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Edwin Catmull

Also Known As Edwin Earl Catmull · Edwin E. Catmull · Ed Catmull
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Edwin Earl Catmull is an American computer scientist and animator who is the co-founder of Pixar and was the president of Walt Disney Animation Studios. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1945 1
Birth Date
1945-03-31 1
Nationality
American 1
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Turing Award 2
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ACM Fellow 2
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Progress Medal (SMPTE) 2
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Computer History Museum Fellow 2
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Producers Guild of America Awards 2
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Gordon E. Sawyer Award 2
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IEEE John von Neumann Medal 2
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Academy Award of Merit 2
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1. Wikipedia: Edwin Catmull
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    Edwin Earl Catmull (born March 31, 1945) is an American computer scientist and animator who is the co-founder of Pixar and was the president of Walt Disney Animation Studios.
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    March 31, 1945
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    Edwin Earl Catmull (born March 31, 1945) is an American computer scientist and animator who is the co-founder of Pixar and was the president of Walt Disney Animation Studios.
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2. Wikidata: Edwin Catmull
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