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The Scientific and Technical Awards are three different Honorary Awards that are given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) during the annual Academy Awards season . The Awards have been presented since the 4th Academy Awards in November 1931, to recognize original developments resulting in significant improvements in motion picture production and exhibition. The Awards are presented at a formal dinner ceremony a couple weeks before the principal Academy Awards ceremony.

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19-492: Reliance MediaWorks Limited ( RMW ) is a film and entertainment services company and a member of the Reliance Group . The company is one of India's film and entertainment services companies with a presence across several media businesses including the theatrical exhibition of films, television content production and distribution, and film and media services. The company facilities have been MPAA certified. Services provided by

38-617: A VFX setup. The Airoli office also housed an image restoration facility where the company continued to work on restoring films from the National Film Archive of India. The company expanded its offerings to their domestic clientele, commencing an equipment rental facility for cameras, lights and grips, and establishing a post facility for broadcast television clients in Mumbai's western suburbs. Projects they catered to included Dus Ka Dum , Jhalak Dikhla Ja and Femina Miss India . Towards

57-506: A legendary Hollywood studio founded by James Cameron . The takeover (known as Digital Domain v 3.0) allowed RMW to participate in projects such as The Amazing Spider-Man , Transformers: Dark of the Moon , John Carter , The Smurfs , Green Lantern and Ender's Game . By 2013, Reliance MediaWorks expanded its business by teaming with a variety of production companies as equity investors. Hiring Academy Award winning George Murphy as

76-556: Is an Indian conglomerate , headquartered in Mumbai , India. The company, which was formed after Dhirubhai Ambani 's business was divided up, is headed by his younger son Anil Ambani . Reliance Group has five listed companies, Reliance Power , Reliance Infrastructure , Reliance Home Finance, and Reliance Health . The group provides financial services, construction, entertainment, power, health care, manufacturing, defence, aviation, and transportation services. Reliance Commercial Corporation

95-506: The Gordon E. Sawyer Award , both also considered Honorary Awards, are usually also chosen by the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee and conferred at this annual presentation dinner ceremony. Innovations in motion pictures technology are recognized with the following awards: From the 4th Academy Awards in 1931 through the 50th Academy Awards in 1978 the award was originally called

114-492: The Nagpur unit in the coming years. In March 2022, Anil Ambani stepped down from the boards of Reliance Infrastructure and Reliance Power. In August 2024, SEBI banned Anil Ambani from the securities market for five years on charges of diversion of funds. Academy Scientific and Technical Award These awards recognize significant milestones in the development of technology for motion pictures and are conferred by vote of

133-510: The National Film Archive of India . On the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing on 16 July 2009, NASA tasked RMW to restore original video footage of the missing Apollo Moon landing tapes. Neil Armstrong expressed his appreciation, stating that "your restored video is now a valuable contribution to space exploration and space communication history…thanks for all you did beyond

152-412: The "Class I Scientific and Technical Award." The award is non-competitive. Winners receive an Oscar statuette. As of 2018 , 50 achievements have been recognized with an Award of Merit. The Scientific and Engineering Award is given for scientific achievements that produce a definite influence on the advancement of the motion picture industry. Achievements need not have been developed and introduced during

171-614: The Academy Board of Governors . Potential nominations for awards are investigated by a special committee within the Academy, "The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee", which presents a written report and recommendation to the Board of Governors. Additionally, the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation , given for "outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy", and

190-525: The call of duty. Our grandchildren and their grandchildren will benefit." In early 2010, RMW acquired iLAB UK, a film processing and post production facility located in Soho, London. By May 2010, the company commissioned a Media BPO in Airoli , Mumbai in order to handle projects exclusively for international clientele. RMW's Airoli facility was utilized to initiate a 2D-to-3D conversion BPO , an Animation studio and

209-634: The company include Motion Picture Processing and DI , Digital Distribution, Audio Restoration and Image Enhancement, 2D to 3D conversion , Digital Master, Studios and Equipment rentals, Visual Effects , Animation and Post Production for TV Advertisements. RMW's operations are spread across India , UK and the US . RMW's television venture BIG Synergy is engaged in the television programming industry housing popular shows such as Kaun Banega Crorepati and Indian Idol . Reliance MediaWorks' sound stages have also been utilized for events such as The Filmfare Awards ,

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228-709: The company's Chief Creative Officer in April 2013, RMW signed multimillion-dollar deals with Ethyrea Films and Random Cow. In August 2013 RMW signed director Vadim Perelman as their Creative Director in India. The following month, the company tied up with Turner International India for post production services of its entertainment channels. In 2014, Reliance Mediaworks and Prime Focus merged. It sold big cinemas to Kochi-based Carnival cinemas for around 700 crores in 2014. Big cinemas have now been rebranded as carnival cinemas . Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group Reliance Group

247-557: The end of 2010, RMW received an award in Creativity and Innovation from the Hollywood Post Alliance . In early 2011, RMW commissioned one of Mumbai's largest indoor sound stages. In March 2011, RMW received a patent called "Obsidian" for creating a method for removing semi-transparent artifacts from digital images caused by contaminants in the camera's optical path. This process received a significant amount of recognition within

266-570: The entertainment industry, resulting in RMW receiving a Scientific and Technical Oscar from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . RMW delved deeper into 3D film consulting, providing support during film shoots and advising filmmakers on 3D image alignments. By the end of year, the company had provided post production services for 110 out of 114 Bollywood films that released in 2011. In September 2012, RMW along with China's Galloping Horse acquired post production assets from Digital Domain ,

285-505: The group launched construction of a defense production unit in Mihan-SEZ region. The unit will be part of a joint venture between Reliance Group, led by Anil Ambani, and its JV partner French major Dassault Aviation . The production at Mihan-SEZ will begin with components for the Rafale warplanes and Falcon business jet produced by Dassault. It is expected to fully assemble both the aircraft in

304-539: The movies Singham and Agneepath , and numerous television commercials. The company was initially established as Adlabs Films Limited in 1975 by Manmohan Shetty . The company began to expand into the film industry and in 2001, the company entered the multiplex business, setting up the world's largest 3D IMAX screen in Mumbai. In 2005, the Reliance ADA Group became a majority stake holder in Adlabs, and in 2009, it

323-582: The two brothers Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani , split Reliance Industries in December 2005. Anil Ambani got the responsibility of Reliance Infocomm , Reliance Energy , and Reliance Capital . Reliance Group entered the power sector through Reliance Power , and the entertainment sector by acquiring Adlabs. In October 2010, Reliance power placed the world's largest order worth $ 8.29 billion to Shanghai Electric Group to supply power equipment based on Supercritical steam generator technology. On 28 October 2017,

342-406: Was founded by Dhirubhai Ambani in 1966 as a polyester firm. It was renamed to Reliance Industries on 8 May 1973. Reliance later entered into financial services, petroleum refining, and power sector. By 2002, Reliance had grown into a U$ 15 billion conglomerate . After the death of Dhirubhai Ambani on 6 July 2002, Reliance was headed by his two sons. The Reliance ADA Group was formed in 2006 after

361-814: Was renamed Reliance MediaWorks Limited. RMW expanded by setting up Asia's first Digital Intermediate Lab with a 4K facility. The lab was accredited by the Federation Against Copyright Theft . In 2008, RMW acquired a 100% stake in Lowry Digital , a renowned image restoration and enhancement services company based in Burbank, California. Working on projects such as Avatar , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Social Network , RMW's Burbank branch developed working relationships with Hollywood studios. RMW also began to restore approximately 1,000 films from

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