Rahul Thakkar was born on July
7,1984 in Des Plaines, Illinois, USA. He is an actorand producer , known for
Parvat’s Golden Skin(2010), The Lake House(2006) and The Break-Up(2006).
Like every year,
the world is excitedly awaiting the Oscar Awards this year. But before the
Academy Awards are announced on February 28, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences will present 10 scientific and technical achievements during its
annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation on February 13.
These awards will
specially interest Indian audiences this year because one of the awardees is of
Indian origin. , Rahul Thakkar will be presented
with the Technical Achievement Award for his contribution to cinema through
"groundbreaking design", as announced on the official Oscar Awards
website.
As per reports Rahul Thakkar will be awarded Oscar during annual scientific
and Technical Awards presentation on February 13th .Apart from Rahul none other
people will receive this technical achievement awards. Rahil along with Richard
Thong will receive this award and the news announced on the official Oscar
Awards website.
Rahul, along with Richard Chuang, have been chosen for their
groundbreaking design, along with Andrew Pilgrim, Stewart Birnam and Mark Kirk for the review
workflows and advanced playback features, all of
who work for the DreamWorks Animation Media Review System.
The list of awardees was announced on the official Oscar
Awards website, and they will be felicitated during its annual Scientific and
Technical Awards Presentation scheduled for February 13. Over its nearly two
decades of development, this pioneering system enabled desktop and digital
theater review. It continues to provide artist-driven, integrated, consistent
and highly scalable studio-wide playback and interactive reviews.
Rahul Chandrakant Thakkar is majorly known for his
work on films like The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) and Forces
of Nature (1999). He was in the Animation Software Development team
of Shrek (2001), which won the first ever Academy Award for Best
Animated Feature, thus establishing DreamWorks Animation as a
prime competitor to Pixar in feature film animation, particularly in
computer animation. Rahul's other projects are The Peacemaker (1997), Antz (1998)
and A Simple Wish (1997). His win is worth mentioning and reminds us
that technological innovation is a major part of animated film-making. Kudos!
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