Alvy Ray Smith

Alvy Ray Smith
Smith in 2019
Born
Alvy Ray Smith III

(1943-09-08) September 8, 1943 (age 81)
Alma materNew Mexico State University (B.S.E.E., 1965)
Stanford University (M.S., 1966, Ph.D., 1970)
Known forPixar 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
Spouse
(m. 2010)
Websitealvyray.com

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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Smith78 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Price, p. 74
  3. ^ Isaacson, pp. xv, 244
  4. ^ "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.