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   Edwin Earl Catmull (born March 31, 1945) is an American computer scientist and animator who served as the co-founder of Pixar and the President of Walt Disney Animation Studios. [3] [4] [5] He has been honored for his contributions to 3D computer graphics, including the 2019 ACM Turing Award.

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   Edwin E. Catmull Biography. President of Pixar Animation Studios. Born March 31, 1945, in Parkersburg, WV; married Susan; children: five. Education: University of Utah, B.S. (computer science), B.S. (physics), Ph.D.

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   Jun 23, 2024 · This algorithm became the foundation for what would eventually become RenderMan.. From REYES to RenderMan. In 1986, Catmull co-founded Pixar Animation Studios with Alvy Ray Smith and Steve Jobs.

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   Computer–animation pioneer. Began career as director of the Computer Graphics Lab, 1975; vice president of Computer Division, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1979–86; co–founder and chief technical officer, Pixar Animation Studios, 1986&mdash, president, 1986–95, 2001—.

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   Edwin E. Catmull heads Pixar Animation Studios, the California–based enterprise that pioneered digital animation for film. The company, which made the hit movies Toy Story and Finding Nemo, has become one of the entertainmentindustry's surprise financial success stories, but bringing computer–drawn figures to life on the big screen proved a greater...

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   BusinessWeek,June 30, 2003, p. 68. Guardian(London, England), October 11, 2003, p. 34. PC,November 15, 1998, p. 98. Time,September 1, 1986, p. 66. Variety,July 20, 1998, p. 32. —CarolBrennan

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   an animator. I took a lot of drawing classes. All the art classes at school, everything they had. And was even selected as the state's representative to get the art scholarship and so forth. So, my path was trying to become an animator. The problem is: When I graduated from high school I didn't know where to go. There were no schools for animation.

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   When Catmull was young, he wanted to become an animator for Disney. But in high school, he realized he wasn't good at drawing, so he began to focus on computers. He felt that the newly emerging field of computer graphics could be used to create a full-length animated film.

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   How did Catmull become an animator?

   • When Catmull was young, he wanted to become an animator for Disney. But in high school, he realized he wasn't good at drawing, so he began to focus on computers. He felt that the newly emerging field of computer graphics could be used to create a full-length animated film.

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   Who is Edwin Catmull?

   • Edwin E. Catmull is the head of Pixar Animation Studios, the California-based enterprise that pioneered digital animation for film. He leads the company, which has produced hit movies like Toy Story and Finding Nemo, and has become one of the entertainment industry's leading innovators.

   Edwin E. Catmull Biography - life, children, name, story, history

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   How old was Catmull when he was a child?

   • Catmull was born Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1945 but moved to Utah when he was six months old. His parents both worked in education, and his early childhood was heavily influenced by the growing postwar culture of science and technology along with the early animation of Walt Disney.

   Edwin Catmull - A.M. Turing Award Laureate

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   How long did it take Catmull to become a teacher?

   • It took approximately 20 years for Edwin Catmull to become a teacher. He was born in West Virginia in 1945, but grew up with his four siblings in Utah, where his father was a school principal.

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   Why did Catmull start a new renderer?

   • Catmull: Initially since we were wrote a renderer, we knew that we had to solve the motion blur problem. So we started a project to come up with a new renderer. And the thing I believed at the time was that if we’re going to do something that was big, we had to start from scratch and rethink it.

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   Did Ed Catmull say'my mind's eye is blind'?

   • "Aphantasia: Ex-Pixar chief Ed Catmull says 'my mind's eye is blind' ". BBC News. Retrieved April 15, 2022. ^ "Three Pixar execs get special Oscars". San Francisco Chronicle. February 1, 1996. Retrieved March 12, 2009. ^ Moody, Annemarie (January 6, 2009). "Academy to Honor Ed Catmull with Gordon E. Sawyer Oscar". Animation World Network.

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8. amturing.acm.org › award_winners › catmull_1244219Edwin Catmull - A.M. Turing Award Laureate

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   Edwin Catmull’s pioneering work in the field of computer graphics and animation underpins the film industry as we know it today. Catmull was born Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1945 but moved to Utah when he was six months old.