Ed Catmull President of Pixar and Disney Animation
As a young man, Ed Catmull had a dream: to make the world's first computer-animated movie. He nurtured that dream first as a Ph.D. student at the University of Utah, where many computer science pioneers got their start, and then forged an early partnership with George Lucas that led, indirectly, to his founding Pixar with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter in 1986. Nine years later and against all odds, 'Toy Story' was released, changing animation forever. Since then, Pixar has dominated the world of animation, producing such beloved films as 'Monsters, Inc.', 'Finding Nemo', 'The Incredibles',...
As a young man, Ed Catmull had a dream: to make the world's first computer-animated movie. He nurtured that dream first as a Ph.D. student at the Univ...