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Alvy Ray Smith | |
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.jpg) Smith in 2019 | |
| Born | Alvy Ray Smith III September 8, 1943 Mineral Wells, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | New Mexico State University (B.S.E.E., 1965) Stanford University (M.S., 1966, Ph.D., 1970) |
| Known for | Pixar co-founder, Sunstone, Genesis Demo in The Wrath of Khan, The Adventures of André & Wally B., alpha channel, HSV color space[1], first RGB paint program |
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| Website | alvyray |
Alvy Ray Smith III (born September 8, 1943) is an American computer scientist who co-founded Lucasfilm's Computer Division and Pixar, participating in the 1980s and 1990s expansion of computer animation into feature film.[2][3][4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Isaacson, pp. xv, 244
- ^ "Pixar Founding Documents". alvyray.com. Archived from the original on 2005-04-27. Retrieved 2012-07-25. Listed here are the 38 founding employees who came with the two cofounders to Pixar.