Invented the anamorphic lens, which he exhibited in 1927 as the Hypergonar. Director Claude Autant-Lara experimented with the lens in a short, CONSTRUIRE UN FEU (1928), but the invention was neglected until 1952, when it was acquired by 20th Century-Fox and then adapted for the company's CinemaScope process, which was launched the following year. Anamorphic lenses are now used in a variety of widescreen processes. For more information on CinemaScope, visit The American Widescreen Museum  Scientific or Technical Awards (Class I) 1953: For creating, developing and engineering the equipment, processes and techniques known as CinemaScope. Statuettes were presented to Professor Henri Chrétien, Earl I. Sponable, Sol Halprin, Lorin Grignon, Herbert E. Bragg & Carl Faulkner of 20th Century-Fox Studios. 1 Scientific/Technical Award