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Scientific and Technical Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients
Scientific and Technical Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients 
The Academy gives a variety of Scientific and Technical Honors at a special dinner before the Oscar ceremony, and for film technicians and engineers, the highest honor they can receive is the Academy's Scientific and Technical Lifetime Achievement Award, formerly known as the Gordon E. Sawyer Award. It is given to an individual in the motion picture industry whose technological contributions have brought credit to the industry. Without their technical savvy and creativity, movies would never be what they are today. Here were the individuals selected for this prestigious honor.
2008:
Ed Catmull
2007:
David A. Grafton
2006:
Ray Feeney
2005:
Gary Demos
2004:
Takuo Miyagishima
2003:
Peter D. Parks
2001:
Edmund M. Di Giulio
2000:
Irwin W. Young
1999:
Dr. Roderick T. Ryan
1997:
Don Iwerks
1995:
Donald C. Rogers
1993:
Petro Vlahos
1992:
Eric Kaestner
1990:
Stefan Kudelski
1988:
Gordon Henry Cook
1987:
Fred Hynes
1984:
Linwood G. Dunn
1983:
Dr. John G. Frayne
1982:
John O. Aalberg
1981:
Joseph B. Walker