Two of Pixar Animation Studios’ earliest employees, Ed Catmull and Pat Hanrahan, have won the computer industry’s prestigious Turing Prize for their contributions to 3D graphics and CGI filmmaking.
The duo will split the $1 million cash prize for the Association for Computing Machinery’s A.M. Turing Award, which is sometimes referred to as the “Nobel Prize of Computing” and named for British mathematician and computer scientist Alan M. Turing.
Catmull is a computer scientist and former president of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios, who retired from his Pixar post in 2018. Hanrahan, a founding Pixar employee, currently is a professor in Stanford University’s Computer Graphics Laboratory.
“Ed Catmull and Pat Hanrahan have fundamentally influenced the field of computer graphics through conceptual innovation and contributions to both software and hardware,” Acm said in announcing the award Wednesday. “Their work has had a revolutionary impact on filmmaking, leading to a...
The duo will split the $1 million cash prize for the Association for Computing Machinery’s A.M. Turing Award, which is sometimes referred to as the “Nobel Prize of Computing” and named for British mathematician and computer scientist Alan M. Turing.
Catmull is a computer scientist and former president of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios, who retired from his Pixar post in 2018. Hanrahan, a founding Pixar employee, currently is a professor in Stanford University’s Computer Graphics Laboratory.
“Ed Catmull and Pat Hanrahan have fundamentally influenced the field of computer graphics through conceptual innovation and contributions to both software and hardware,” Acm said in announcing the award Wednesday. “Their work has had a revolutionary impact on filmmaking, leading to a...
- 3/18/2020
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
(Photo by Deborah Coleman / Pixar)
Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino marks his first-ever feature collaboration with Walt Disney Animation Studios for next spring’s big-screen adventure Zootopia.
Featuring an 80-piece orchestra and conductor Tim Simonec, Giacchino’s score is being recorded this week.
So proud to be a part of Zootopia w my friends @DisneyAnimation – @ByronPHoward @_rich_moore pic.twitter.com/8CSQns8tU6
— Michael Giacchino (@m_giacchino) November 16, 2015
“In a world as vast as Zootopia, we needed someone who could deliver a score that can feel exotic and powerful, but also provide that same emotional intimacy,” said director Byron Howard. “We tell stories with images, Michael tells stories with music. ‘Zootopia’ is a massive film with deep emotional themes running throughout the story, and Michael was the perfect choice to bring the music of this extraordinary animal world to life.”
Added director Rich Moore, “Zootopia is a thriving metropolis inhabited by animals from around globe,...
Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino marks his first-ever feature collaboration with Walt Disney Animation Studios for next spring’s big-screen adventure Zootopia.
Featuring an 80-piece orchestra and conductor Tim Simonec, Giacchino’s score is being recorded this week.
So proud to be a part of Zootopia w my friends @DisneyAnimation – @ByronPHoward @_rich_moore pic.twitter.com/8CSQns8tU6
— Michael Giacchino (@m_giacchino) November 16, 2015
“In a world as vast as Zootopia, we needed someone who could deliver a score that can feel exotic and powerful, but also provide that same emotional intimacy,” said director Byron Howard. “We tell stories with images, Michael tells stories with music. ‘Zootopia’ is a massive film with deep emotional themes running throughout the story, and Michael was the perfect choice to bring the music of this extraordinary animal world to life.”
Added director Rich Moore, “Zootopia is a thriving metropolis inhabited by animals from around globe,...
- 11/16/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Despite brilliantly ending one of cinema’s most beloved series with Toy Story 3 back in 2010, Pixar Animation Studios (which is now owned by Disney) has revealed plans to return audiences to the world of the studio’s signature character with Toy Story 4.
Director John Lasseter works with members of his story team on Disney•Pixar’s “Toy Story 4.” (Photo by Deborah Coleman / Pixar)
The first Toy Story (1995) was Pixar’s inaugural film and the world’s first computer-animated feature film. Nearly two decades after directing that film, John Lasseter will return to helm the new installment (he also directed Toy Story 2 in 1999), which is slated for release on June 16, 2017.
