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YOlUMf 14 - ~IRST QUARHR 2002 ca e QUARTERLY REP

Oscar brings a golden glow ba(~ to Hollywood Starts on Page 12 FRO M THE PRESIDENT

We're taking the Academy Report, this periodic newsletter for members, in a new direction with this issue.

We're going to publish four quarterly issues that will concentrate on providing a historical record of the Academy's activities during each quarter, and which, taken together, will constitute a calendar year annual report. Each first-quarter report will include a complete review of the annual Academy Award activities; the second quarter's will highlight the Student ; the third will feature board elections and the

financial reports from the end of the fi scal year, June 30; LAST YEAR, THE ENTRANCE TO THE we'll hear about the Nicholl Fellowship presentations PLAYERS DIRECTORY'S NEW OFFICES AT and updates in board committees and Academy staff in 1313 VINE STREET LOOKED LIKE THIS. the fourth quarter and, of course, each issue will include reports on the myriad public and educational activities The Academy Players Directory, the that take place year-round at the Academy as well as any additional information of interest to the membership. casting bible of the industry since its We'll try to include each event and we'll try to continue to be photo-intensive, because that is what inception in 1937, moved its offices in you've seemed to enjoy in the past. But we won't be very January from the headquarters building timely. We're not a newspaper and we don't have the staff or other resources to turn this thing around quickly. But of the Academy in Beverly Hills to 1313 if you think of each Academy Quarterly Report as a historical record, you shouldn't mind too much. Vine Street in Hollywood. We hope you find the new Report as interesting as past issues have been. The Players Directory opened for - FRANK PIERSON business once more in Hollywood for the first time in 56 years. The Directory began ACA D EMY Q UA RTERLY REPORT in Hollywood 65 years ago, and remained in the community until 1946, when the Published by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Academy made its move west to the 8949 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, 90211-1972 (310) 247-3000. www.oscars.org Marquis Theater at Melrose Avenue and Doheny Drive. PRESIDENT ...... Frank R. Pierson FIRST VICE PRESIDENT ...... Roger L Mayer The PO occupies approximately 5,000 VICE PRESIDENT ...... Donald C. Rogers square feet of office space on the ground VICE PRESIDENT ...... • ...... KaIhy Bates TREASURER ...... AIan Bergman floor of the 11B,OOO-square-foot building SECRETARY ...... Saul Zaentz that once was the home of the Don Lee­ IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT ...... Robert Rebme EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ...... Bruce Dlwts Mutual Broadcasting television studios.

Photos: unless otherwise identified, by Long Photography The remainder of the facility will house Design: Usa Carlsson, Edler Carlsson Ink the Academy Film Archive, which is Oscm-.Oscars· , Academy Awar~ , Academy Awaref', A.M.PAS.-, expected to move sometime in July, and and Oscar Nigtn- are the trademarks, and the Oscar statueIIe Is the registered design mark and copyrighted property of the also will provide additional archival storage Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ScI8llC8S. space for th e Margaret Herrick Library.

2 ACADEMY QUARTERLY REP O RT · VOL U M E 14 Renovation work began shortly after the Academy system created in March 1997, which combines the Players purchased the building in May of last year, and is expected to Directory pool of tens of thousands of actors with the player continue for quite some time. requirements listed by Breakdown Services. "Our ' new space on Vine Street will allow the Players "I think it's important for actors and casting directors to take Directory to even better serve the acting and casting community," note of this new growth of the Directory," Gonzales added. "In said Keith Gonzales, editor of the Directory. "It's more centrally the past several years, a number of different Internet-based located, and with on-site parking and ground-level offices, it will directories and casting systems came into being and captured be much easier for actors and their agents to come in to a certain amount of attention. Virtually none of them exist today, conduct any necessary business. Plus , the space allows us to and certainly none of them are expanding their services in the have several work stations for actors who don't have Internet ways we have. The Academy Players Directory has always been access at home to come in and update their listings." and will continue to be operated as a service to the industry, not In addition to the physical move, there recently have been a bottom-line-driven enterprise ." enhancements to the online version of the Players Directory Actors who list themselves in the Directory now have the ability to update virtuall y al l of their contact, credit, representation and union affiliation information on a daily basis. "Actors who list themselves in the Academy Players Directory are serious about their craft," said Gonzales. "What we have done is make sure that they can take full advantage of the immediacy of the Internet to keep their information as current as possible. And because of that, more and more casting professionals are turning to the PO Online ." As a result of the increasing tendency of both performers and casting people to use the Internet-based version , the printed version of the Directory is now published only twice each year instead of three times, Gonzales said . Actors pay a $75 annual fee to list themselves in the

