Shotgun Acceptance Speech, 2021 Scientific Technical Awards

Technical Achievement Awards (Academy Certificates) were awarded to Don Parkerfor the product vision and design, Matt Dawfor the core architecture, andIsaac Reuben, Colin WithersandNeil Brandtfor the foundational engineering, of the Autodesk Shotgun postproduction tracking system. An extensible, webbased, flexible and scalable system, Shotgun has enabled the efficient management of highly complex visual effects and animation postproduction workflows. By facilitating deep integration into a wide variety of facility pipelines, Shotgun has successfully productized the tracking of complex production data on largescale motion pictures. Subscribe for more Oscars videos The 2021 Scientific Technical Awards premiered Saturday, February 13th at 1PM PT, hosted by Nia DaCosta (Little Woods). The Academys Scientific and Technical Awards honor the men, women and companies whose discoveries and innovations have contributed in significant and lasting ways to motion pictures.