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George Lucas recruits Ed Catmull from the New York Institute of Technology to head Lucasfilm’s Computer Division, a group charged with developing state-of-the-art computer technology for the film industry. Lucas’s wish list: a digital (nonlinear) film editing system, a digital (nonlinear) sound editing system, a laser film printer, and further exploration of computer graphics. The following year, he is joined by Alvy Ray Smith, who is hired as Director of Computer Graphics Research.
1984
Lasseter is hired full-time, joining the Computer Division as an “Interface Designer.”
A partially completed version of “The Adventures of André & Wally B.” premieres at SIGGRAPH. It is the first short film created by the future animation studio, featuring complex flexible characters, hand-painted textures, and motion blur. It is also the first example of character animation in the young medium of computer animation.
At SIGGRAPH, the Computer Division also shows off its prototype Pixar Image Computer.
“Luxo Jr.” is completed. The short film, John Lasseter’s official directorial debut, is unveiled in August at SIGGRAPH and then screened for general audiences at Los Angeles-area theaters in November. “Luxo Jr.” will go on to become the first three-dimensional computer animated film to be nominated for an Oscar®, receiving a nomination for Best Short Film (Animated).
1987
“Red’s Dream” is completed and premieres at SIGGRAPH. A portion of the film is rendered entirely on the Pixar Image Computer.
1988
Pixar’s proprietary animation system, identified to the outside world as Marionette but internally known as Menv (“men-vee”), short for “modeling environment,” comes online.
Pixar’s proprietary renderer,RenderMan®, also makes its internal debut.
Both pieces of software are used to produce “Tin Toy,” Pixar’s third short film.A partially completed version of “Tin Toy” is screened at SIGGRAPH, with the finished film premiering later that year at the Ottawa International Film Fest. “Tin Toy” will go on to become the first computer animated film to receive an Academy Award® when it is named Best Short Film (Animated) the following year.
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