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- Ed Catmull is a co-founder and the longtime head of Pixar Animation Studios, which struggled for 10 years from its founding in 1986 until the runaway success in 1995 of its first feature film, Toy Story. With the acquisition of Pixar by Walt Disney in 2006, Catmull became president of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar.
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In June 2007, Catmull and long-time Pixar digital animator and director John Lasseter were given control of Disneytoon Studios, a division of Disney Animation housed in a separate facility in Glendale.
In his 2014 book, Creativity, Inc., Catmull chronicled the story of Pixar—from its early days, when Steve Jobs invested $10 million to spin it off from Lucasfilm, in 1986; to its release of the groundbreaking Toy Story, in 1995; and its acquisition by the Walt Disney Company, for $7.4 billion, in 2006. But even more, he described the thrill ...
Ed Catmull, original Pixar co-founder, retired from his role as President of Pixar Animation Studios at the end of July. Disney+ officially launched November 12, and with it debuted original Forky Asks a Question shorts, written and directed by Bob Peterson, and new SparkShorts projects including Float and Wind.
Oct 25, 2018 · So far, Disney hasn't named Catmull's replacement. Jim Morris, president of Pixar, and Andrew Millstein, head of Walt Disney Animation Studios, will be running their respective...
Oct 24, 2018 · Upon The Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of Pixar in 2006, Catmull became president of both Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios.
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May 5, 2021 · On revolutionizing film: The documentary, The Pixar Story, charts the meteoric rise of Pixar and the three co-founders who made it a reality. Catmull, Steve Jobs, and John Lasseter pioneered a new generation of animation and forever changed the face of filmmaking.
Dec 2, 2022 · Ed Catmull is the co-founder Pixar Animation Studios and former President of Pixar Animation and Disney Animation. He has been honored with five Academy Awards, including the Gordon E. Sawyer Award for lifetime achievement in the field of computer graphics.
