Edwin Catmull

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Edwin Catmull’s career is defined by his groundbreaking work in computer graphics, which earned him the 2019 Turing Award, often called the Nobel Prize of computing. He is also the recipient of the 1993 Academy Award for Technical Achievement for the development of RenderMan. His leadership at Pixar and Disney Animation led to a string of critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, and his book Creativity, Inc. has influenced countless managers and creators. His legacy is not just in the technology he invented, but in the culture of creativity he fostered.

AwardsEdwin Catmull won the 2019 ACM Turing Award, the highest honor in computer science, shared with Pat Hanrahan for their pioneering contributions to 3D computer graphics and the film industry. He also received an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 1993 for the development of RenderMan.

Honours & Distinctions

ACM Turing Award

ACM·2019

Awarded for pioneering contributions to 3D computer graphics and the film industry.

Academy Award for Technical Achievement

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences·1993

For the development of the RenderMan rendering software.

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Wired

2014-04-01

Inside Pixar's Creative Mind

Records & Feats

First fully computer-animated feature film

Historic First·1995

As executive producer of Toy Story (1995), Catmull helped create the first feature-length film entirely made with computer animation.