Andrew Clinton (BASc ’05, Comp) is among the 28 recipients of scientific and technical achievements for the Academy Awards 2012 Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation to be held February 11 in Beverly Hills, California. Clinton, along with Mark Elendt, are being awarded a Technical Achievement Award for their work on “the invention and integration of micro-voxels in the Mantra software.” Clinton and Elendt work for Side Effects Software, a Toronto-based 3D animation firm whose work, according to a profile by the Toronto Region Research Alliance, has “been used in over 250 feature films including nine of the last 11 films to win the Academy Award for best visual effects.” According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ website, the Technical Achievement Awards are presented for accomplishments that contribute to the progress of the motion picture industry. Parts of the February 11 presentation will be aired during the Academy Awards telecast on February 26.
Monday, January 16, 2012