Computer graphics and virtual fabrication innovator Paul E. DeBeveque will be honored with the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award at the Television Academy’s 74th Emmy Awards for Engineering, Science and Technology.
Also during the September 28 ceremony, camera manufacturer ARRI will receive the Philo T. Farnsworth Corporate Achievement Award and seven innovations will be honored with the Engineering Emmy Awards.
The Engineering Emmy Awards recognize developments in areas such as virtual manufacturing, remote collaboration and audio. This includes Industrial Light & Magic for its standard used StageCraft virtual production tools, including the Mandalorian.
Sohonet will receive an Engineering Emmy for its ClearView Pivot remote collaboration tool. Other honorees include Disguise Systems, for a costume platform that allows interaction between CG and practical elements and environments, including use with LED walls; Jeffrey Crawshaw and William Brinkley for Leostream Remote Access Software; Shure Axien for Wireless Digital Audio System; and Stype Cajic, Andrija Cajic, Daniel Kruselj, and Ivica Antolkovic for Stype’s camera tracking tools.
Debevec is recognized for his work in high dynamic range imaging, image-based lighting and photogrammetry, all techniques used in computer graphics for visual effects and virtual production. “Debeveque’s pioneering work makes it possible to record and reproduce lighting from real scenes to virtual light scenes and vice versa,” the Television Academy said in a statement Thursday. “HDR imaging is one of the mainstays of computer graphics, and together with image-based lighting, it has become possible to realistically integrate existing live-action lighting into computer-generated imagery. These tools and concepts are now the standard for rendering in the visual effects industry.
The statement added that his work with LED lighting “further laid the groundwork” for its use in virtual production, “which has seen rapid growth as a tool for lighting actors on virtual sets.”
He currently serves as the Director of Research, Creative Technologies and Algorithms at Netflix and is an Adjunct Professor of Research at the USC Institute of Creative Technologies.
Based in Munich, ARRI has been known for over a century, producing cameras including the Alexa digital cinematography range, lenses, lighting systems and other production tools. ARRI Rental Services and Equipment offers camera, lighting and grip packages for professional productions here and abroad.
“Earlier this year, the Academy established the Science and Technology Peer Group, which represents members involved in the strategy and development of technologies that enable or advance the story process for the television industry,” said committee chairman John Leverens. . “Led by new group governors and co-chairs Wendy Aylesworth and Barry Zegel, this year’s newly formed Engineering Emmy Awards committee honors a wide range of innovative solutions to engineering problems that once seemed intractable.
Kirsten Vanness (criminal mind) will host the ceremony on September 28.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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