Mark Kimball and Rick Sayre have joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Science and Technology Council, bringing the groups membership to 25.
Kimball, the director of digital production at the Walt Disney Co., shared a Scientific and Engineering Award in 1991 for the design and development of the CAPS production system for feature film animation. Sayre, the supervising technical director at Pixar Animation Studios, shared a Technical Achievement Award in 1996 for the creation and development of the Direct Input Device.
Bill Taylor and Ray Feeney co-chair the 20062007 council.
The councils other 21 members are: Academy governor Jonathan Erland, Peter W. Anderson, Clay M. Davis Jr., Richard Edlund, Phillip J. Feiner, Richard B. Glickman, David W. Gray, Douglas Greenfield, Richard Hollander, Rob Hummel, Brad Hunt, David Inglish, George Joblove, Bill Kroyer, Tad Marburg, Takuo Miyagishima, Daryn Okada, Richard Patterson, Donald C. Rogers, Garrett Smith and Barry S. Weiss.
Established in 2003 by the Academys board of governors, the Science and Technology Council provides a forum for the exchange of information while promoting cooperation among diverse technological interests within the industry as well as sponsoring publications, fostering educational activities and preserving the history of the science and technology of motion pictures.
