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Theodore Kim ’01 Wins Second Academy Award for Hollywood Computer Graphics Innovations
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Theodore Kim ’01 won his second Sci-Tech award for his development of Fizt2, a cloth simulation system widely used by animation.
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Three-Time Academy Award Winner Thelma Schoonmaker ’61 Nominated for Oscar
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Academy Award-winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker ’61 was nominated for an Oscar this year for her work on the film “The Irishman,” her latest of eight nominations in her over 50 year career.
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Oscar Winning Actress Marlee Matlin Shares Story
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“The real handicap of deafness does not lie in the ear,” Marlee Matlin, renowned deaf actress, announced to a lecture hall packed with students Monday night. “It lies in the mind.”
Matlin, a renowned advocate for the deaf community, spoke with humor and conviction about the struggles she has overcome as a deaf performer. She also made sure to thank the people who have supported her in her life and career. https://youtu.be/MMuMwgkU5mU
Although she was diagnosed as deaf at the age of 18 months, Matlin said her parents sent her to a regular rather than a deaf school, and her family supported her through her childhood. “When kids made fun of me for how I spoke, my brother told them I had an accent because my parents were dangerous foreign spies,” Matlin said through an interpreter.