-
Fundación de Pixar
Ed Catmull is recruited by George Lucas 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 sound editing system, a digital film printer,
and further exploration of computer graphics. -
John Lasseter es invitado a participar
John Lasseter is invited to join the graphics group at
Lucasfilm's Computer Division, and works on Thomas Porter's
1984 pool ball image as well as the short film
The Adventures of André & Wally B. He would be hired full-time the following year, joining the
Computer Division as an "Interface Designer." -
The Adventures of André & Wally
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. It features
ground-breaking technology such as complex flexible
characters, hand-painted textures, and motion blur.
