A History of Computer Graphics in Film by Alvy Ray Smith
Mar 09 - Mar 10, 2008
Sponsored by AIGA-Seattle, Cornish College of the Arts , Digital Kitchen
and By Design
Legendary computer graphics innovator Alvy Ray Smith will discuss the evolution of computer animation and show clips ranging from John Whitney’s early experiments in the 1960s to landmark visual effects and animation in popular cinema of the ‘70s and ‘80s. Smith headed the Computer Graphics Lab at the New York Institute of Technology in the ‘70s, was founding Director of the Computer Division at Lucasfilm, and co-founded Pixar. He’ll give us a brief history of the innovations that made modern computer animation possible, and discuss the challenges that he and his colleagues faced when the field was in its infancy.