Gordon E. Sawyer Award is an Honorary Award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to " an individual in the motion picture industry whose technological contributions have brought credit to the industry . " The award is named in honour of Gordon E. Sawyer , the former Sound Director at Samuel Goldwyn Studio and three-time Academy Award winner who claimed that a listing of past Academy Awards , arranged both chronologically and by category , represents a history of the development of motion pictures . It was first presented at the 54th Academy Awards , in April 1982 . The Gordon E. Sawyer Award is voted upon and given by the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy
54th Academy Awards
54th Academy Awards
Gordon E. Sawyer Award