On March 2, 2002, Sebastian Marino ('96) along with his colleagues, John Anderson, Jim Hourihan, and Cary Phillips, will receive one of 14 Technical Achievement Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Oscar people) for the development of the ILM Creature Dynamics System.

This system makes hair, clothing, skin, flesh and muscle simulation both directable and integrated within a character animation and rigging environment.