Edwin Catmull

Edwin Earl Catmull (born March 31, 1945) is an American computer scientist. He is the current president of Pixar (a company he co-founded) and Walt Disney Animation Studios.Michael Rubin, "Droidmaker: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution" (2005),  As a computer scientist, Catmull has work on many important developments in computer graphics. He was born in
Parkersburg, West Virginia.

In October 2018, Catmull announced his plans to retire from Pixar Animation Studios and Disney Animation Studios, staying on as an adviser through July 2019. And in 2019, he won Turing Award for his work.

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