Players Directory. That fee includes them in the books, the ON MOVE-IN DAY EDITOR KEITH GONZALES WAS PLEASED Players Directory Online and The Link, the online casting WITH THE LOOK OF THE NEW RECEPTION AREA.

Su Hyatt has been named associate editor of the research assistant and remained in that position until she Academy Players Directory. was promoted to coordinator in 2000. Hyatt also supervised Hyatt's duties will include advertising and marketing the Directory's move to Its new offices on Vine Street. of the Directory, player subscription development, event She replaces Arlene Grate, who retired at the end of planning and financial reporting. In addition to her new 2001 after nearly 20 years with the Players Directory. responsibilities, Hyatt will retain the office administration Grate began her career with the Directory in 1982 as a tasks from her previous position as coordinator. research assistant and was promoted to associate editor She began working with the Directory In 1994 as a in May 1987.

ACADEMY QUARTERLY RE PORT · FI RST QUARTE R 2002 3 ACADEMY PRESIDENT FRANK PIERSON WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS TO THE ACADEMY.

Forty-six new members of the Academy attended the Academy's New Members Reception in January. Academy President Frank Pierson and Executive Director Bruce Davis greeted the organization's newest members and welcomed them into the elite company of filmmakers . Members invited were those who had been selected in the spring and fall 2001 membership NEW ACTORS BRANCH review process. MEMBER MICHAEL MCKEAN AND HIS WIFE, ANNETTE The reception , suggested at the December board meeting by Publ ic Relations Branch O'TOOLE, CHAT WITH NEW Governor, and Past President, Richard Kahn , was hosted by 21 governors. Senior Academy MEMBER LOU DIAMOND PHILIPS. staff also were present to meet and greet the new members. The reception was held at the Center for Motion Picture Study in La Cienega Park , and Margaret Herrick Library Director Linda Mehr had pulled from the Library's collections materials re lating to the careers of many of the new members for display in the Library's Cecil B. DeMille Reading Room . It is expected to become an annual event.

GRAPHIC ARTS LIBRARIAN ANNE COCO DEMONSTRATES THE COMPUTERIZED DATA BASES IN THE CECIL B. DEMILLE READING ROOM FOR RECEPTION ATTENDEES, INCLUDING NEW SOUND BRANCH MEMBER JON JOHNSON, TO HER LEFT, AND ASSOCIATE MEMBER DARRYL MARSHAK, TO HER RIGHT.

4 ACADEMY QUARTER Y REPORT . VOLUME 14 Otto Spofrri Rftirfs as AN PAS (ontrollfr

The man The Wall Street Journal called "the ultimate arbiter of industry power" and the Associated Press called "the most powerful per­ son in Hollywood" has OTTO SPOERRI WAVES GOODBYE AT retired. HIS RETIREMENT After 23 years as LUNCHEON. Academy controller, Otto Spoerri has hung up his green eyeshade. Spoerri came aboard in 1978 at the account­ ing department's low water mark: he was hired by then-Executive Director James Roberts after the previous controller had been fired for embezzel­ ing Academy funds. His first several months were spent working with Price Waterhouse to put fmancial safeguards in place. But it was his role over the next two decades as the person who decided who sat where at the Academy Awards that picqued the press's interest. Over the years Spoerri has watched the Academy expand out of the headquarters build­ ing on Wilshire Boulevard into the Center for Motion Picture Study on La Cienega Boulevard, and then again just last year into the new home of the Academy Film Archive at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood. He watched membership grow from 4,100 to nearly 6,400 today. And he saw the organization's armual rev­ enue grow from $4 million to $54.6 million, and its assets from $4.9 million to $129.5 million. A native of Zurich, Switzerland, Spoerri came to the in 1957. He started full-time at the Academy in 1978. Spoerri headed back to Switzerland following this year's Academy Awards, which he worked on as a consultant. And if you're in Zurich looking for Otto, for­ get about that green eyeshade. Look for a guy in a stetson. He's taken his saddle and tack with him. Board of Governors lOOI-lOOl

