The American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has officially announced that the Academy Award was given to an Israeli team for developing technology that had a significant impact on the film industry.
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The American Film Academy announced last night the winners of the Academy Awards (Oscars) in the science and engineering category for 2021: Prof. Meir Feder, from the Ivy and Eldar Fleishman Faculty of Engineering at Tel Aviv University and Dr. Zvi Reznik, his former student and partner in founding the Amimon start-up company . Along with them, company members Guy Dorman and Ron Yogev also won the award. However, the four will not receive the famous statuette but a trophy with a dedication by the award committee.
Every year, alongside the announcement of the winners at the traditional Oscar ceremony, the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences also announces the winners in the various categories of the scientific and technical awards that have had a significant impact on the global film industry. As part of this, the members of the Academy announced last night that the wireless video technology developed by the team, and implemented in "Amimon" chips, is the winner of the prestigious Oscar award for a significant scientific and engineering contribution to the film industry. The company was founded in 2004 by Prof. Meir Feder, Dr. Zvi Reznik and Noam Geri (also a graduate of the university).
Prof. Feder explains that the technology that won the award is now common throughout the global film industry. According to him, the technology is capable of transmitting very high quality video footage from a large number of filming locations, immediately and without any delay, thereby essentially allowing the film director and the control team full control over all the shooting angles at the same time.
From the reasons of the award committee: "By using innovative extensions of digital information transmission and data compression algorithms, together with prioritizing information based on error bit ratio, the chip system supports the creation of photographic systems with an unlimited range of motion, which expands creative freedom during film shooting."
Prof. Feder: "This is a very exciting day for me, and it is a great pride for Tel Aviv University. We developed the basic technology in 2004-2005 when everyone thought the task was difficult to impossible. We knew that this was a real technological achievement, but we never imagined that we would receive an Oscar for it. About a year ago, the award committee informed us that we were nominated, but I didn't attach any importance to it, I saw it as a gimmick.
About a month ago, I suddenly received an official email from the Academy in Hollywood informing us that we had won an Oscar and the feeling was great. At the academy I won many awards, but there is no doubt that the Oscar is the most famous of all, it is an award that every person on the street knows. From my point of view and from the team's point of view, the fact that we developed the technology together is a great achievement and I am very proud of it."
Yosef Pichadza, senior academic staff at the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television and filmmaker: "The central importance in Prof. Meir Feder's development is the shortening of the set construction time in multi-camera productions. The latest technology saves production time and significantly increases the time devoted to the creation itself."
To be announced on the website of the American Film Academy
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