Nat Tiffen Receives Award

From Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

 

Hauppauge, NY, April 2000-Nat Tiffen, the founder of the Tiffen Company, received a Scientific and Engineering Award at the Academy’s technical achievement awards banquet held on March 4^th at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The award came in recognition for the many years Tiffen has provided consistently high-quality filters for motion picture photography. Among movie makers, Tiffen filters are known for their durability, uniform color, and a unique lamination process.

In accepting the award, Mr. Tiffen said, "We are proud to accept this award from an industry that we have worked very closely with for more than half a century. I accept this award on behalf of the Tiffen family and all of the Tiffen employees." Accompanying Mr. Tiffen at the awards banquet were Helen Tiffen, his wife; Steven Tiffen, President and CEO; Ira Tiffen, Senior Vice President of Research and Development; Jack Bonura, Vice President of Sales, and Jeff Cohen, Vice President of Marketing, Motion Picture & Television Division.

This most recent award marks the third time the Tiffen Company has been recognized by the Academy. Previously, Tiffen received two Technical Achievement Awards: one was for innovative product design, and the other was for its unique lamination process which gives complete control over filter color and density. Tiffen also received a 1998 Emmy Award for Engineering Excellence. 

The Tiffen Company, founded in 1938 by Nat Tiffen and his two brothers, has a long-established relationship with the motion picture and television industries. Tiffen filters, backed by a ten-year warranty, are used in almost every major movie and TV production around the world.

Tiffen is also known for its digital camera accessories, Davis & Sanford tripods, Domke bags, Saunders Easels, Saunders/LPL Enlargers, Silver Pixel Press and KODAK Books, Stroboframe flash brackets, and a number of other photo accessory product lines. Tiffen’s headquarters and a manufacturing site are in Hauppauge, New York. Additional manufacturing, marketing and distribution operations are in Rochester, New York and St. Louis, Missouri. Tiffen Technical Centers, designed as communication exchanges between Tiffen and the motion picture industry, are located in New York City and in Burbank, California.

For more information, contact the Tiffen Company at 90 Oser Avenue, Hauppauge, NY 11788. Phone: 631-273-2500, Fax: 631-273-2557, or Internet: www.tiffen.com.