Awards

For his pioneering work in high dynamic range, image-based lighting techniques. Debevec demonstrated the advantages of high dynamic range image-based lighting, and, through advocacy of the approach, led the industry to embrace new workflows. This has enabled artists to work more productively and improved the realism of computer graphics imagery in feature films.

For the invention of the Polarized Spherical Gradient Illumination facial appearance capture method and the design and engineering of the Light Stage X capture system

For the design and engineering of the Light Stage capture devices and the image-based facial rendering system developed for character relighting in motion pictures.

The Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award Honors a living individual whose ongoing contributions have significantly affected the state of television technology and engineering. Recipient: Dr. Paul E. Debevec Paul Debevec is awarded the 2022 Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award for his groundbreaking work in high dynamic range imaging, image-based lighting and photogrammetry, essential techniques used in computer graphics for VFX and Virtual Production. Debevec's pioneering work makes it possible to record and reproduce the light of real scenes to illuminate virtual scenes and vice versa. High dynamic range imagery is a mainstay of computer graphics and combined with image-based lighting, has enabled realistic integration of existing live-action lighting in computer-rendered images. These tools and concepts are now a standard within the VFX industry for rendering. The concepts and the innovative use of LED lighting Paul pioneered with the Light Stage have further laid the groundwork for the use of LED lighting in virtual production, which has seen a rapid growth as a tool for lighting actors on virtual stages.