Nikola Tesla Satellite Award

The Nikola Tesla Award is an honorary Satellite Award bestowed by the International Press Academy to recognize the "pioneers of filmmaking technology industry".[1] It was first presented on January 12, 2003, at the 7th Annual Golden Satellite Awards ceremony to George Lucas. Hive Lighting and its company co-founders Robert Rutherford and Jon Edward Miller are the latest recipient.

The trophy awarded to the honorees is a bust of inventor Nikola Tesla cast in bronze, on a marble base, inscribed for the recipient. It was designed by Sarajevan sculptor Dragan Radenović.[2]

Honorees

YearRecipientReason
2002George LucasFor a lifetime of visionary filmmaking achievement and his privately held company, Lucasfilm, continues to expand frontiers in the cinematic arts[1]
2003James CameronFor his stand-out effects and 3D lens innovations[1]
2004Jerry LewisFor introducing video-assist and video playback techniques, which have become industry standards[1]
2005Stan WinstonFor his special effects contributions to cinema[1]
2006Richard DonnerFor creating special effects on the 1978 film Superman that pre-dated contemporary computer-generated images[1]
2007Dennis MurenFor his visual effects in films, especially with computer digital rendering and compositing[1]
2008Rick BakerFor his innovative make-up, prosthetics, and creature effects in films[1]
2009Roger DeakinsFor his creative cinematography in films[1]
2010Robert A. HarrisFor his work as film preservationist and historian[1]
2011Douglas TrumbullFor his film inventions and entrepreneurial work[3]
2012Walter MurchFor award-winning sound design and editing in films[4]
2013Garrett BrownFor visionary achievement in filmmaking technology[5]
2014Industrial Light & MagicFor setting the standard for visual effects and creating some of the most stunning images in the history of film.[1]
2015Robert Rutherford and Jonathan Miller (Hive Lighting)For their energy efficient, full-spectrum, flicker-free plasma lighting systems.[1]
2016John TollFor setting a new bar in the future of digital filmmaking.[6]
2017Robert LegatoFor his deft atmospheric command of visual effects.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Nikola Tesla Award". International Press Academy. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ "International Press Academy Awards". International Press Academy. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  3. ↑ "VFX Pioneer Douglas Trumbull Honored with IPA's 2011 Tesla Award". International Press Academy. November 21, 2011. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Quendrith (November 13, 2012). "Terence Stamp, Paul Williams, Walter Murch, X-Men's Bruce Davison Shine Among 17th Satellite Award Honorees". International Press Academy. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  5. ↑ Kilday, Gregg (February 23, 2014). "Satellite Awards: '12 Years a Slave' Wins Best Motion Picture". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  6. ↑ "IPA honors John Toll with the Tesla Award". International Press Academy. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  7. ↑ "IPA Reveals Noms for 22nd Satellite™ Awards, Plus Robert Legato for Tesla Award & Greta Gerwig as Auteur Recipient". International Press Academy. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
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