Satellite Awards / Nikola Tesla Award
The Nikola Tesla Award was given for the first time in 2003 by the International Press Academy as a special award for special recognition of pioneers in film technology, who through their future-oriented works have a lasting impact on their field and future generations and promote further innovations.
The award bears the name of a scientist whose numerous inventions and discoveries shape our technology. The award, a bronze bust of the physicist and inventor Nikola Tesla in a thinking pose, was created by the Serbian sculptor Dragan Radenović.
Award winners
2002-2009
| year | Award winners | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | George Lucas | For his pioneering works and Lucasfilm , with which he extends the limits of film production. |
| 2003 | James Cameron | For its outstanding effects and innovative 3D films . |
| 2004 | Jerry Lewis | For the introduction of video assistance systems, which are now standard. |
| 2005 | Stan Winston | For his fantastic and terrible creations. |
| 2006 | Richard Donner | For his special effects in Superman , which were ahead of their time and at least equal to today's CGI . |
| 2007 | Dennis Muren | For his contribution to morphing technology and the use of computers to create impressive visual effects. |
| 2008 | Rick Baker | For his extraordinary make-up effects as a makeup artist. |
| 2009 | Roger Deakins | For his creative filmmaking and his emotional style. |
Since 2010
| year | Award winners | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Robert A. Harris | For his work as a film historian and keeper. |
| 2011 | Douglas Trumbull | For his inventive and entrepreneurial spirit. |
| 2012 | Walter Murch | For his excellent success in sound design and editing. |
| 2013 | Garrett Brown | For his revolutionary achievements in camera technology. |
| 2014 | Industrial Light & Magic | For setting standards for visual effects and the most breathtaking images in film history. |
| 2015 | Robert Rutherford / Jonathan Miller ( Hive Lighting ) | For your energy-efficient, full-spectrum and flicker-free plasma lighting system. |
| 2016 | John great | For setting standards in future-oriented, digital film technology. |
| 2017 | Robert Legato | For his skill in using visual effects in an atmospheric way. |
| 2018 | Kevin Baillie | For an innovative approach with story-fair VFX that mixes the developed techniques with new technology to support groundbreaking filmmakers. |