Petro Vlahos
Petro Vlahos ( born August 20, 1916 in Raton, New Mexico, † February 10, 2013 ) was an American film technician for his numerous film technology developments, particularly in the field of the blue screen technique, was honored with movie prices.
Life
Vlahos developed numerous improvements in film technology in the field of special effects and in particular in the field of blue screen technique. At the Academy Awards in 1961 he won together with Arthur Holcomb of the camera department of Columbia Pictures an Oscar for technical merit ( Technical Achievement Award) " for a camera flicker display device " (, For a camera flicker Indicating device ' ).
At the Academy Awards in 1965 him an Academy Award, together with Wadsworth E. Pohl and Ub Iwerks "for the introduction and improvement of techniques in the fields of vision mixers and compositing " (, For the conception and perfection of techniques for Color Traveling Matte Composite Cinematography ') of Merit awarded.
1978 Vlahos, of Chatsworth with his son Paul Vlahos, the company Ultimatte Corporation founded in 1976, was a special Primetime Emmy "for the invention and development of ULTIMATTE video mixing device " (, For The Invention and development of the ULTIMATTE video matting device ' ) awarded.
In 1993 he was awarded " in recognition of outstanding service and dedication to maintaining the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ' (, In appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences ' ), the Medal of Commendation. At the Academy Awards in 1994 he was further honored with the Gordon E. Sawyer Award.
Recently he was at the Academy Awards during 1995 Academy Award of Merit awarded along with his son Paul Vlahos, and indeed "for the design and development of the Ultimatte blue screen technique for feature films " (, For the conception and development of the Ultimatte blue screen compositing process for motion pictures' ).