David Samuelson

David Wylie Samuelson
David W. Samuelson
July 7, 1924
London, England, UK
100 years and 137 days
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Academy Award Nominations (Winner marker =  winner  ):
Winner markerScientific or Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award). To Jean-Marie Lavalou, Alain Masseron and David Samuelson of Samuelson Alga Cinema S.A. and Samuelson Film Service, Limited, for the engineering and development of the Louma Camera Crane and remote control system for motion picture production.
Winner markerScientific or Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award). To David W. Samuelson for the development of programs incorporated into a pocket computer for motion picture cinematographers, and to William B. Pollard for contributing new algorithms on which the programs are based.
Winner markerScientific and Technical Award (Academy Award of Merit). TO Jean-Marie Lavalou, Alain Masseron and David Samuelson for the engineering and development of the Louma Camera Crane and remote system for motion picture production. The Louma pioneered a remotely-operated camera head combined with a lightweight and portable modular crane. Its design has proved to be the inspiration for numerous subsequent remote camera systems.

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