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| 21 March |
| Whoopi Goldberg |
| Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| | Awarded to: | | | - Deborah Kerr
- An artist of impeccable grace and beauty, a dedicated actress whose motion picture career has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance.
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| | Awarded to: | | | - John A. Bonner
- In appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
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| 26 February |
| Grand Ball Room, Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA |
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| | Winners: | | | - Panavision, Inc.
- For the Auto Panatar anamorphic photographic lens that substantially reduces photographic lateral distortion and improves close-up quality.
- Manfred G. Michelson (Technical Film Systems Inc.)
- For the design and development of the first sprocket-driven film transport system for color print processors which permits transport speed in excess of 600 feet per minute.
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| | Winners: | | | - Fritz Gabriel Bauer
- For the design, development and manufacture of the Moviecam Compact Modular 35mm motion picture camera system, which features quiet operation, light weight and versatility.
- Mark Leather; Les Dittert; Douglas Smythe; George H. Joblove
- For the concept and development of the Digital Motion Picture Retouching System for removing visible rigging and dirt from original motion picture imagery.
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| | Winners: | | | - David Degenkolb
- For the development of a Silver Recovery Ion Exchange System to eliminate hazardous silver ion waste in development wash water and allow recycling of the water.
- Wally Mills (II); Gary Stadler; Gustave Parada
- For the concept (Mills) and the design (Stadler/Parada) of the Cinemills Lamp Protection System, which provides a process that prevents the early failure of 20-kilowatt lamps by maintaining essentially uniform current flow to the lamp filament as it heats and changes resistance.
- Gary Nuzzi; David Johnsrud; William Blethen
- For the design and development of the Unilux H3000 Strobe Lighting System, a high-speed system that generates a high-intensity light pulse with a duration of only one-100,000th of a second, the effect of which is to freeze an object moving at a high rate of speed so it can be photographed with extraordinary sharpness.
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| Other Nominees: | | | Harry J. Baker
- For the design and development of Ronford-Baker Metal Tripods for motion picture photography, which have proven to be more rigid, durable and trouble-free than the wooden tripods previously used.
Michael Dorrough
- For the design and development of the compound meter known as the Dorrough Audio Level Meter, which provides a single scale presentation of peak levels and energy content with a high correlation between the complex signals present and the acoustic output.
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