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‘True growth doesn’t happen in a vacuum’: Domee Shi Discusses Directing, Drawing, and More
8 March 2022 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Industry Leaders
Pixar Animation Studios Director Domee Shi sits down with SIGGRAPH to share the best career advice she’s received to date and more.
Bringing New Voices to the Table With Best in Show Award-winner ‘Loop’
18 March 2021 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Industry Leaders
“Loop” Director Erica Milsom and Producer Krissy Cababa, of Pixar, share insights from the making of the SIGGRAPH award-winning short.
Stay Inspired: Virtual VFX With SIGGRAPH Now
26 May 2020 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Production, Visual Effects
Continue your online education with the SIGGRAPH Now lessons that explore the visual effects of “War for the Planet of the Apes,” “Coco,” and “Ralph Breaks the Internet.”
The 2019 ACM Turing Award: Celebrating SIGGRAPH and Computer Graphics Achievements
2 April 2020 • by Theresa-Marie RhyneACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Industry Leaders
On the heels of receiving 2019 ACM A.M. Turing Award honors, the computer graphics community reflects on pioneers Ed Catmull and Pat Hanrahan.
‘Bao’ Down to the Female Filmmakers Changing Animation
5 March 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Film, Industry Leaders
In honor of Women’s History Month (a U.S. observation in March), SIGGRAPH shines a spotlight on the female faces of animated filmmaking who are making waves in the industry.
Pixar’s SparkShorts Program Supports Innovation, Funds Independent Filmmaking
5 February 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Production, Visual Effects
"Purl," SparkShorts © 2019 Pixar Animation Studios “SparkShorts is indie filmmaking inside of Pixar.” In the video above, Kristen Lester and others describe a newly unveiled initiative from Pixar: SparkShorts. Though first revealed to SIGGRAPH attendees in 2017 via a...
Bringing the Skeletons of ‘Coco’ to Life
30 October 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Awards, Film, Production
Image credit: “Coco” © 2017 Disney Pixar. All rights reserved. Just in time for Halloween and Dia de los Muertos, we are excited to share a look behind the magic of "Coco," the 2018 Academy Award winner for Best Animated Feature. In an all-new SIGGRAPH Now feature,...
Dave Mullins on Creating ‘LOU’
16 January 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Graphics, Industry Leaders, Production
"Lou" © 2017 Pixar Animation Studios With the 2018 Oscars coming up and SIGGRAPH 2018 Computer Animation Festival submissions opening soon, we sat down with Pixar Animation Studios Director Dave Mullins to discuss his work on 2017 Electronic Theater selection "LOU."...
SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 6 – Pixar’s Ed Catmull and Tony DeRose
27 October 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Industry Leaders, Interactive Techniques, Research
This week on SIGGRAPH Spotlight, SIGGRAPH 2018 Technical Papers Chair Mathieu Desbrun is joined by Ed Catmull (co-founder, Pixar Animation Studios; president, Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios) and Tony DeRose (senior scientist, Pixar Animation Studios) to talk...
Meet the Jury for the 2017 SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival
15 March 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation
Photo: clockwise from top left: Rick Sayre, Polly Ing, Floyd Norman, Georgina Hayns, Till Nowak, Kim Libreri, Rita Street, Cristin Pescosolido. The submission deadline for the 2017 SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival is 21 March and if you're thinking about entering...
Behind ‘Borrowed Time’
8 November 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Industry Leaders
This summer, the 43rd annual SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival awarded the animated short "Borrowed Time" its prestigious "Best of Show" award. As the end-of-year awards season approaches, our team sat down with the film's directors to learn more about their...