First row, from left: John Toll. Jonathan Erland. Carl A. Bell. Charles Bernstein. Marvin Levy. Arthur Hamilton. June Foray. Jon Bloom. Dede Allen . Don Hall. Second row: Richard Kahn. Freida Lee Mock. Saul Zaentz. Roger L. Mayer. Frank Pierson. Donald C. Rogers. Kathy Bates. Alan Bergman. Fay Kanin. Lew R. Wa sserman. Back row: Tom Rolf. Mark Johnson. Jr.. John Bailey. Douglas Greenfield. John Frankenheimer. Ed Begley Jr. . Marvin March. . Robert Rehme. . Cheryl Boone Isaacs. Governors not pictured: Conrad L. Hall. Tom Hanks. Hal Kanter. Carol Littleton. . Jeannine Oppewall. Bill Taylor. .

6 ACADEMY QUARTE Y RE P ORT · VOLUME 14 ACTORS BRANCH EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE FOREIGN LANGUAGE PUBLIC RELATIONS BRANCH Kathy Bates. Chair FILM AWARD EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE Mark Johnson. Chair Cheryl Boone Isaacs. Chair ART DIRECTORS BRANCH EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP COMMITIEE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL Marvin March. Chair Roger l. Mayer. Chair AWARDS COMMITIEE Richard Edlund. Chair AWARDS REVIEW COMMITIEE SUBCOMMITIEE ON AGENTS Marvin l evy. Chair Martha l uttrell. Chair 74TH AWARDS PUBLIC RELATIONS COORD INATING AWARDS RULES COMM ITIEE SUBCOMMITIEE ON CASTING COMMITIEE Charles Bernstein. Chair DIRECTORS Marvin levy. Chair Gretchen Rennell. Chair CENTERS FOR MOTION PICTURE STUDY SUBCOMMITIEE ON SHORT FILMS AND FEATURE OVERSIGHT COMMITIEE STUNT COORDINATORS ANIMATION BRANCH Roger l. Mayer. Chair Buddy Joe Hooke r. Chair EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE CINEMATOGRAPHERS BRANCH Jon Bloom. Chair GOVERNORS BALL COMMITIEE EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE Alan Bergman. Chair SOUND BRANCH John Bailey. Chair EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE GRANTS COMMITIEE COSTUME DESIGN AWARD Donald C. Rogers. Chair Janet Maclachlan. Chair RULES COMMITIEE SOUND EDITING AWARD Albert Wolsky. Chair HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND COMMITIEE RULES COMMITIEE Alan Bergman. Chair DIRECTORS BRANCH Don Hall. Chair EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE EVENTS COMMITIEE STUDENT ACADEMY John Frankenheimer. Chair Sandy lieberson. Chair AWARDS COMMITIEE June Foray. Chair DOCUMENTARY BRANCH MAKEUP AWARD RULES COMMITIEE EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE leonard Engelman. Chair THEATER STANDARDS Freida l ee Mock. Chair COMMITIEE MEMBERSHIP SCREENING COMMITIEE Doug las Greenfield. Chair EXECUTIVES BRANCH Nina Foch. Chair EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE VINE STREET BUILDING CO MMITIEE Roger l. Mayer. Chair MUSIC BRANCH EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE Robert Rehme. Chair Alan Bergman. Chair FESTIVAL GRANTS COMMITIEE VISUAL EFFECTS BRANCH . Chair EVENTS COMMITIEE EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE Arthur Manson. Chair FILM EDITORS BRANCH Richa rd Edlund. Chair EXECUTIVE COMM ITIEE NICHOLL FELLOWSHIP COMMITIEE WRITERS BRANCH Tom Rolf. Chair Fay Kanin. Chair EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE FINANCE COMMITIEE PRODUCERS BRANCH Fay Kanin . Chair Alan Bergman. Chair EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE Saul Zaentz. Chair INVESTMENT COMMITIEE Roger l. Mayer. Chair

ACADEMY QUARTERLY REPORT · FIRST Q U ARTER 2002 7 One of the most contro­ versial eras in Hollywood history, that of the blacklist, was the subject of a full-scale exhibition presented by the Academy beginning in February.

