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    Former Ripon student receives technical award at Oscars ceremony

    by Tim Flanagan

    | 13 Mar, 2023
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    Former Ripon Grammar School student Mark Hills has added an Oscar to the Emmy award that he received last year.

    Computer expert Mr Hills and and his colleague Jim Vanns, were rewarded for their work with creative studio Framestore, on the design and engineering of FQ - a technology-based management tool utilised by movie makers.

    The pioneering system has been used for the rendering of images that feature in more than 120 films, including Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Fantastic Beasts: Secrets of Dumbledore and Guardians of the Galaxy.

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    Mark Hills pictured at last year's Emmy Awards






    The development of FQ was recognised at the Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards for advancing the art of filmmaking and 42-year-old, Mr Hills, who left RGS in 1999 to study computer science at university, dedicated his Technical Achievement Award to his parents Greta and Peter, who live in Sharow.



    Barbara Ford Grant, chair of the Academy's Scientific and Technical Awards Committee, pointed out:


    "Unlike the Oscars recognising the year in cinema, the Sci-Tech awards are unique in that they cover achievements that can take a decade or more of invention, refinement, engineering, and evolution to be recognised."







    The technical awards were presented ahead of last night's Oscars in a ceremony held in February at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures  in Los Angeles.







    Last year Mr Hills won an Emmy award for his involvement in the creation of a ground-breaking audio production system credited with revolutionising the television industry.

    The system has been used in the production of innovative soundtracks for hit TV series such as The Crown, The Queen’s Gambit, The Flight Attendant and Line of Duty.












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