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     • Dr. Catmull has been honored with five Academy Awards, including a Technical Achievement Award from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, from whom he previously won two Scientific and Engineering Awards, and one Academy Award of Merit for his work.
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   What awards did Dr Catmull receive?

   • Dr. Catmull also received the ACM SIGGRAPH Steven A. Coons Award for his lifetime contributions in the computer graphics field, the Progress Medal and the Fuji Gold Medal awards from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and the animation industry's Ub Iwerks Award for technical advancements in the art or industry of animation.

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   Why did Dr Catmull receive the Society of Motion Picture & Television engineer's Progress Medal?

   • In 2011, Dr. Catmull received the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineer's Progress Medal for his life-long pioneering contributions and visionary leadership in the field of computer generated imagery for the motion picture industry.

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   Who is Dr Catmull?

   • Dr Catmull had always had an interest in animation and film. After earning his doctorate and working in a graphics lab in New York, he eventually became the head of computer division of Lucasfilm, founded by George Lucas. The creator of Star Wars and Jurassic Park saw the potential of computer animation in movies.

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   Who is Ed Catmull?

   • Dr. Ed Catmull's interest in computer graphics began at the University of Utah under the direction of the 1988 Turing Award Winner, Ivan Sutherland, where Catmull developed his lifelong interest in 3D graphics and its application to making movies. Dr. Pat Hanrahan joined Catmull at Pixar, which Catmull co-founded, in 1986.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Edwin_CatmullEdwin Catmull - Wikipedia

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   Awards and honors. In 1993, Catmull received his first Academy Scientific and Technical Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences "for the development of PhotoRealistic RenderMan software which produces images used in motion pictures from 3D computer descriptions of shape and appearance".

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   Catmull received the 1993 ACM SIGGRAPH Steven A. Coons Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions to Computer Graphics, and the 2006 IEEE John von Neumann Medal for fundamental contributions to computer graphics and a pioneering use of computer animation in motion pictures.

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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. In 2009, Catmull was awarded the Gordon E. Sawyer award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his lifetime...

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   Apr 4, 2020 · The award is given by the Association for Computing Machinery and comes with a $1m (£800,000) cash prize split between the winners. Computer animation. Dr Catmull was one of the founders of...

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7. www.computerhistory.org › profile › edwin-catmullEdwin Catmull - CHM

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   Jun 14, 2024 · Dr. Catmull has been honored with five Academy Awards, including a Technical Achievement Award from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, from whom he previously won two Scientific and Engineering Awards, and one Academy Award of Merit for his work.

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

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   Honors and Awards (selected): ACM SIGGRAPH Steven A. Coons Award (1993); ACM Fellow (1995); Academy Scientific and Technical Award (1996, 2001); IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2006); Gordon E. Sawyer Award (2008); Computer History Museum Fellow (2013); ACM A.M. Turing Award (2019).

9. designbetterpodcast.com › p › ed-catmull-the-journeyEd Catmull: Creative lessons from Lucasfilm to Pixar and beyond

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   Sep 22, 2023 · Dr. Catmull has been honored with five Academy Awards®, including an Oscar of Lifetime Achievement for his technical contributions and leadership in the field of computer graphics for the motion picture industry.