Lowry Digital was later acquired by Prime Focus Technologies (PFT) as part of a merger of the film and media services business of Reliance MediaWorks (the media & entertainment arm of Reliance Group) and Prime Focus Ltd (PFL), a public limited company.
[1] The Lowry Digital Process was honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the Scientific and Technical awards category in 2012.
[2] John D. Lowry gained industry recognition in 2008 for his computer-based proprietary algorithms used in the restoration of the NASA Apollo 16 and 17 mission films.
The company was lauded for helping Avatar — the highest-grossing film in history — to earn its Academy Awards for technical achievement.
[5] Lowry describes the restoration process as overcoming three obstacles: wear and tear, age, and multiple generations of optical copies.