Award-winning documentary cinematographer Jim Frazier, ACS, began shooting 16mm wildlife films in the jungles and outback of Australia, where his fascination with the macro and microscopic worlds of tiny critters and scurrying insects posed a seemingly endless array of technical hurdles. It was the late 1960s, and many of the cinematographic tools Frazier required to achieve the views he envisioned were either scarce or nonexistent. In fact, the most significant technical breakthrough Frazier made at the time was to obtain a zoom lens, which had just become readily available to working cinematographers. Through trial and error, he eventually developed a lens system that had a greatly expanded depth of field for his macro and micro 16mm cinematography. Seeking to develop a 35mm version of his system, he took the idea to Panavision, where Iain Neil helped design and develop the 35 mm lens system which has an extraordinary depth of field.  Technical Achievement Award (Certificate) 1997: For the concept, and Iain Neil and Rick Gelbard for the design and development of the Panavision/Frazier Lens System for motion picture photography. 1 Scientific/Technical Award