He's been warned that it'll be a bit terrifying.

It'll be Elendt's third time receiving a technical achievement award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization that hands out the Oscars. The previous two times he walked up to the stage he was warmly welcomed by Hollywood stars Ashley Judd and Kate Hudson.

This year, Milla Jovovich is hosting the show and handing out awards.

"You're up on stage with a very, very beautiful actress and you've got to say a speech too at the ceremony, just like the Oscars," said Clinton with a nervous chuckle.

"So for a bunch of technical people it's not the easiest thing in the world."

Canada will be well represented when the academy honours behind-the-scenes innovators this weekend, taking home two of 10 awards. Also being honoured are Burlington, Ont., residents Michael Lewis, Greg Marsden, Raigo Alas and Michael Vellekoop for the development of Pictorvision Eclipse, a stabilized camera mount used for shooting scenes from helicopters.

The technology has been used in a long list of recent feature films - including "A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas," "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," The Hangover" and "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn," to name just a few - but the Pictorvision Eclipse is the evolution of decades of work, said Lewis.

"It's been a lot of years and a lot of late nights that went into developing that product," said Lewis, noting that the team also has government and military clients for its technology.

"I used to get the motivational speeches, 'Spielberg needs a new camera system!' and I'd be there working very late at night trying to build those things to make it happen."