In this image released by Walt Disney Co., a scene from the Disney/Pixar's animated feature, "Wall-E" is shown. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe for best animated feature film on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008. The awards will be held on Jan. 11 in
Updated: Wednesday, 07 Jan 2009, 10:28 AM EST
Published : Wednesday, 07 Jan 2009, 5:25 AM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) - One of the digital wizards behind such cartoon smashes as "WALL-E," "Ratatouille" and "Finding Nemo" is getting an Academy Award.
Pixar Animation co-founder Ed Catmull is receiving the Gordon E. Sawyer Award, an honorary Oscar statuette, for lifetime achievement in computer graphics for filmmaking.
Catmull is receiving the prize at the academy's Scientific and Technical Awards ceremony Feb. 7, which precedes the Feb. 22 Oscars.
It's the second honorary Oscar for Catmull. He's a previous recipient in 2000 for developing Pixar's RenderMan software, which has been used in digital imagery for 45 of the last 50 films nominated for the visual-effects Oscar.
Catmull also has three past scientific and technical awards from the academy.
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