Academy Award for Technical Achievement

The Technical Achievement Award is a kind of Scientifc and Technical Award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to those whose particular technical accomplishments have contributed to the progress of the motion picture industry and who are given a certificate, which describes their achievements and lists the names of everyone who is simultaneously being honored for that particular contribution.cite web|author=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|title=Technical Achievement Award|url=http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/awards/technical.html|accessdate=2008-08-01|quote=Technical Achievement Awards may be made for those accomplishments that contribute to the progress of the industry. A certificate is printed describing the achievement and listing the names of all of the individuals who contributed to its development.] These awards are usually given at a dinner and ceremony held on an evening before the Academy Awards broadcast and are usually not also broadcast on television.

See for a partial list of recent winners.

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* [http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/awards/technical.html "Technical Achievement Award"] – Description and photograph of this Academy Award on the official Web site of the Academy Awards ("oscars.org"). Lefthand menu links to these other related Honorary Awards; top menu includes links to home page and searchable "Official Academy Award® Database", with information about the winners of these awards and their official Academy Award citations.