The two were honored with the Lifetime Achievement Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2003.

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For his work, Hanrahan has won two Academy Awards, the Spirit of America Creativity Award, the SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award and the SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Hers is not the sort of achievement that will be honored with a statuette Sunday at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, but rest assured she knows the score.

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Little known to the general public but regarded fondly by critics, Mr. Connell was a National Book award finalist, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a finalist in 2009 for the International Man Booker Award for lifetime achievement.

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