Florian Kainz (software developer)
Florian Kainz (* 1969 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) is a German computer scientist who has received four Oscars for technical merits in the field of visual effects .
Career
Florian Kainz is the son of a head physician in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. While studying computer science , Kainz worked for Steiner-Film in Munich and Grünwald from 1987 , where he stayed after graduating in 1991. In 1994 he worked briefly at Twenty Five Frames in Singapore .
In 1995 he moved to Industrial Light & Magic in San Rafael (California) , where he worked on visual effects in various positions for 19 years . Here he also designed and developed OpenEXR . Kainz was awarded an Oscar for technical merit four times between 1997 and 2014 . He has been with Google in Mountain View since 2014 .
He is married and has two children.
Awards
- 1997: Oscar for technical merits :
"To Jeffery Yost, Christian Rouet, David Benson, Florian Kainz for the development of a system to create and control computer generated fur and hair in motion pictures." - 2007: Oscar for technical merits:
"To Florian Kainz for the design and engineering of OpenEXR , a software package implementing 16-bit, floating-point, high dynamic range image files." - 2010: Oscar for technical merits:
"To Florian Kainz for the design and development of the robust, highly scalable distributed architecture of the ObaQ render queue management system." - 2014: Oscar for technical merits:
"To Florian Kainz, Jeffery Yost, Philip Hubbard and Jim Hourihan for the architecture and development of the Zeno application framework."
Filmography: visual effects (selection)
All visual effects were created by Industrial Light & Magic .
- 1996: Twister
- 1997: Special Edition: The Empire Strikes Back
- 1997: Special Edition: Return of the Jedi
- 1998: Deep Impact
- 1999: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
- 1999: Magnolia
- 2003: timeline
- 2004: Lemony Snicket - A Puzzling Event
- 2011: Super 8
- 2011: Cowboys & Aliens
- 2012: Battleship
Web links
- Florian Kainz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Video of the 2014 Academy Award for Technical Merit
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b merkur.de: "Technology Oscar" goes to Werdenfels inventors
- ^ The 79th Scientific & Technical Awards 2006
- ↑ stern.de: Three technology Oscars for German inventors
- ↑ oscars.org: Videos & Photos
- ↑ imdb.com: Twister: Special Effects
- ↑ imdb.com: The Empire Strikes Back: Visual Effects
- ↑ imdb.com: Return of the Jedi: Visual Effects
- ↑ imdb.com: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace: Visual Effects
- ↑ imdb.com: Battleship: Special Effects
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kainz, Florian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German computer scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |