Douglas Trumbull To Be Honoured At Oscars

Douglas Trumbull, the visual effects pioneer who helped give 2001 A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Blade Runner, and Tree of Life their other-worldly looks is to be honoured with the Gordon E.Sawyer Award at the technical Oscars next month (Feb12).

A designer, director, inventor and entrepreneur, Trumbull will be fetedfor his lifetime of technical contributions.

He will be presented with his Oscar at the Scientific and Technical Awards presentation on 11 February (12), which will be held at the Beverly Wilshire in Los Angeles.

As well as creating, developing and improving filmmaking techniques andtools, Trumbull founded Future General Corporation, a research and special effects organisation that has become the training ground for many leading filmmakers and visual effects artists.

He has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Visual Effects.