Edwin Catmull

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animation pioneer business executive computer graphics researcher computer scientist human

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.

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instanceOf animation pioneer ⓘ
business executive ⓘ
computer graphics researcher ⓘ
computer scientist ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor’s degree in computer science ⓘ
Bachelor’s degree in physics ⓘ
PhD in computer science ⓘ
awardReceived ACM SIGGRAPH Steven A. Coons Award ⓘ
Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award of Merit

Gordon E. Sawyer Award ⓘ
IEEE John von Neumann Medal ⓘ
Scientific and Technical Awards ⓘ
surface form: Scientific and Technical Academy Award

Turing Award ⓘ
coFounded Pixar Animation Studios ⓘ
surface form: Pixar

Pixar Animation Studios ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1945-03-31 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Ivan Sutherland ⓘ
educatedAt University of Utah ⓘ
employer Lucasfilm ⓘ
New York Institute of Technology ⓘ
Pixar Animation Studios ⓘ
The Walt Disney Company ⓘ
familyName Edwin Catmull self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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fieldOfWork computer animation ⓘ
computer graphics ⓘ
computer science ⓘ
fullName Edwin Catmull self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Edwin Earl Catmull
givenName Edwin ⓘ
influenced Pixar’s computer animation pipeline ⓘ
modern CGI in feature films ⓘ
knownFor Catmull–Rom spline ⓘ
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 ⓘ
National Academy of Engineering ⓘ
notablePublication Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice ⓘ
surface form: "Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice" (contributions and influence)
notableWork computer animation for the film "Young Sherlock Holmes" stained-glass knight sequence ⓘ
development of RenderMan rendering technology ⓘ
early 3D computer-animated hand model ⓘ
short film "A Computer Animated Hand" ⓘ
placeOfBirth Parkersburg, West Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States
positionHeld Head of Computer Graphics Lab at New York Institute of Technology ⓘ
President of Pixar Animation Studios ⓘ
President of Walt Disney Animation Studios ⓘ
Vice President of Graphics Group at Lucasfilm ⓘ

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