Bill Westenhofer, SEAS MS ’95, was nominated on Jan. 10 for an Academy Award® for Achievement in Visual Effects for his work on the movie “Life of Pi.” This is the third time Westenhofer has been nominated for an Academy Award® for his work. He was first nominated in 2005 for “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” and again in 2007 for “The Golden Compass,” for which he won the Oscar. Westenhofer is also a member of the GW Engineering Hall of Fame.
