Edwin Catmull
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Edwin Catmull is a pioneering computer scientist and animation innovator who co-founded Pixar and played a key role in developing modern computer-generated imagery (CGI) for film.
Aliases (2)
- Catmull ×1
- Edwin Earl Catmull ×1
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| instanceOf |
animation pioneer
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business executive → computer graphics researcher → computer scientist → human → |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor’s degree in computer science
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Bachelor’s degree in physics → PhD in computer science → |
| awardReceived |
ACM SIGGRAPH Steven A. Coons Award
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Academy Award of Merit → Gordon E. Sawyer Award → IEEE John von Neumann Medal → Scientific and Technical Academy Award → Turing Award → |
| coFounded |
Pixar
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Pixar Animation Studios → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| dateOfBirth |
1945-03-31
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| doctoralAdvisor |
Ivan Sutherland
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| educatedAt |
University of Utah
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| employer |
Lucasfilm
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New York Institute of Technology → Pixar Animation Studios → The Walt Disney Company → |
| familyName |
Catmull
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| fieldOfWork |
computer animation
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computer graphics → computer science → |
| fullName |
Edwin Earl Catmull
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| givenName |
Edwin
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| influenced |
Pixar’s computer animation pipeline
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modern CGI in feature films → |
| knownFor |
Catmull–Rom spline
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Z-buffer algorithm contributions → advances in computer-generated imagery for film → co-founding Pixar Animation Studios → subdivision surfaces research → texture mapping innovations → |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Engineering → |
| notablePublication |
"Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice" (contributions and influence)
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| notableWork |
computer animation for the film "Young Sherlock Holmes" stained-glass knight sequence
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development of RenderMan rendering technology → early 3D computer-animated hand model → short film "A Computer Animated Hand" → |
| placeOfBirth |
Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States
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| positionHeld |
Head of Computer Graphics Lab at New York Institute of Technology
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President of Pixar Animation Studios → President of Walt Disney Animation Studios → Vice President of Graphics Group at Lucasfilm → |
Referenced by (8)
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Graphics Group
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Pixar Animation Studios → |
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Ivan Sutherland
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doctoralStudent |
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Edwin Catmull
("Catmull")
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familyName |
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Pixar Animation Studios
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foundedBy |
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Edwin Catmull
("Edwin Earl Catmull")
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fullName |
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Gordon E. Sawyer Award
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notableRecipient |
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Pat Hanrahan
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turingAwardSharedWith |