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==Academy Awards==

Iwerks Entertainment has received two [[Academy Awards]] by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] for Scientific and Technical Achievement.

The first occurred in 1998 at the [[70th Academy Awards]] show, where founder Don Iwerks was awarded the [[Gordon E. Sawyer Award]], given each year to "an individual in the motion picture industry whose technological contributions have brought credit to the industry."<ref>{{cite web|last=NNDB|title=Oscar, Gordon E. Sawyer Award|url=http://www.nndb.com/honors/648/000063459/|publisher=Soylent Communications}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Fact for the Day|title=This Day in Disney History|url=http://thisdayindisneyhistory.homestead.com/mar23.html|publisher=The Walt Disney Company}}</ref>

The second occurred in 2000 at the [[72nd Academy Awards]] show, where Iwerks' L. Ron Schmidt was awarded an [[Academy Award]] for the “concept, design and engineering of the Linear Loop Film Projector”.