Three Industrial Light & Magic staff members, Vincent Dedun, Jonathan Moulin and Emmanuel Turquin, will receive a Technical Achievement Award for the design and creative vision of Lama, as part of the Academy’s annual Scientific and Technical Awards. Learn more about Lama below….
Awarded since 1931, the Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards honor the individuals and companies whose discoveries and innovations have contributed in significant and lasting ways to motion pictures. These awards include the Scientific and Technical Service Award, the Technical Achievement Award and the Scientific and Engineering Award.
“The Academy is honored to announce this year’s Scientific and Technical Awards recipients, whose extraordinary achievements continue to shape the art and craft of filmmaking,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor. “Their innovation, dedication and technical excellence have had a profound impact across our industry, enabling filmmakers to bring powerful stories to audiences around the world. We are thrilled to celebrate these individuals and achievements.”
“This year’s awards celebrate a global community of innovators who solve the industry’s most complex technical challenges,” said Darin Grant and Rachel Rose, co-chairs of the Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards Committee. “Whether through enhancing the safety of practical effects with lead-free bullet hits or pushing the limits of stop-motion animation and sound restoration, these technologies are now fundamental to the craft. We are honored to recognize the brilliant minds behind these tools, which continue to elevate the moviegoing experience.”
To Vincent Dedun and Emmanuel Turquin for the design, architecture and engineering, and to Jonathan Moulin for the design and creative vision of Lama at Industrial Light & Magic.
Lama provides an artist-friendly approach to composing materials built from layers representing distinct physical phenomena. Its modular, carefully curated design allows look development artists to create unique, physically plausible appearances without writing shader code. Its ease of use has expanded and accelerated shading workflows at Industrial Light & Magic and led to broader industry adoption via its inclusion in Pixar’s RenderMan.
The ceremony will take place on Tuesday, April 28th, 2026, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
