BYU animation program piques Pixar's curiosity

by Christian | October 17, 2008 2:39 am

The BYU Magazine online[1] has a piece about the school’s animation program and the interest Pixar personnel have taken in it. “Over the years, Pixar has worked with a lot of universities around the country,” says Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios president Ed Catmull. “One of the interesting things is that, all of a sudden in the last few years, we’ve found that BYU has risen to the top. BYU has an extraordinary program here. . . . It’s the perception, not just of Pixar but also of the other studios too, that something pretty remarkable is happening at BYU.” A preview of a recently completed BYU animation project, The Turtle and the Shark, can be seen here[2].

Endnotes:

BYU Magazine online: http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view&a=2246
here: http://theturtleandtheshark.blogspot.com/2008/04/turtle-and-shark-preview.html

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