BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The first Oscars of the year have been presented at the Scientific and Technical Awards, the motion picture academy's annual celebration of the geeks and gizmos that make movie magic.

Oscar winners at the Saturday night gala included Douglas Trumbull, the visual-effects master behind such pioneering works as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Blade Runner.

Trumbull, 69, was honoured for his long career of technological contributions to filmmaking, including his latest wizardry in the Brad Pitt-Terrence Malick drama "The Tree of Life," which featured grand images of the cosmos and the age of dinosaurs.

But he emphasised to the black-tie industry audience that his inventive film work continues, including a system of new digital technologies — higher frame-rates, brighter projection, bigger and better screens — to enhance the movie-going experience.

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