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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.
- Moses: from Prince to Fugitive to Shepherd to Leader
- Gideon: from Hiding to Hero
- Esther: Orphan, fatherless, to Queen
- David: Teen Shepherd to King of Israel
- Hall of Faith
- Conclusion
- Article by Jack Wellman
After Moses’ fled Egypt for his life after killing an Egyptian who was beating a fellow Israelite, Moses must have felt that his life was basically over. From a powerful prince in Egypt and the likely heir to the Pharaoh, he was reduced to a fugitive and now a shepherd. The Egyptians despised and looked down on shepherds and Moses must have known t...
Gideon was “was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites. The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, O valiant warrior” (Judge 6:11-12). Imagine the angel of the Lord calling Gideon a “valiant warrior.” This was the same description given to Jonah about the mighty city-state of N...
Esther is all about God’s divine timing and intervention. Esther “had no father or mother” (Esther 2:7) so she certainly must have had a humble life but when King Ahasuerus deposed Queen Vashti (Esther 2:7), Esther found favor in the king’s eyes (Esther 2:9). When the Jews were threatened by a decree that they all be killed and so Mordecai came to ...
David’s rise was meteoric to say the least. When Samuel had to look for a king to replace King Saul who had disobeyed God one times too many then God told him to have Jesse bring his sons to see which of these would be king. Most assuredly it was thought that it would be the eldest son. When Jesse “saw Eliab and thought, “Certainly, here in the Lor...
Hebrews 11 is described as the Hall of Faith and many of these heroes and heroines in the Bible are not all given names. Hebrews 11:32-39 says Many of these never received their promise or reward in this life but they have received it now because they were faithful and believed in and trusted God for they understood that God cannot lie and that He ...
What about you? Are you going through a trial right now? Have you been knocked down in the dirt? Are you feeling forsaken and forlorn? You can be the next story of a new beginning so take heart for God is the God of new beginnings. He is the God of second chances and third chances and beyond. You can make a new beginning and if you have not repente...
Jack Wellman is Pastor of the Mulvane Brethren church in Mulvane Kansas. Jack is also the Senior Writer at What Christians Want To Know whose mission is to equip, encourage, and energize Christians and to address questions about the believer’s daily walk with God and the Bible. You can follow Jack on Google Plusor check out his book Blind Chance or...
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.
Edwin “Ed” Catmull: My father was a Marine. He met my mother in San Francisco. And they later got married and then he went off to fight in Iwo Jima and I was born in West Virginia. But, my mother--- when my father returned, and my mother and my father came to Utah when I was 2 years old.
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.
Oct 17, 2024 · Dr. Catmull founded three of the leading centers of computer graphics research - the computer graphics laboratory at the New York Institute of Technology, the computer division of Lucasfilm Ltd. and Pixar Animation Studios.
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Dr. Ed Catmull is one of the three founding fathers of Pixar. He was President and CTO of Pixar and now is President of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios.
