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== Awards == In 1996, IMAX was awarded the Oscar for Scientific and Technical Achievement by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/imax-corporation |title=IMAX Corporation: Information from |publisher=Answers.com |access-date=July 3, 2010}}</ref> The award cited IMAX's innovations in creating and developing a method of filming and exhibiting large-format, wide-angle motion pictures.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/IMAX+CORP.+EARNS+ACADEMY+AWARD+FOR+TECHNICAL+ACHIEVEMENT.(L.A.+LIFE)-a083850914 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171010100445/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/IMAX+CORP.+EARNS+ACADEMY+AWARD+FOR+TECHNICAL+ACHIEVEMENT.(L.A.+LIFE)-a083850914 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 10, 2017 |title=Imax Corp. Earns Academy Award For Technical Achievement. – Free Online Library |publisher=Thefreelibrary.com |date=January 7, 1997 |access-date=July 3, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> 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 [[Hoyte van Hoytema]]'s cinematography on ''[[Oppenheimer (film)|Oppenheimer]]'' has won, while [[Wally Pfister]]'s cinematography on ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' and Hoytema’s cinematography on ''[[Dunkirk (2017 film)|Dunkirk]]'' have also earned nominations. * ''[[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 film)|Cosmic Voyage]]'', 1996 Documentary Short Subject * ''[[Amazon (1997 film)|Amazon]]'', 1997 Documentary Short Subject * ''[[Alaska: Spirit of the Wild]]'', 1997 Documentary Short Subject * ''[[More (1998 film)|More]]'', 1998 Animated Short Film * ''[[The Old Man and the Sea (1999 film)|The Old Man and the Sea]]'', 1999 Animated Short Film (Winner) * ''[[Dolphins (2000 film)|Dolphins]]'', 2000 Documentary Short Subject
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