Edwin Earl "Ed" Catmull (born March 31, 1945) is a computer scientist and current president of Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios (including the latter's DisneyToon Studios division). As a computer scientist, Catmull has contributed to many important developments in computer graphics.
Gordon E. Sawyer Award, Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement, Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Award of Merit), IEEE John von Neumann Medal, Academy Scientific and Engineering Award, PGA Vanguard Award
Nominations
Goodreads Choice Awards Best Business Books
Movies
A Computer Animated Hand
Star Sign
Aries
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Quote
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[on changes in the animation world] When Walt Disney started, people didn't know how to make films. They were figuring out how to add color, how to sync sound. When Walt died they stopped advancing the technology. And they also went downhill in their films. I think that's related.
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Fact
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Is known for creating texture mapping, a process in computer animation where you can put life like textures on 3D geometry.
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Graduated at University of Utah with a PhD in Computer Science.
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In 1972, he created the first piece of 3D animation, his own left hand. It was so impressive that it was put into the 1976 film Futureworld.
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Inside Out
2015/I
senior leadership team: Pixar
Big Hero 6
2014
studio leadership: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Frozen
2013/I
studio leadership: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Monsters University
2013
senior leadership team: Pixar
Wreck-It Ralph
2012
studio leadership: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Brave
2012
senior leadership team: Pixar
The Princess and the Frog
2009
senior staff: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Up
2009
senior staff: Pixar
Bolt
2008
executive team
Tin Toy
1988
Short elf
Visual Effects
Title
Year
Status
Character
Toy Story
1995
renderman software development
André and Wally B.
1984
Short models: andre/wally
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982
computer graphics: ILM
Futureworld
1976
producer: animated face and animated hand film, University of Utah Computer Science Department - as Edwin Earl Catmull
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Geri's Game
1997
Short executive producer
Toy Story
1995
executive producer - as Edwin Catmull
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Computer Animated Hand
1972
Short
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Piper
2016
Short special thanks
Riley's First Date?
2015
Short special thanks
Sanjay's Super Team
2015
Short special thanks
The 17th Annual Animation Show of Shows
2015
Video special thanks / very special thanks
Toy Story That Time Forgot
2014
TV Short extra special thanks
Lava
2014
Short special thanks
Party Central
2014
Short special thanks
Toy Story of Terror
2013
TV Short extra special thanks
Get a Horse!
2013
Short special thanks
The Blue Umbrella
2013
Short special thanks
Paperman
2012
Short special thanks
John Carter
2012
thanks
Tangled Ever After
2012
Short special thanks
Toy Story Toons: Small Fry
2011
Short special thanks
Pixie Hollow Games
2011
TV Short the filmmakers would like to thank
Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation
2011
Short special thanks
The Ballad of Nessie
2011
Short the producers wish to thank
Tick Tock Tale
2010
Short special thanks
Prep & Landing
2009
TV Short thanks
Dug's Special Mission
2009
Video short special thanks
Partly Cloudy
2009
Short special thanks
Calendar Confloption
2009
Short special thanks
How to Hook Up Your Home Theater
2007
Short special thanks
Mater and the Ghostlight
2006
Video short special thanks
Lifted
2006
Short special thanks
One Man Band
2005
Short special thanks
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'
2004
Video documentary short special thanks
Boundin'
2003
Short special thanks
For the Birds
2000
Short very special thanks
Tin Toy
1988
Short very special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010
TV Movie documentary
Himself
8th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards
2010
TV Special
Himself
7th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards
2009
TV Movie
Himself
Evolution of Computer Graphics
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Pixar Shorts: A Short History
2007
Video documentary short
Himself
The Pixar Story
2007
Documentary
Himself
Who Is Bud Luckey?
2004
Video documentary short
Himself
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'
2004
Video documentary short
Himself - Pixar
The Story of Computer Graphics
1999
Documentary
The Eighties
2016
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Pixar and Disney Animation Studios
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
2015
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Executive Producer
Good Morning America
2014
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Tavis Smiley
2014
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Pixar: 25 Magic Moments
2011
TV Movie documentary
Himself - President / Co-Founder - Pixar (as Dr. Ed Catmull)
$1.3 Million
