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Edwin Catmull
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American computer scientist and former president of Pixar (born 1945)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 9
Top works
- HBR's 10 Must Reads on Creativity (with Bonus Article How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity by Ed Catmull)
- HBR's 10 Must Reads on Creativity
- Creativity, Inc
- Creatividad, S.A.
- Creativity, Inc.
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Film & TV
Production · Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA
Edwin Earl "Ed" Catmull (born March 31, 1945) is an American computer scientist who is the co-founder of Pixar and was the President of Walt Disney Animation Studios. He has been honored for his contributions to 3D computer graphics, including the 2019 ACM Turing Award.
Known for
- Inside The Works — Self2026
- LIGHT & MAGIC — Self - Computer Graphics2022
- LIGHT & MAGIC — Self - UC Berkeley, 1981 (archive footage)2022
- LIGHT & MAGIC — Self - Head of Lucasfilm Computer Division, 1979-19852022
- Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond — Self2015
- Pixar 25 Magic Moments — Self - President / Co-Founder2011
- Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible — Self2010
- Waking Sleeping Beauty — Self (archive footage)2009
- The Pixar Story — Self2007
- The Pixar Shorts: A Short History2007
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 4
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Luminosity Function and Stellar Evolution.
· 1955 · cited 7,340x
- Regression Diagnostics
· 1980 · cited 6,460x
- The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule—Generic: A Standard Measure of Social and Communication Deficits Associated with the Spectrum of Autism
· 2000 · cited 6,280x
- Cognition in the Wild
· 1995 · cited 6,116x
- Mutations in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase gene are associated with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
· 1993 · cited 5,488x
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Key facts
- Born
- Edwin Earl Catmull , ( 1945-03-31 ) March 31, 1945 (age 81) , Parkersburg, West Virginia , U.S.
- Education
- University of Utah ( BS , MS , PhD )
- Known for
- Texture mapping Catmull–Rom spline Catmull–Clark subdivision surface
- Spouse
- Susan Anderson
- Awards
- Academy Award (1993, 1996, 2001, 2008) IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2006) Computer History Museum Fellow (2013) ACM Turing Award (2019)
- Fields
- Computer science
- Institutions
- New York Institute of Technology Pixar Animation Studios Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Thesis
- A Subdivision Algorithm for Computer Display of Curved Surfaces (1974)
- Doctoral advisor
- Robert E. Stephenson
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- VES Awards 89 cropped.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1945-03-31
- Commons category
- Ed Catmull
- streaming media URL
- www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102746613
- short name
- Ed Catmull
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Edwin Earl Catmull (born March 31, 1945) is an American computer scientist and animator who is the co-founder of Pixar and was the president of Walt Disney Animation Studios. He has been recognized for his contributions to 3D computer graphics, including the 2019 ACM Turing Award.
Early life