The new film will tell a story dreamt up by Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, and Lee Unkrich – the storytellers who have been the driving force behind all of the “Toy Story” films. Writing team Rashida Jones and Will McCormack...
Director John Lasseter works with members of his story team on Disney•Pixar’s “Toy Story 4.” (Photo by Deborah Coleman / Pixar)
The first Toy Story (1995) was Pixar’s inaugural film and the world’s first computer-animated feature film. Nearly two decades after directing that film, John Lasseter will return to helm the new installment (he also directed Toy Story 2 in 1999), which is slated for release on June 16, 2017.
The new film will tell a story dreamt up by Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, and Lee Unkrich – the storytellers who have been the driving force behind all of the “Toy Story” films. Writing team Rashida Jones and Will McCormack...
- 11/7/2014
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Director John Lasseter works with members of his story team on Disney•Pixar’s “Toy Story 4,” a new chapter in the lives of Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the “Toy Story” gang. The film is slated for release on June 16, 2017. (Photo by Deborah Coleman / Pixar)
“To Infinity And Beyond”!!
Nearly two decades after Pixar Animation Studios created the world’s first computer-animated feature film with “Toy Story,” it revealed plans for Disney•Pixar’s Toy Story 4, an adventure that returns audiences to the world of the studio’s signature characters.
John Lasseter, director of the original “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2,” will direct the film, which opens a new chapter in the lives of Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the “Toy Story” gang.
The story was dreamt up by Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter and Lee Unkrich, the storytellers who have been the driving force behind all three “Toy Story” films.
“To Infinity And Beyond”!!
Nearly two decades after Pixar Animation Studios created the world’s first computer-animated feature film with “Toy Story,” it revealed plans for Disney•Pixar’s Toy Story 4, an adventure that returns audiences to the world of the studio’s signature characters.
John Lasseter, director of the original “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2,” will direct the film, which opens a new chapter in the lives of Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the “Toy Story” gang.
The story was dreamt up by Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter and Lee Unkrich, the storytellers who have been the driving force behind all three “Toy Story” films.
- 11/7/2014
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In December of 1961, I was able to get—through the kindoffices of my friend Nancy Donahue, who introduced me to her agent Deborah Coleman—an audition for Arthur Kopit's play "Oh Dad, Poor Dad…" (the title is actually longer than that), to be directed by Jerome Robbins. Jerry liked my audition, but he'd never heard of me, so he kept calling me back, and at every callback I got worse. Finally, on my sixth audition, I arrived and was asked to read opposite a young woman named Barbara Harris. It will always be one of the magical moments of my life. She began to speak, and the role I was auditioning for roared to life in me again. We both were cast that day.And then I began, in rehearsal, to learn her process. I'm not sure I've ever experienced a process like it. I'll just say I learned what it was.
- 10/12/2011
- by help@backstage.com ()
- backstage.com
Chicago – Pixar’s “Up” recently became the first animated 3D film to open the Cannes Film Festival and the reviews were just as rapturous as those who had been tracking the latest Pixar offering expected them to be. Before he want to France, director Pete Docter sat down for an exclusive interview with HollywoodChicago.com.
Docter has been a part of the Pixar team since the beginning and remains one of the most prominent voices in the company along with John Lasseter (“Toy Story”), Brad Bird (“Ratatouille,” “The Incredibles”) and Andrew Stanton (“Finding Nemo,” “Wall-e”). Docter made a splash when he directed “Monsters Inc.” and will make waves with “Up”.
For someone who has made such vibrant, energetic, nearly-glowing films, Docter is a surprisingly humble and quiet man. It’s not an accident that he’s made a film about a man escaping the dangerous, depressing world on the ground...
Docter has been a part of the Pixar team since the beginning and remains one of the most prominent voices in the company along with John Lasseter (“Toy Story”), Brad Bird (“Ratatouille,” “The Incredibles”) and Andrew Stanton (“Finding Nemo,” “Wall-e”). Docter made a splash when he directed “Monsters Inc.” and will make waves with “Up”.
For someone who has made such vibrant, energetic, nearly-glowing films, Docter is a surprisingly humble and quiet man. It’s not an accident that he’s made a film about a man escaping the dangerous, depressing world on the ground...
- 5/20/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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