From The Lab To The Silver Screen: The Birth of CGI
12:27 minutes
Today, computer animated films are a multi-billion dollar business, and characters like Buzz Lightyear, Shrek, and Nemo are household names. But veteran animator Tom Sito says that the men and women who developed CGI weren’t Hollywood types—they were scientists and engineers trying to solve the problems of digital simulation.
Segment Guests
Tom Sito
Tom Sito is an animator, author of Moving Innovation: A History of Computer Animation (MIT Press, 2013), and professor of cinematic practice at the USC George Lucas School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles, California.
Meet the Producer
About Annie Minoff
@annieminoffAnnie Minoff is a producer for The Journal from Gimlet Media and the Wall Street Journal, and a former co-host and producer of Undiscovered. She also plays the banjo.