The exhibition, "Reds and Blacklists: Political Struggles in the Movie ROY BREWER WITH EDWARD DMYTRYK'S WIDOW, Industry," presented a full history of the black­ ACTRESS JEAN PORTER. list through visual materials. Photographs, audio and video tapes, movie clips and documents of all types immersed visitors in the era and transported them through it chronologically. The exhibition was curated by larry Ceplair, co-author of The Inquisition in Hollywood: Politics in the Film Community, 1930-1960, a respected study of the blacklist period and its antecedents. Much of the material used in the exhibition came from the Margaret Herrick Library. "The lessons of that time should not be forgotten," Ceplair pointed out. "For those who did .not live through it, this exhibition was designed to help them understand the causes and effects of a time in the United States when one's political past could be used to intimi- date, coerce and even destroy." The exhibition closed with a film program featuring "Stand Up and Cheer," and two shorts related to the blacklist era. One of the creators of the short fllms, Robert Lees, and Robert Rinaldo, son of the other creator, Fred Rinaldo, introduced the fllms. Also on the program was Elizabeth Poe Kirby, the freelance journalist w ho exposed the blacklist apparatus in a series of articles for Frontier.

, : .. . . -. RECEPTIOI POLITICAL STF

8 ACADEMY QUARTER Y REPO NORMA BARZMAN SHOWS EXHIBITION PHOTOS OF HER FAMILY IN EXILE.

ROBERT LEES INTRODUCES HIS FILM AT THE BLACKLIST EXHIBITION'S FINAL EVENT. A LARGE-FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT

30 WOMEN OF THE FILM INDUSTRY PREMIER

LOBBY GALLERY IN FEBRUARY AND CO

"Great Women of Film: Photographs by Helena Lumme and

Mika Manninen" celebrated film 's current female talents and included

women in a wide variety of professions and crafts in the motion

WRITER ROBIN SWICORD picture industry.

"Hollywood is rich with talented female filmmakers," noted

Lumme. "We hope that this exhibition spreads the word about these

spectacular women and their achievements."

Many of the women portrayed participated in the process of

selecting the settings, in some cases being photographed as they

took part in a favorite hobby like horseback riding or catching but­

terflies. Others - particularly those not usually in front of the camera

- were photographed playing a role , such as a gypsy or a wild west

sheriff, and some of the women are depicted in fantasy settings.

"We wanted to give the exhibition visitors interesting stories to

look at, as well as showcasing the women ," said Manninen. "We

thought the environments should be chosen by the subjects and

should tell something about them and their personalities."

Lumme and Manninen previously produced "Screenwriters:

Fifty Faces Behind the Greatest Movie Moments," a touring

exhibition that was featured at the Academy as well as the Cannes

WRITER-DIRECTOR ALLISON ANDERS and Berlin film festivals.

10 A C AD EMY Q U ARTE RLY REP O RT · VO L U M E 1 4 80b Fosse's 1979 seml-eutoblographl­ calextrav.ganza, • All That Jazz," screened In New York In February .s a New York membership event. It was. reprise of last year's Beverly Hills Academy Standards screening of the film which featured a cast and crew panel discussion following the film. The New York event, held at the Musuem of Modern Art, featured cast members Roy Scheider, Ann Reinking, and Erzsebet Foldl. The print screened in both cities was newly-restored by the Academy Film Archive and 20" Century Fox, and featured the film's original stereo soundtrack. (Though the film was originally mixed in stereo, only eight of the original release prints were in stereo. All other prints in distribution, as well as the video and laser disk releases, feature mono sound.)

THE FILM'S PUBLICIST, LEE GROSS, WITH ROY SCHEIDER.

