Awards for 2001
Oscar
Best Picture
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Best Actor in a Leading Role
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Best Actress in a Leading Role
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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Best Director
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Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
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Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
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Best Cinematography
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Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
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Best Costume Design
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Best Sound
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Best Film Editing
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Best Sound Editing
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Best Effects, Visual Effects
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Best Makeup
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Best Music, Original Song
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Wonder Boys: Bob Dylan
For the song "Things Have Changed".
Bob Dylan performed the song and accepted the Oscar via satellite due to the fact that he was on tour through Australia at the time. Since winning the Oscar, Dylan has taken it on tour with him and it presides over shows perched atop his amplifier.
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Best Music, Original Score
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Best Short Film, Animated
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Best Short Film, Live Action
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Best Documentary, Short Subjects
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Best Documentary, Features
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Best Foreign Language Film
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Honorary Award
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Ernest Lehman
In appreciation of a body of varied and enduring work (Oscar statuette).
Medal of Commendation
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Paul Kenworthy
For his pioneering efforts and innovations in the design of equipment for shooting feature films using optical relays.
Award of Commendation
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Ioan Allen,
Mark Harrah, Robin Bransbury
For the concept, design and implementation of the TASA Trailer Loudness Standard. (plaque)
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
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Academy Award of Merit
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Scientific and Engineering Award
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(AKAI Digital)
For the design and development of the DD8 Plus digital audio dubber specifically designed for the motion picture industry.
(Fairlight)
For the design and development of the DaD digital audio dubber specifically designed for the motion picture industry.
(Advanced Digital Systems Group (ADSG))
For the design and development of the Sony DADR 5000 digital audio dubber specifically designed for the motion picture industry.
(Timeline, Incorporated)
For the design and development of the MMR 8 digital audio dubber specifically designed for the motion picture industry.
Joe Wary, Gerald Painter, Colin F. Mossman
For the design and development of the Deluxe Laboratories Multi Roller Film Transport System.
Al Mayer Sr.,
Al Mayer Jr., Iain Neil, Brian Dang
For the mechanical design (Mayer, Sr./Mayer, Jr.), for the optical design (Neil) and for the electronic design (Dang) of the Panavision Millennium XL Camera System.
Technical Achievement Award
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Vic Armstrong
For the refinement and application to the film industry of the Fan Descender for accurately and safely arresting the descent of stunt persons in high freefalls.
Bill Tondreau (Kuper Systems),
Alvah J. Miller (Lynx Robotics),
Paul D. Johnson (Lynx Robotics),
David Stump (Visual Effects Rental Services)
For the conception, design and development of data capture systems that enable superior accuracy, efficiency and economy in the creation of composite imagery.
Leonard Pincus, Ashot Nalbandyan, George Johnson, Tom Kong
For the design and development of the Softsun low pressure xenon long-arc light sources, their power supplies and fixtures.
Glenn Berggren, Horst Linge, Wolfgang Reineke
For the concept (Berggren), for research and development (Linge), and for the final design and production (Reineke) of the Isco-Optic lenses for motion picture projection.
Udo Schauss, Karl Lenhardt, Ralf Linn, Norbert Brinker
For the optical design (Schauss/Lenhardt), and for the mechanical design (Linn/Brinker) of the Schneider Super Cinelux lenses for motion picture projection.
Philip Greenstreet (Rosco Laboratories)
For the concept and development of the Roscolight Day/Night Backdrop.
Venkat Krishnamurthy
For the creation of the Paraform Software for 3D Digital Form Development.
John Pytlak
For the development of the Laboratory Aim Density (LAD) system.
Gordon E. Sawyer Award
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