Bruce Lyon

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Bruce Lyon (born c.1948) [1] is an American film producer, animator, and artist.

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In 1980 he won an Academy Award in the Scientific Technical Achievement Category for inventing the Lyon Lamb Video Animation System (shared with John Lamb) a single frame video device for pre-testing animation art before it's committed to final production. He and John also won first place for "Tom Waits for No One" at the 1st Hollywood Film and Video Festival.

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References

  1. Lapowsky, Issie. "Why I Started Over at 60Bruce Lyon traded his own Oscar-winning company for a cushy job at Sun Microsystems. But when Sun got to be too restrictive, he decided to go it alone"¦all over again". Inc.com. Retrieved 7 January 2024.