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ACM Fellow Ed Catmull, a computer scientist, co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios, and president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, received the Gordon E. Sawyer Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in recognition of his lifetime of technical contributions and leadership in the field of computer graphics for the motion-picture industry. Catmull was presented with an Oscar statuette at the Scientific and Technical Awards Presentations last February at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. He also shared a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy in 2005.