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| 25 March |
| Billy Crystal |
| Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA |
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| | Winner: | | | - Ghost (1990) - Whoopi Goldberg
- Over the weekend of February 2nd, 2002, the Oscar statuette "disappeared" from a sealed shipping container. Goldberg, via the Academy, had sent it back to the manufacturer of the statuettes, R.S. Owens Co. of Chicago, for cleaning and replating. Allegedly the statuette was found in a trash bin at Ontario, Calif., airport on Tuesday, 5 February. "Oscar will never leave my house again", Goldberg commented in a statement.
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| Other Nominees: | | | Dances with Wolves (1990) - Mary McDonnell (I)
Goodfellas (1990) - Lorraine Bracco
The Grifters (1990) - Annette Bening
Wild at Heart (1990) - Diane Ladd
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| | Awarded to: | | | - Sophia Loren
- For a career rich with memorable performances that has added permanent luster to our art form.
- Myrna Loy
- For her career achievement.
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| | Awarded to: | | | - Roderick T. Ryan; Geoffrey Williamson (II)
- In appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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| 2 March |
| Grand Ball Room, Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA |
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| | Winner: | | | - Eastman Kodak
- For the development of T-grain technology and the introduction of EXR color negative films which utilize this technology.
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| | Winners: | | | - Engineering Dept. of Arnold and Richter (ARRI)
- For the continuing design improvements of the Arriflex BL Camera System, culminating in the 35BL-4S model.
- Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
- For the development and introduction of the F-Series of color negative films covering the range of film speeds from EI 64 to EI 500.
- Bruce Wilton (Mechanical Concepts, Inc.); Carlos Icinkoff (Mechanical Concepts, Inc.)
- For the development of the Mechanical Concepts optical printer platform.
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| | Winners: | | | - All-Union Cinema; Photo Research Institute (NIKFI)
- For continuously improving and providing 3-D presentation to Soviet motion picture audiences for the last 25 years.
- Peter Baldwin (VIII); Paul Kiankhooy; Lightmaker Co.
- For the design (Baldwin) and for the development of the Lightmaker AC/DC HMI ballast.
- William L. Blowers (Belco Associates, Inc.); Thomas F. Denove (Belco Associates, Inc.)
- For the development and manufacture of the Belco Denove Cinemeter.
- Christopher Gilman (I) (Diligent Dwarves Effects Lab); Harvey Hubert Jr. (Diligent Dwarves Effects Lab)
- For the development of the Actor Climate System, consisting of heat-transferring undergarments.
- Jim Graves (J and G Enterprises)
- For the development of the Cool Suit System, consisting of heat-transferring undergarments.
- Fred Kolb Jr.; Paul Preo
- For the concept and development of a 35mm projection test film by which projection parameters may be evaluated.
- John W. Lang (Bell and Howell Company); Walter Hrastnik (Bell and Howell Company); Charles J. Watson (Bell and Howell Company)
- For the development and manufacture of a modular continuous contact motion picture film printer.
- Manfred G. Michelson (Technical Film Systems, Inc.)
- For the design and development of the first sprocket-driven film transport systemfor color print film processors which permits transport speeds in excess of 600 feet per minute.
- Richard Mula (HydroImage, Inc.); Pete Romano (HydroImage, Inc.)
- For the development of the SeaPar 1200 watt HMI underwater lamp which provides a safe, portable HMI light fixture to be used on either wet or dry sets.
- Iain Neil; Takuo Miyagishima; Panavision, Inc.
- For the optical design (Neil), the mechanical design (Miyagishima) and for the concept and development (Panavision) of the Primo Series of spherical prime lenses for 35mm cinematography.
- Bengt O. Orhall (AB Film-Teknik); Kenneth Lund (AB Film-Teknik); Bjorn Selin (AB Film-Teknik); Kjell Högberg (II) (AB Film-Teknik)
- For the development and manufacture of the Mark IV film subtitling processor, which has increased the speed, simplified the operation, and improved the quality of subtitling.
- Dedo Weigert (Dedo Weigert Film GmbH)
- For the development of the Dedolight, a miniature low-voltage tungsten-halogen lighting fixture capable of being hidden in practical locations.
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