Pixar: Collaboration, innovation and imagination
with guest speaker Michael B. Johnson
Date: Thursday 19 July 2007
Registration: 5.30pm | Talks start: 6pm
Venue: Watershed, Bristol. Location
From Toy Story to Cars, Ratatouille to Finding Nemo, Pixar Animation Studios has produced some of the most successful films of the last decade. Once the computer graphics branch of Lucasfilm, Pixar’s unique commitment to collaboration and innovation has not only resulted in seven Academy Awards but also the development of industry standard animation software Renderman.
Moving Pictures Group Lead Michael B. Johnson gives an illustrated behind the scenes glimpse into some of the programmes and applications developed by his team to enable the production of these award winning features. Michael previously worked for Thinking Machines, NCSA, and IBM and received his MA in Visual Studies and PhD in Media Arts & Sciences from MIT’s Media Lab.
Creative Technology Network
The Creative Technology Network (CTN) is a new Bristol-based initiative to create a vibrant ecosystem of collaboration, innovation, research and knowledge exchange across computing, communications and the creative industries. The CTN wants to encourage technologists, creatives and academics to get together to network and work together. The event, the first of a series, will begin with a short overview of the CTN and will be followed by a drinks reception.
Sign up for news, information and to be kept up to date with events at the Creative Technology Network website.
The Creative Technology Network has been initiated by iShed, a new venture set up by Watershed to facilitate cross-sector projects and 3C Research, which supports collaborative research projects involving universities and commercial organisations in the fields of digital media and communications.
The launch is supported by South West Screen
- You will need to pick up your ticket on the evening of the event
- Invites are not transferable
