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 A|W Maya awarded Technical Oscar Posted by: amigo
Source: Press Release
Date: Tue Mar 04 2003
Alias|Wavefront's Maya Software is Awarded an Oscar for Technical Achievement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Toronto, Canada - March 2, 2003 - Alias|Wavefront�, an SGI (NYSE: SGI) company, was awarded an Oscar at the Scientific and Technical Awards ceremony of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on March 1, 2003 for its development of Maya� software, the professional 3D animation and effects package. Representatives from the Toronto-based software company attended the Beverley Hills award ceremony to accept the company's first Oscar statuette, the highest award the Academy can bestow in the scientific and technical achievement category. Doug Walker, president of Alias|Wavefront and Kevin Tureski, general manager, Maya engineering, accepted the award on behalf of the company from actress and host, Kate Hudson.
"It is with great honour that we accept this Oscar on behalf of the many innovative and talented individuals at Alias|Wavefront who have contributed to Maya," said Doug Walker. "It's been a milestone year for Maya. Our customers have taken Maya and used it to raise the creative bar in filmmaking, compelling us to push this science forward. Without our customers, this award would not be possible. With them, Maya has become the tool of choice for bringing 3D magic to the movies."
Maya is the world's leading 3D animation, modeling and rendering tool for the film, broadcast, video, game development, 3D web and location-based entertainment markets. Since its launch five years ago, Maya has been used in almost every film nominated by the Academy in its Visual Effects category.
Most recently, Maya was employed extensively in this year's Oscar-nominated films in the Visual Effects category: "Lord of the Rings�: The Two Towers�," "Spider-Man�," and "Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones�." Maya was also an integral part of the production pipelines for the nominees for best animated short: The ChubbChubbs!� and Mike's New Car and four of the five best animated feature film nominees: Ice Age�, Lilo & Stitch, Treasure Planet� and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron�.
The Oscar is the highest award the Academy can bestow, and is the same statuette that is presented during the main awards ceremony. Since 1930, only 40 Scientific and Technical achievements have been recognized with this level of award.
"The DNA of many of the brightest people in the business can be found in Maya," said Kevin Tureski. "Literally hundreds of years of engineering have gone into making this software what it is today, and what it will become in the future. We are extremely proud to accept this award on behalf of the many individuals, past and present, whose commitment to excellence and innovation has created a tool that has removed barriers to creative storytelling."
The Oscar will be arriving in Canada on Monday, March 3rd and will be on display at Alias|Wavefront's head office at 210 King St. East, downtown Toronto. Media are invited to visit between 10am � noon that day for interviews and photo opportunities.
About Alias|Wavefront
As the world's leading innovator of 3D graphics technology, Alias|Wavefront develops software for the film and video, games, web, interactive media, industrial design, and visualization markets. Entertainment and games customers include: Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., CNN, Core Design Limited, Digital Domain, Disney, Electronic Arts, Industrial Light & Magic, Factor 5 LLC, Midway Games, Nintendo, Pacific Data Images (PDI), Pixar, Sega, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Square Co., Ltd., Warner Feature Animation and Weta Ltd.
Alias|Wavefront is a wholly owned, independent software company of SGI� with headquarters in Toronto and custom development center in Santa Barbara. Please visit the Alias|Wavefront web site at www.aliaswavefront.com or call 1-800-447-2542 in North America. International contact numbers include: Northern Europe, Middle East and Africa, +44 (0) 1494 441273; Germany, East & Southeast Europe, 0049 89 31 70 20; France, Spain and Portugal, +33 1 44 92 81 60; Japan, 0120 764 088; other parts of Asia Pacific, 81 3 3470 8282 and Latin America, 770 393 1881.
Related Links: Alias|Wavefront website
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