Peter Denz (14 January 1940 – 25 June 2022) was a German

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and

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winner.

Biography

Denz was born in

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of abou ...

. In 1970, engineering graduate Denz, who had previously studied aircraft construction in

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and

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

, established the ''Präzisions-Entwicklung DENZ Fertigungs-GmbH'', which specialized in the development, manufacturing and distribution of high-tech precision products for the industry as well the development, production and distribution of

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film and video products, and of which he was the shareholder and

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. Denz received the

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for technical merits ( Technical Achievement Award) by the

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(AMPAS) in 1996 for the development of a flicker-free color

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Honors (selection)

* 1984,

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: Handlebar for remote control of zoom lenses for film cameras * 1985, iF product design award: Control knob for electronic control of camera lenses * 1986, iF product design award: Argus Viewfinder extension with Video Control System VCS * 1987, iF product design award: deniz.belt underwater energy belt * 1991, American Society of Lighting Designers Award: Video-Assist-System - digital, color * 1996, Academy Award for technical merits (Technical Achievement Award): Development of a flicker-free color video camera, VCSC digital video control system * 1996, Cinec Award in the category Camera Technology: VCSC digital 2000 Video-Control-System-Color * 1999,

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(ASC) Award * 2000, American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Award

External links

Official website

References

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