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   Aug 31, 2021 · Now he’s got a vision for where the pixel will take us next. Alvy Ray Smith, who cofounded Pixar, was a leading figure in the early days of digital cinema. He's written a new book, The Biography ...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Alvy_Ray_SmithAlvy Ray Smith - Wikipedia

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   Alison Gopnik. . ( m. 2010) . Website. alvyray .com. Alvy Ray Smith III (born September 8, 1943) is an American computer scientist who co-founded Lucasfilm 's Computer Division and Pixar, participating in the 1980s and 1990s expansion of computer animation into feature film. [2] [3] [4]

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   • Born: Alvy Ray Smith III, September 8, 1943 (age 80), Mineral Wells, Texas, U.S.

4. www.fastcompany.com › 90659130 › alvy-ray-smith-aAlvy Ray Smith is out to change how you think about pixels

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   Aug 2, 2021 · Alvy Ray Smith’s book comes out on August 3 from MIT Press. Like the pixels that power the imagery all around us, A Biography of the Pixel is a dazzling game of connect-the-dots. Smith isn’t ...

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   Why did Alvy Ray quit Pixar?

   • According to Jeffrey Young and William Simon's Jobs biography, iCon, Alvy Ray quit Pixar in 1991 after a heated argument with Jobs over the use of a whiteboard. Feeling bullied by Jobs, Smith decided to publicly break the unwritten rule that no one else could use Jobs's whiteboard; they ended up screaming at each-other.

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   What is Alvy Ray Smith's new book about?

   • The computer graphics pioneer and Pixar cofounder’s new book is about way more than computer graphics and Pixar. I was only a few pages into Alvy Ray Smith’s new book, A Biography of the Pixel, when I realized that all of my preconceptions about what it might be were wrong.

   Pixar cofounder Alvy Ray Smith on ‘A Biography of the Pixel’

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   Why did Steve Smith leave Pixar?

   • That was Pixar—and though Smith found it impossible to work productively with Apple’s cofounder, he stuck around until the company won acclaim for its short cartoons and had brokered the Disney deal that resulted in Toy Story, the world’s first feature-length computer-animated film.

   Pixar cofounder Alvy Ray Smith on ‘A Biography of the Pixel’

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   Why did Steve & I leave Disney?

   • During one board meeting, which came to be known as the “whiteboard incident,” Steve and I got into a screaming match, and we both realized we couldn’t work together anymore. But I didn’t leave until 1991, after Disney approached us to make Toy Story.

   Q&A With Alvy Ray Smith, Cofounder of Pixar - IEEE Spectrum

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6. www.inspiredinsider.com › alvy-ray-smith-interviewThe Pixar Story: The Letter of a lifetime That Started ...

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   Alvy talks about the key players on the Pixar team, like John Lasseter and Bill Reeves; How Alvy taught himself how to animate; Why the short film, The Adventures of André and Wally B, was monumental; All the fall-throughs that led to Steve Jobs’ investment in Pixar; Alvy’s tumultuous relationship with Steve Jobs and the “whiteboard ...

7. spectrum.ieee.org › the-real-story-of-pixarThe Real Story of Pixar - IEEE Spectrum

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   Aug 3, 2021 · Alvy Ray Smith. 03 Aug 2021. 10 min read. Book: Tekla Perry; Background: Alamy. The story of Pixar doesn't start with its founding—a tech company's story rarely does. Rather, the original spark ...

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8. entertainment.slashdot.org › story › 21/08/09Pixar Co-founder Shares 'the Real Story of Pixar' - Slashdot

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   Aug 9, 2021 · Alvy Ray Smith cofounded Pixar. He was the first director of computer graphics at Lucasfilm and the first graphics fellow at Microsoft. He has received two technical Academy Awards for his contributions to digital movie-making technology. This week he shared " The Real Story of Pixar ," in an article in IEEE Spectrum that Slashdot reader Tekla ...

9. spectrum.ieee.org › qa-with-alvy-ray-smithQ&A With Alvy Ray Smith, Cofounder of Pixar - IEEE Spectrum

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   May 4, 2018 · In 1986 Smith and colleague Ed Catmull founded Pixar, a company in San Rafael, Calif. Pixar teamed up with Disney, and six years later the company made the first computer-animated feature film ...