58Th Golden Globe Hails Hollywood's Best; Motion Pictures and Primetime Television Shows Created Using Avid Products Receive Awards in Principal Categories.Business/Technology Editors TEWKSBURY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2001 Avid(R) Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : AVID) today congratulated its film and television customer/users for their work on all nominated and award-winning productions at the 58th Annual Golden Globe(R) Awards held on Sunday, January 21, 2001. Heralding the start of Hollywood's awards season, the Golden Globes are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA HFPA Hollywood Foreign Press Association HFPA Health Facility Planning Agency (US Army) HFPA Home Furnishings Professionals Association ) and are often considered to be indicators of award contenders for the upcoming Oscar(R) ceremony. Golden Globe award-winning films and shows using products from Avid and its Digidesign audio and Softimage effects divisions (products noted in parentheses See parenthesis. parentheses - See left parenthesis, right parenthesis. ) include: Best Motion Picture - Drama: Gladiator gladiator (Latin; swordsman) Professional combatant in ancient Rome who engaged in fights to the death as sport. Gladiators originally performed at Etruscan funerals, the intent being to give the dead man armed attendants in the next world. , Dreamworks Pictures/Universal Pictures (Avid Film Composer(R)/Media Composer(R), Digidesign(R)Pro Tools(R), SOFTIMAGE(R)|3D) Best Motion Picture - Comedy: Almost Famous, Dreamworks Pictures (Avid Film Composer/Media Composer, Digidesign Pro Tools) Best Foreign Film: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Traditional Chinese: 臥虎藏龍; Simplified Chinese: 卧虎藏龙; Pinyin: , Zoom Hunt International Prod./Sony Pictures Classics (Avid Film Composer/Media Composer, Digidesign Pro Tools) Best Directing - Motion Picture: Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Avid Film Composer/Media Composer, Digidesign Pro Tools) Best Original Score - Motion Picture: Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard Lisa Gerrard (born April 12, 1961) is an Australian musician, singer and composer who gained international renown as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with Irish former partner Brendan Perry. , Gladiator (Digidesign Pro Tools) Best Television Series - Drama: The West Wing, John Wells John Wells may be: People:
BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . TV/NBC (Avid Film Composer/Media Composer) Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy: Sex & the City, Darren Star Prod./HBO (Avid Film Composer/Media Composer) About Avid Technology "Avid" redirects here. For the "Advancement Via Individual Determination" educational program, see AVID. Avid Technology, Inc NASDAQ: AVID is an American company specializing in video and audio production technology; specifically, digital non-linear media editing (NLE) , Inc. Avid Technology, Inc. delivers the solutions that Make, Manage and Move Media(TM). As a recognized digital standard for professionals who Make the world's media -- from video, audio and film to animation, special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. and streaming media -- Avid's products are used to make more television and news shows, commercials, music videos and CDs, corporate/industrial productions and major motion pictures combined than any other nonlinear editing manufacturer in the world. Now, building on its Oscar and Emmy(R) award-winning heritage in creating content, Avid is extending its reach by redefining how digital media is shared, stored and distributed. To Manage today's increasingly rich collection of dynamic media, Avid provides powerful servers, networks and media tools to help customers search files, share media and collaborate on new productions, both locally and globally. Avid's solutions also empower users to easily Move media, whether on air, over cable or satellite or through the Internet. Like no other media company today, Avid's end-to-end solutions span the continuum of media creation, management and distribution. The company's corporate headquarters are located in Tewksbury, MA. More information about the company is available at www.avid.com. (c)2001 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Avid, Digidesign, Film Composer, Media Composer, Pro Tools and Softimage are registered trademarks and Make, Manage and Move Media is a trademark of Avid Technology, Inc. Oscar is a registered trademark and service mark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Emmy is a registered trademark of ATAS/NATAS. Golden Globe is a registered trademark of Hollywood Foreign Press Association. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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