US Movie Academy Honors Scientific, Technical Achievements(1/3)

The Oscars are presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and each year the academy presents scientific and technical awards to those who make the art of movies possible. It is a smaller ceremony, but just as exciting for the winners.

Engineer Ray Feeney received an Oscar statuette, the first of the season, for technological contributions to the industry. He developed special-effects software used in such films as Titanic and Men in Black.

"Most of us who work behind the camera on inventions and advancing the tools that are used by the filmmakers, we are relatively anonymous. So tonight being able to be in a room amongst our peers being recognized with an honor like this, it is really very special."

The Academy's so-called Sci-Tech awards are given for new devices used on the film set, or for techniques and software used in post-production.

Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, the hostess for the evening, is sometimes surprised by what she sees on the screen, even in films she has worked on. "Oh yeah, definitely. Yeah. World Trade Center was that way. Monster House certainly was that way."

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