award, with which most readers will already be familiar.
		Were it not for that fact, I likely would never have gotten around to watching this worthy biography of the man who was later beatified (in 1729) and canonized (in 1737) as Saint Vincent de Paul.
		The special quality of St. Vincent was that he was devoted to caring for the poor despite fully understanding their limitations.
	www.epinions.com /content_141514542724 (1823 words)

	John Lasseter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		One of the successful animators from 1980's is John A. Lasseter who is crazy about animation and best known as a director of "Toy Story," the first full-length computer animated film which won a special achievement Academy Award.
		In 1983, when he visited the computer animation units of Lucasfilm, Lasseter intrigued by the fact that there were great possibilities of changing the craft of animation using by computer graphics technology.
		Then, he soon adopted the new techniques and, as he loved toys since he was young, he created the first computer-animated film about a toy called, "Tin Toy", which won for the Best Academy Award in 1989.
	www.rit.edu /~hxa1544/imm/project2/page1.html (271 words)

	The Tantive IV - Databanks: Archives
		$ 32.5 million, one quarter of which were spent on special effects.
		This figure does not include the Special Editions.
		Post-production and special effects would take nearly another two years.
	home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~kuppem/movies.htm (435 words)

	Film Festivals Server
		He received a special achievement Academy Award in 1996 for Toy Story.
		The decision was made to produce the film in a wide-screen CinemaScope format to emphasize, exaggerate and have fun with these elements of size and scale.
		A tremendous amount of research went into bug anatomy, locomotion and behavior, examining excellent documentaries such as "Microcosmos" and National Geographic specials, which gave the team a close-up look at the world of bugs.
	www.filmfestivals.com /review/bug'slife/1001pattes.htm (877 words)

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