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HydroFlex Honors and Awards
2024 Curtis Clark ASC Technology Award
In 2022 the American Society of Cinematographers inaugurated the Curtis Clark ASC Technology Award. It was named for the first chair of the Society’s Motion Imaging Technology Council. The award "honors the creative professionals who work tirelessly to improve and progress the state of motion-picture technology" and in 2025 it was bestowed upon Pete Romano.
Watch the ASC Awards Show Presentation Reel
Page from the ASC Awards Show program
2011 Lifetime Achievement Award
from the Society of Camera Operators (SOC)
Pete Romano was honored with the Society of Camera Operator’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2011. Watch the tribute video that they screened before presentation at their annual gala event below.
2002 Technical Achievement Award
from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
HydroFlex was proud to receive the 2002 Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences,“for the design and development of the Remote AquaCam, an underwater camera housing system for use in motion pictures.”We extend our sincerest thanks to the members of the Academy for this recognition of our efforts.
First use of RemoteAquaCam for Message in a Bottle - 1999
2002 Excellence in Cinematography Award
from the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP)
In 2002, The Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) honored Pete Romano for “Excellence in Cinematography”, as the Underwater Director of Photography on the Pocari “Tennis” spot. This commercial is now part of the permanent collection of the Department of Film and Media at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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1996 Technical Achievement Awards
from the Society of Camera Operators (SOC)
HydroFlex was proud to receive the 1996 Technical Achievement Award from the Society of Camera Operators, “for the introduction and development of the HydroFlex 35-3 underwater camera housing systems in 1985 which significantly contributed to the art and craft of the camera operator.” We extend our sincerest thanks to the members of the SOC for this recognition of our efforts.
35-3 Deep Water Housing on Waterworld - 1995
1991 Technical Achievement Award
from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
In 1988, HydroFlex president Pete Romano and his partner at the time, Richard Mula, developed the SeaPar series of underwater lights which were used extensively on “The Abyss”. In 1991, the SeaPar 1200W HMI received a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. The Award reads as follows: “The SeaPar 1200w HMI provides safe, portable HMI light fixture which may be used on either wet or dry sets. In underwater applications it may be used to a depth of 240 feet. Its power supply is equipped with a ground fault circuit interrupter to insure the safety of personnel.”