ANIMATION DIRECTORS VICKY JENSON, LORNA COOK AND BRENDA CHAPMAN thAC '4/' A WAR3.0emy D S

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1969, THE ACADEMY AWARDS CEREMONY

WAS HELD IN A NEW VENUE, THE KODAK THEATRE AT HOllYWOOD &

HIGHLAND-. THE RESULT WAS NEARLY UNANIMOUS PRAISE.

Years of worry over how to do the show in the new venue - and even

whether it could be done at all - wafted away in the cool evening air as the lim­ ousines and autos pulled up smoothly, their glamorous passengers disembarked and, despite extraordinary security, ambled comfortably up the long red carpet, through the portal arch and into the elegant lobbies of the new theater. It was all the result of those years of worry, of nitpicking the builders and of an even more obsessive attention to detail than usual by Executive Director Bruce Davis, Executive Administrator Ric Robertson, Associate Executive Administrator Mikel Gordon, and dozens of other staff and show executives with years of experi­ ence in the previous venues. But the theater wasn't the only thing new. Freshman producer was selected by first-term Academy President Frank Pierson to infuse some new ideas into the show, and she succeeded beyond even her hopes. The music director was new too, the neady-Iegendary John Williams, as was production designer J. Michael Riva, who polished the Kodak into a breathtaking spectacle in its own right for both the in-house and at-home audiences. Even the after-show Governors Ball was brand new at the top of the

Hollywood & Highland complex, though the food was again the comfortable cui­ sine of Wolfgang Puck. It was the longest show in history at four hours and 22 minutes, but almost no one, except bleary-eyed, hard-<:ore east coast watchers, seemed to notice. Even the press wrote notes of approval to the Academy's communications department, and in their public writings, ignored or downplayed the length. The Oscars for acting to Halle Berry and Denzel Washington made it a historic show in another regard, with gigabytes of punditry to reflect upon what it all meant. Host Whoopi Goldberg returned for her third time and the behind-the-scenes wizards who make the show work like a Swiss watch were tuned as usual: super­ viSing producer Michael Seligman, director Louis J. Horvitz, head writer Bruce Vilanch, talent executive Danette Herman, lighting designer Robert Dickinson, and countless others. Hollywood welcomed the show with open arms and,in the end,ThomasWolfe

was proven wrong - you gm go home again.

12 ACADEMY QUARTERLY REPORT . VOLUME 14 ACHIEVEMENTS

(1) PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Denzel Washington in TRAINING DAY

(1 ) PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Halle Berry in MONSTER'S BAlL

(2) PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Jim Broadbent in IRIS

(2) PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE in A BEAUTIFUL MIND

(3) BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM SHREK (Aron Warner)

(4) ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION Catherine Martin for MOULIN ROUGE (Set Decoration: Brltlllt BrocII)

(S) ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY Andrew Lesnie for : THE FELLOWSHIP OF 1HE RING

(6) ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie for MOULIN RouGE

(7) ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING for A BEAUTIFUL MIND

(8) BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE MURDER ON A SUNDAY MORNING (Jean-Xavier de Lestrade. Denis Poncet)

(9) BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT THOTH (Sarah Kernochan, Lynn Appelle)

(10) ACHIEVEMENT IN for BLACK HAWK DOWN

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (11) No MAN'SU NO( Bosn ia-Herzegovina)

(11) Dan is Tanovic, director of No MAN'S lAND. with presenters John Travolta and Sharon Stone

.....------A CADEMY QUARTERLY REPORT · FIRST Q UARTER 2002 13 ACHIEVEMENTS

11} ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP Peter Owen and Richard Taylor for THE LORD OF TH ER ING S: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

12} ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) Howard Shore for THELORD OF THE RINGS: THEFELL OWSHIPOF THER ING

13} ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) Randy Newman for the music and lyric of "If I Didn't Have You " from MONSTERS, INC.

14} BEST PICTURE A BEAUTIFUL MIND (, Ron Howard)

15} BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM FOR THE BIRDS (Ralph Eggleston)

6} BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM THE ACCOUNTANT (Ray McKinnon, Li sa Blount) Ray McKinnon, left, and Lisa Blount won th e Oscar for THEA CCOUNTANT, but Blount handed producer Walton Goggins her Oscar when he joined them on stage to accept.

17} ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND Michael Minkler, Myron NeDinga and Chris Munro for BLACK HAWK DOWN

IS} ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING George WaDers II and Christopher Boyes for PEARL HARBOR

19} ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS , , Richard Taylor and for THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING From left, Jim Rygiel , Randall Will iam Cook, Richard Taylor and Mark Stetson, are joined in the press room by presenters and Tobey Maguire.

14 ACADEMY Q U ARTERLY R E P ACHIEVEMENTS

{10} ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING : BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED Akiva Goldsman for A BEAUTIFUL MIND , left, presenter Gwyneth Paltrow, Akiva Goldsman

ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING: SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN Julian Fellowes for GOSFORD PARK

{11) JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD (Oscar Statuette) To Arthur Hiller whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry Arthur Hiller with presenters Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw

HONORARY AWARDS (Oscar Statuettes) {12) To , in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a human being

{13) To : actor, director, producer, creator of Sundance, inspiration to independent and innovative filmmakers everywhere Robert Redford was presented his Honorary Oscar by .

GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD (Oscar Statuette) To Edmund M. Oi Giulio, whose technological contributions have brought credit to the industry

LY REPORT . FIRST QUARTER 2002 15 111

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARDS

SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING AWARDS (Academy Plaque)

To John M. Eargle, D. B. (Don) Keele and Mark E. Engebretson for the concept, design and engineering of the modern constant-directivity, direct radiator style motion picture loudspeaker systems.

To lain Nell for the concept and optical design and AI Saiki for the mechanical design of the Panavision Primo Macro Zoom Lens (PMZ).

To Franz Kraus, Johannes Steurer and Wolfgang Riedel for the design and development of the ARRILASER Film Recorder.

To Peter Kuran for the invention, and Sean Coughlin, Joseph A. Olivier and William Conner for the engineering and development of the RCI-Color Film Restoration Process.

To Makoto Tsukada, Shoji Kaneko and the Technical Staff of Imaglca Corporation, and Daijiro Fujie of Nikon Corporation for the engineering excellence and the impact on the motion picture industry of the Irnagica 65/35 Multi-Format Optical Printer.

To Steven Gerlach, Gregory Farrell and Christian Lurin for the design, engineering and implementation of Kodak Panchromatic Sound Recording Film.

To Paul J. Constantine and Peter M. Constantine for the design and 14) development of the CELCO Digital Film Recorder products.

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS (Academy Certificate)

To Pete Romano for the design and development of the Remote AQuaCam, an underwater camera housing system for use in motion pictures.

To Jordan Klein for his pioneering efforts in the development and appli­ cation of underwater camera housings for motion pictures.

To Bernard M. Werner and William Gelow for the engineering and design of filtered line arrays and screen spreading compensation as applied to motion picture loudspeaker systems.

To Tomlinson Holman for the research and systems integration resulting in the improvement of motion picture loudspeaker systems.

To GeoIf Jaclcson and Roger Woodburn for their DMS 120S Camera Motor.

16 ACADEMY QUARTERLY REPORT · VOLU ME 14 D TECHNICAL AWARDS

To Thomas Major Barron for the overall concept and design; Chas Smith for the structural engineering; and Gordon Seltz for the mechanical engineering of the Bulldog Motion Control Camera Crane.

To John R. Anderson , Jim Hourihan, Cary Phillips and Sebastian Marino for the development of the ILM Creature Dynamics System.

To Steve Sullivan and Eric R.L. Schafer for the development of the ILM Motion and Structure Recovery System (MARS.)

To Carl ludwig and John M. Constantine Jr. for their contributions to CELCO Digital Film Recorder products.

To Dr. lance J. Williams for his pioneering influence in the field of computer-generated animation and ellects for motion pictures.

To Bill Spitzak, Paul Van Camp, Jonathan Egstad and PrIce Pethel for their pioneering ellort on the NUKE-2D Compositing Software.

To Dr. Uwe Sassenberg and Rolf Schneider for the development of "3D Equalizer," an advanced and robust camera and object match­ moving system.

To Dr. Garland Stern for the concept and implementation of the Cel Paint Software System.

