Petro Vlahos (Greek: Πέτρος Βλάχος; August 20, 1916 – February 10, 2013) was an American engineer and inventor, considered to be one of the pioneering...

Vlahos or Vlachos (Greek: Βλάχος [ˈvlaxo̞s]), feminine: Vlahou, is a Greek surname, meaning Vlach. The surname Vlahos/Vlachos may refer to: Alexander...

these processes (Patent US3133814A), and received (with Ub Iwerks and Petro Vlahos) an Academy Award in 1965 for the sodium vapor process as used in the...

of Lebanon in 1943 Petro Trochanowski (born 1947), Polish poet Petro Vlahos (1916–2013), Hollywood special effects pioneer Petro Voinovsky (1913—1996)...

Sinnock, United States Mint engraver known for work on the FDR dime Petro Vlahos, three-time Academy Award-winning Hollywood special-effects pioneer Robert...

perfection of techniques for Color Traveling Matte Composite Cinematography. Petro Vlahos and Wadsworth E. Pohl Won 1978 Annie Awards Winsor McCay Award — — Won...

Coppola (left) and Petro Vlahos...

sequence, the sodium vapor process was used, which was developed by Petro Vlahos in the 1960s. Animator and director Ward Kimball served as the animation...

transport speeds in excess of 600 feet per minute" 1994 (67th) To Petro Vlahos and Paul Vlahos "for the conception and development of the Ultimatte Electronic...

Kelion (2013-02-14). "Blue and green-screen effects pioneer Petro Vlahos dies". BBC. "Vlahos’ honors from the Academy started with a Scientific and Technical...

achievement in the cinematic field he made in 1964 in association with Petro Vlahos and Ub Iwerks in the film Mary Poppins, in which all three named were...

A very early broadcast use was NBC's George Gobel Show in fall 1957. Petro Vlahos was awarded an Academy Award for his refinement of these techniques in...

Computers began to aid the process late in the 20th century. In the 1960s, Petro Vlahos refined the use of motion control cameras in bluescreen and received...

Man, et al. Patrick Tatopoulos – special effects and creature designer Petro Vlahos – Oscar-awarded Hollywood special effects pioneer Jean Doumanian – born...

Lyles - Producer Elmore Leonard - Writer Annette Funicello - Actress Petro Vlahos - Visual effects, inventor Eduardo Coutinho - Documentarian Saul Zaentz...

Engineering Plaque, and the Engineering Citation 1978 Engineering Emmy Award: Petro Vlahos for the ULTIMATTE Video-Matting Device Engineering Citation: To the Society...

Year Name Status Milestone / Notes 1961 Petro Vlahos Recipient Technical Achievement Award: "For a camera flicker indicating device." 1965 Recipient Academy...

1922) Maureen Dragone, writer and journalist (b. 1920) February 10 – Petro Vlahos, engineer and film special effects inventor (b. 1916) February 12 – Christopher...

Sagnier, 70, Spanish philosopher. Ikuzo Sakurai, 68, Japanese politician. Petro Vlahos, 96, American visual effects inventor and designer. Zhuang Zedong, 72...

Kudelski 1991 (64th) Ray Harryhausen 1992 (65th) Erich Kästner 1993 (66th) Petro Vlahos 1995 (68th) Donald C. Rogers 1997 (70th) Don Iwerks 1999 (72nd) Dr. Roderick...

1991 (64th) – Richard J. Stumpf and Joseph Westheimer 1992 (65th) – Petro Vlahos 1994 (67th) – John A. Bonner 1996 (69th) – Volker Bahnemann and Burton...

process was the sodium vapour process or yellow screen, developed by Petro Vlahos for Disney's Mary Poppins and perfected by Ub Iwerks. For this technique...

remote-controlled winch Stage Operations 1960 (33rd) Arthur Holcomb, Petro Vlahos, and Columbia Studio Camera Department for a camera flicker indicating...

backgrounds were composited using advanced techniques controlled by Petro Vlahos's UltiMatte system. The computer imaging components made Phantasmagoria...

International Film Festival. Titos Vandis - Kosmas Petros Fyssoun - Petros Kazakos Anestis Vlahos - Argyris Nelly Angelidou - Maria Giorgos Oikonomou...

dictator Petros Fyssoun Manos Katrakis as Prime Minister Nikolaos Plastiras Foivos Gikopoulos as Nikos Belogiannis Costas Arzoglou Anestis Vlahos as Apostolos...

college. Anatolia has had 12 presidents. The current president is Dr. Panos Vlahos, who is the first Greek president in the history of the institution. The...

George-Maran Varthalitis Alexandros Vasmoulakis Kostis Velonis Vangelis Vlahos Vassilis Vlastaras Zafos Xagoraris Myrto Xanthopoulou Yorgos Zois Manolis...

(1663-1665) Ivan Briukhovetsky, Hetman of Left-bank Ukraine (1663-1668) Petro Doroshenko, Hetman of Right-bank Ukraine (1665-1676) Demian Mnohohrishny...

and Greece national football team assistant Helen Caceres – player Andy Vlahos – player Charlie Yankos – former Socceroos captain Terry Antonis – player...