SHORT TAKES : Academy to Award Audio Wizard
Oscar-winning inventor Stefan Kudelski is being honored again for developing a recorder that provided filmmakers with studio-quality sound on location.
Kudelski will become the eighth recipient of the Gordon E. Sawyer Award at a ceremony March 2, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday. The presentation will be broadcast as part of the Academy Awards show March 25.
A native of Poland, Kudelski developed the Nagra recorder, the first self-contained portable audio recorder, a device that allowed precise synchronization of audiotape with film.
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