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Takuo Miyagishima was born on 15 March, 1928 in Gardena, California, U.S., is a Takuo Miyagishima was design engineer. Discover Takuo Miyagishima's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

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Occupation Design engineer
Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 15 March, 1928
Birthday 15 March
Birthplace Gardena, California, U.S.
Date of death 4 August, 2011
Died Place Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1928

Takuo Miyagishima (宮城島 卓夫, March 15, 1928 – August 4, 2011) was a Japanese-American design engineer who worked for Panavision.

He was responsible for many of the company's innovations in motion picture photography and projection.

Miyagishima was born in Gardena, California in 1928.

He had one brother and two sisters.

His parents had immigrated from Shizuoka in Japan.

Miyagishima grew up in Long Beach and Terminal Island.

1941

He was attending junior high school in 1941 when World War II began, and was able to avoid the Japanese American internment by moving to Utah to live with relatives.

He graduated from Davis High School in Kaysville, Utah.

1954

He worked for Panavision from 1954 until his retirement in 2009, by which time he was Senior Vice-President of Engineering.

1955

His first project was the Super Panatar projection lens in 1955.

He helped develop Panavision's Primo Series of lenses, used for films including Empire of the Sun; these lenses received Academy and Emmy awards.

1991

He received the Fuji Gold Medal in 1991 for his single autofocusing anamorphic camera lens.

He also worked on Panavision's Panaflex Motion Picture Camera System and Auto Panatar anamorphic photographic lens.

With Albert Saiki, he developed an award-winning Eyepiece Leveler.

1999

In 1999 he also received the American Society of Cinematographers' President's Award, shared with Albert Mayer.

He was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.

2005

In 2005, Miyagishima received the Gordon E. Sawyer Award for his achievements and successful career at the 77th Academy Awards.

He received the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation from AMPAS in 1999, and the Academy's Gordon E. Sawyer Award presented at the Scientific and Technical Awards Dinner on February 12, 2005.

2011

Miyagishima died in 2011, aged 83.

2016

Panavision's T-series line of anamorphic lenses, introduced in 2016, are named in his honor.

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