Pixar Co-Founder Dr. Ed Catmull Delivers Keynote at VIEW 2020

There are legends and there are legends. This guy’s both.

A physics and computer science graduate of University of Utah, Dr. Edwin Catmull is one of the true pioneers of modern computer generated imagery. His early work led to his appointment in 1979 as vice president of Lucasfilm’s nascent Computer Division. When Steve Jobs bought the division in 1986 to create Pixar, which was co-founded by Catmull and fellow computer scientist Alvy Ray Smith.

In 2019, Dr. Catmull received the $1 mil...