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Pixar was sold to Walt Disney Studios in 2006 where Catmull was made CEO of the newly-formed Walt Disney Animation Studios. In this oral history, Catmulll describes his long career and ...
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- Computer History Museum
Discover the inspiring story of Ed Catmull, the art school dropout who co-founded Pixar and transformed the world of animation.
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- Stuff Insight
Ed Catmull, president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, shares some of his formative career experiences and offers a glimpse inside the working cul...
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- Stanford eCorner
In 1979, Catmull moved west to take a job with Lucasfilm Ltd. in northern California. Named after its founder, noted Star Wars director George Lucas, the studio was also interested in creating an entirely computer–animated feature film, and Catmull was hired to set up this division.
Early in his life, Catmull found inspiration in Disney movies, including Peter Pan and Pinocchio, and wanted to be an animator; however, after finishing high school, he had no idea how to get there as there were no animation schools around that time.
In the 1950s, young Ed Catmull loved Walt Disney animated films such as Pinocchio and Peter Pan. He dreamed of becoming an animator, and he filled up sketchbooks and created his own flipbooks. At Salt Lake City’s Granite High School in the 1960s, he took every art class he could.
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Edwin Catmull. Edwin Earl Catmull, Ph.D. (born 1945) is a computer scientist and current president of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios. As a computer scientist, Catmull has contributed to many important developments in computer graphics.
