Report From the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Science and Technology Council

Annie Chang is co-chair of the Academy Science and Technology Council. As the vice president of creative technologies at Universal Pictures, she is responsible for developing strategies and designing innovative next-generation workflows across film and emerging immersive media experiences. She was previously the vice president of technology for Marvel Studios and took on a variety of roles at the Walt Disney Studios during her tenure of more than a decade. Chang currently chairs the Council’s ACES project, is a SMPTE Fellow, and has been honored with the SMPTE Workflow Systems Medal Award, the Advanced Imaging Society’s Distinguished Leadership Award, named to StudioDaily ’s inaugural list of “Exceptional Women in Production and Post” in 2018 and also was named one of “Hollywood’s Top Innovators” by The Hollywood Reporter earlier this year.

Theodore E. Gluck is the chair of the Council’s Technology History Subcommittee. Currently, he is the director of Library Restoration and Preservation at Visual Data Media Services after 30 years with the Walt Disney Studios. He worked on the restoration and preservation of more than 30 animated feature films, over 100 animated shorts, and several live-action features, and coordinated the digitization and preservation of a significant portion of the nitrate negatives of Disney animated classics

Leslie Iwerks is the chair of the Council’s Public Programs and Education Subcommitee. She is an Oscar and Emmy Ⓡ-nominated director and producer. She has produced, directed, and edited award-winning feature and short documentaries, television specials, and digital content, including The Imagineering Story, the recent critically acclaimed series for Disney+, Ella Brennan: Commanding the Table, The Pixar Story, Citizen Hearst, ILM: Creating the Impossible, Dirty Oil, The Hand behind the Mouse, and several environmental documentaries that have all been nominated or shortlisted for Academy Awards Ⓡ.

Jeff Taylor is the chair of the Council’s Technology and Research Initiatives Subcommittee. He began his entertainment career over 39 years ago designing custom music recording consoles, then moving into post-production and software development at The Droid Works, a division of Lucasfilm Ltd. followed by technology development and management work at Walt Disney Pictures Animation Group and Sony Pictures. He currently serves as the vice president of Corporate Cinema Services at Universal Studios.

Andy Maltz is the senior vice president of the Science and Technology Council. He is the founding head of staff of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Science and Technology Council. A SMPTE Fellow, he serves on the organization’s Motion Imaging Journal Board of Editors. He also chairs ISO/TC 36 Cinematography and is a founding member of the Academy Software Foundation governing board.