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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. He has been honored for his contributions to 3D computer graphics, including the 2019 ACM Turing Award.
Ed Catmull, president of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios, couldn’t disagree more. That notion, he says, is rooted in a misguided view of creativity that exaggerates the importance of the...
In his 2014 book Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration, Catmull detailed his experiences at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios and his approach to leadership, which he traces back to his time at the University of Utah. Catmull attributes much of his success to establishing environments in ...
Nov 12, 2015 · Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull takes pride in the fact that reviews of "Toy Story," the first entirely computer-animated feature film, focused on the movie itself, not the technology.
Mar 18, 2020 · The group was led by Ed Catmull, a computer graphics pioneer who had become the chief technology officer at a new company called Pixar. The movie was “Toy Story,” the landmark animated feature...
Could you describe how you think about risk at Pixar? Ed Catmull: For me, there are three stages of risk. The first stage is to consciously decide what risks you want to take. The second is to work out the consequences of those choices; this can be fairly time consuming.
Mar 18, 2020 · Pixar's Toy Story graphics gurus win Turing Award, computing's top prize. Pat Hanrahan and Ed Catmull helped pioneer graphics technology that enabled Toy Story and revolutionized computing...
