 He has earned recognition at the 80th Academy Awards and the 87th Academy Awards as well as from the National Academy of Sciences.His first Academy Award was awarded for developing techniques that enabled many technically sophisticated adaptations including the visual effects in 21st century movies in the Star Wars, Harry Potter, Terminator, and Pirates of the Caribbean franchises.Fedkiw has designed a platform that has been used to create many of the movie world's most advanced special effects since it was first used on the T-X character in "".