To Mic Rodgers and Man Sweeney for the concept, design and realization of the "Mic Rig ."

JOHN A. BONNER MEDAL OF COMMENDATION (Medallion):

To Ray Feeney in recognition of his pioneering and continuing ellorts to improve visual ellects in the motion picture industry.

AWARD OF COMMENDATION (Sp ecial Award Plaque)

To Rune Ericson , for his pioneering development and 30 years of dedication to the super 16mm format for motion pictures.

To the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), for the continued publication of the "American Cinematographer Manual."

D EMY Q U ARTERLY REPORT . FIRST QUARTER 2002 17

G O VE R N OR S

Press Preview

{1} Executive Administrator Ric Robertson describes decorative additions to the Governors Ballroom at Hollywood &Highland for Executive Director Bruce Davis .

{2} Governors Ball Chair Alan Bergman describes the seating plan for Vice-Chair Cheryl Boone Isaacs , right. President Frank Pierson and Ball Coordinator Cheryl Cecchetto during a press photo opportunity.

{3} Wolfgang Puck shows off his new Governors Ball kitchen for the press.

At the Governors Ball

{4} Governors Ball Vice-Chair Cheryl Boone Isaacs and husband Stanley Isaacs .

{5} Telecast Director Louis J. Horvitz with Hugh Jackman.

{6} Producers Branch Governor Saul Zaentz and Best Supporting Actor Nominee Jon Voight.

{n Show Producer Laura Ziskin with Academy Executive Director Bruce Davis.

{8} Richard Taylor, who won Oscars for Makeup and Visual Effects for "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ," picked up a third Oscar at the Governors Ball , a chocolate one. Y REPORT · F I RST QUARTER 2002 21 {n Academy President Frank Pierson and wife Helene arrive at the Kodak Theatre.

{2} Halle Berry, with husband Eric Benet, waves to fans while arriving at the

74 ~ Academy Awards .

{3} Best Actress Nominee Nicole Kidman detours to greet her fans in the bleachers.

{4} John Travolta and Sharon Stone take a turn backstage before dancing out to present the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.

{5} was a surprise guest to everyone, probably including himself, to introduce Nora Ephron's film homage to .

The never-before-used venue created a lot of questions for those who provide support to the telecast. More than 70 people showed up (twice) for meetings on press logistics. (1) Publicity Coordinator Leslie Unger goes over arrival plans with Dwight Tanaka, vice president of the Grand Pri x Association of Long Beach, which built the fan bleachers and platforms on the red carpet and the press bridge over Hollywood Boulevard . (2) Russ Saunders, left, who provided supplemental electricity for the arrivals and technical areas, checks a map of the cable pathways under Hollywood Boulevard with Production Manager Tony Neely.

Alex Ross, the graphic novel illustrator, designed the commemorative poster for the Presentation, which made its biggest splashes on the Academy's headquarters build­ ing on Wilshire Boulevard (below), at the new Academy Film Archive building on Vine Street and at Hollywood & Highland. "We went in a very different direction than in the past, but I think it was a look for Oscar that people enjoyed," Academy Executive Director Bruce Davis said. Some 50,000 posters were distributed to movie theaters, video retailers and sponsors of the Academy Awards telecast, and for the third year, the poster also was available for purchase.

ALEX ROSS SIGNS POSTERS FOR THE PRESS AT A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY.

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16 ACADEMY QUARTERLY RE Bfst Animatfd Ffaturf Oscar 6ivfn for ZOOI

A feature-length animated film was awarded a competitive Oscar for the first time this March at the 74·h Academy Award Presentations. That history-making achievement was recorded by "Shrek." "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" and "Monsters, Inc." were the other two nominees selected from ten eligible 2001 fLlms . The nominating process for the award began with a 100-

SHORT FILMS AND FEATURE member screening ANIMATION BRANCH committee chaired by EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Academy Governor CHAIR JON BLOOM Tom Hanks and com­ prised half of animators and half of members of the Academy's other 13 branches. That group viewed the ten fIlms and voted for three nominees. All voting Academy members worldwide were eligible to help select the Oscar-winning fLlm .

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