Anil Kokaram, an expert in the restoration of films, who is currently a senior engineering lecturer and fellow at Trinity College Dublin, is to receive an Oscar in the Scientific and Technical Academy Awards on the 10th of February.

Unlike the main prizes, which are to be given out on the 25th, the Science and Technical awards are announced in advance.

Mr. Kokaram is to win for the design of Furnace, a set of visual effects software tools. He is to receive the award, along with his colleagues, Bill Collis, Simon Robinson and Ben Kent, at a gala function at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

The ceremony will be hosted by Maggie Gyllanhaal.