"Cinema is going through massive changes," acknowledges visual effects technologist Jonathan Erland, who will receive the Gordon E. Sawyer Award, an Oscar statuette, at the Academy's Scientific and Technical Awards on Feb. 10 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. "But then, 100 years ago things were technically in a state of chaos, and it's interesting that 100 years later they are in a state of chaos."
The innovator himself personally has witnessed many of those changes. The U.K.-born Erland, 78, initially trained as an actor — he appeared in the 1965 pilot for TV's The Man From U.N.C.L.E. —...
The innovator himself personally has witnessed many of those changes. The U.K.-born Erland, 78, initially trained as an actor — he appeared in the 1965 pilot for TV's The Man From U.N.C.L.E. —...
- 2/9/2018
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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