Tag: Ed Catmull
World Animation Summit: Disney-Pixar Storytelling on a Budget
Animation veteran Chuck Williams, president of Marza Animation Planet USA and former Disney Animation producer, is no stranger to the art of storytelling. Having...
Academy Celebrates ‘Toy Story’ 20th Anniversary
Oscar winners John Lasseter (Disney-Pixar CCO) and Ed Catmull (Disney-Pixar president) will participate in a live panel discussion celebrating the 20th anniversary of Toy...
Khan Academy Launches ‘Pixar in a Box’
Free online education outlet Khan Academy (KhanAcademy.org) has launched Pixar in a Box -- a new resource that explores the academic concepts behind Pixar...
Toon Town Antitrust Suits Consolidated
It's official: the three class-action suits brought against Sony, Disney, DreamWorks Animation and other animation studios over alleged anti-poaching and wage-fixing agreements have been...
Disney’s Millstein, Pixar’s Morris Promoted to President
Disney-Pixar president Ed Catmull has announced that Walt Disney Animation Studios' Andrew Millstein and Pixar Animation Studio's Jim Morris have both been promoted to...
Wage Suppression Suit Requests Apple Case Judge
The legal action against DreamWorks Animation, Disney, Pixar, Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Lucasfilm alleging the studios had a deal in place...
Smith, Keane, McGrath to Keynote VIEW
Pixar co-founder Alvy Ray Smith, longtime Disney animator Glen Keane and Madagascar director Tom McGrath have been announced as keynote speakers for the 2014...
Books We Love – Issue #240
Magic Color Flair: The World of Mary Blair
By John Canemaker
Iconic Disney artist Mary Blair (1911-1978) is one of the most notable illustrators of the...
Pixar’s Catmull to Speak on ‘Creativity, Inc.’
Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull will give a talk April 16 called "Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True...
Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Wins Golden Globe for Best Animated Pic
Disney's Frozen won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, beating DreamWorks' The Croods and Universal/Illumination's Despicable Me 2 at the awards ceremony on...
Disney Legends Illuminate Studio’s 90th Birthday Celebration
Many of Disney's veteran animators and legends came out to shine last night at a special 90th birthday celebration held at the "Legends Plaza"...
Disney’s ‘Frozen’ to Warm Hearts This Week
The haunting tale of Hans Christian Andersen's Snow Queen has been kicking around Disney since the 1940s, when Walt Disney himself was considering a...
Mickey’s Fantastic 3-D Comeback
How director Lauren MacMullan and her team crafted the wonderful new Mickey Mouse short, showcasing a remarkable marriage of 2D and CG elements.
For a...
Random House to Publish Ed Catmull’s Memoir
If you're looking for a first-person account of the story of Pixar, you should pre-order a copy of studio co-founder Ed Catmull's memoir, which...
Pixar Confirms Peterson’s Departure from ‘Good Dinosaur’
Pixar president Ed Catmull has confirmed that the studio has removed director Bob Peterson from its 2014 movie The Good Dinosaur. In a story...
A Non-Technical Chat with Ed Catmull
In Tom Sito's excellent and exhaustively researched new book, Moving Innovation: A History of Computer Animation, no one has quite as many index listings...
Catmull Says Pixar Will Cut Down on Sequels
Here’s some good news for all of us who think that Pixar should be focusing more on original movies instead of relying on the...
Pixar’s ‘Brave’ Nabs the Golden Globe Award
Pixar’s Brave won the Golden Globe on Sunday for Best Animated Feature Film. The blockbuster film, which has made over $535.4 million in theaters...
Visual Effects Society Inducts Seven New Fellows
The Visual Effects Society announced today that it has inducted seven Fellows based on their contributions to the art and science of visual effects....
A Cutting-Edge Valentine to a Gone-by Era
The new Disney short Paperman offers a visually striking marriage between CG and traditional animation.
One of the greatest things about the animation business is...
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