Awards
In 1996 IMAX was awarded the Oscar for Scientific and Technical Achievement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The award cited IMAX's innovations in creating and developing a method of filming and exhibiting large-format, wide-angle motion pictures.
To date, ten native-format IMAX format films have received Academy Awards nomination, with one winner. While on technical aspects and the usage of the IMAX system, only Wally Pfister's cinematography on The Dark Knight has earned a nomination.
- The Eruption of Mount St. Helens!, 1980 Documentary Short Subject
- Fires of Kuwait, 1992 Documentary Feature
- The Living Sea, 1995 Documentary Short Subject
- Special Effects: Anything Can Happen, 1996 Documentary Short Subject
- Cosmic Voyage, 1996 Documentary Short Subject
- Amazon, 1997 Documentary Short Subject
- Alaska: Spirit of the Wild, 1997 Documentary Short Subject
- More, 1998 Animated Short Film
- The Old Man and the Sea, Winner 1999 Animated Short Film
- Dolphins, 2000 Documentary Short Subject
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