Paul Johnson

Paul Douglas Johnson
Paul D. Johnson
February 2, 1949
Hollywood, California
August 12, 2003
California
colon cancer
54 years and 191 days
Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Academy Award Nominations (Winner marker =  winner  ):
Winner markerScientific or Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award). To Bill Tondreau of Tondreau Systems / to Alvah Miller and Paul Johnson of Lynx Robotics / to Peter A. Regla of ELICON / to Dan Slater / to Bud Elam, Joe Parker and Bill Bryan of Interactive Motion Control / and to Jerry Jeffress, Ray Feeney, Bill Holland and Kris Brown for their individual contributions and the collective advancements they have brought to the motion picture industry in the field of motion control technology.
Winner markerScientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award). To Alvah J. Miller and Paul Johnson of Lynx Robotics for the electronic and software design of the Lynx C-50 Camera Motor System. This camera motor, operated with programmable microprocessors, achieves an unprecedented range of precisely controlled speeds in stand-alone cameras or when synchronized to motion-control systems.
Winner markerScientific and Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award). To Bill Tondreau of Kuper Systems, Alvah J. Miller and Paul Johnson of Lynx Robotics, and David Stump of Visual Effects Rental Services for the conception, design and development of data capture systems that enable superior accuracy, efficiency and economy in the creation of composite imagery. These systems digitally record live action camera and axis data with practically no impact on the live action production process, allowing compositing for visual effects to become faster and more cost-effective.

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