Eben Fiske Ostby (born February 24, 1955) is a pioneer computer graphics software developer, animator, and technical director for motion pictures. Ostby was born in

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. He graduated from

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and

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, where he was its "first computer science major". He joined

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when the company was a garage start-up, as one of the first four employees of its animation department along with

John Lasseter John Alan Lasseter (; born January 12, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, voice actor, and the head of animation at Skydance Animation. He was previously the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios ...

. There, he worked on early breakthrough animation shorts such as ''

Luxo Jr. ''Luxo Jr.'' is a 1986 American computer-animated short film produced and released by Pixar. Written and directed by John Lasseter, the two-minute short film revolves around one larger and one smaller desk lamp. The larger lamp, named Luxo Sr ...

'', '' Red's Dream'', '' Tin Toy'', '' Knick Knack'', and '' For the Birds''. He became Vice President for Software. In 1998, he shared the Academy Award, Scientific and Engineering with three other people for the development of the Marionette 3-D Computer Animation System. He has served as Computer Animation, Technical and Modeling Director on ''

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'' 2005, ''

A Bug's Life ''A Bug's Life'' is a 1998 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It was the second feature-length film produced by Pixar. Directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Andrew Stant ...

,'' '' Monsters, Inc.,'' '' Toy Story'', ''

Toy Story 2 ''Toy Story 2'' is a 1999 American computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The second installment in the ''Toy Story'' franchise and the sequel to '' Toy Story'' (1995), it was directed by John ...

'', '' Young Sherlock Holmes'' and many other motion pictures.

Computer Animation

*'' André and Wally B.'' (1984) 3-D animation programmer *'' Young Sherlock Holmes'' (1985) computer animation:

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*'' Luxo, Jr.'' (1986) animation software/modeler/rendering *'' Red's Dream'' (1987) modeling and animation software/models/technical director *'' Tin Toy'' (1988) additional animator/modeler/technical director *'' Knick Knack'' (1989) animator/technical director *'' Toy Story'' (1995) modeling & animation system development/associate technical director *''

'' (1998) supervising technical director *''

'' (1999) modeling supervisor *'' For the Birds'' (2000) modeling supervisor *'' Monsters, Inc.'' (2001) modeling supervisor *''

'' (2006) supervising technical director *'' Up'' (2009) senior technology team:

*'' Brave'' (2012) senior technology team:

*''

Monsters University ''Monsters University'' is a 2013 American computer-animated monster comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Dan Scanlon (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Kori ...

'' (2013) film production resources: Pixar Studio Team *''

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'' (2015) production senior manager:

*'' Piper'' (2016) special thanks *'' Coco'' (2017) production department head:

*''

Incredibles 2 ''Incredibles 2'' is a 2018 American computer-animated superhero film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Written and directed by Brad Bird, it is the sequel to ''The Incredibles'' (2004) and the second ...

'' (2018) production department head:

*'' Bao'' (2018) special thanks *'' Purl'' (2018) special thanks *'' Smash and Grab'' (2019) special thanks *''

Kitbull ''Kitbull'' is a 2019 American traditionally animated short film directed and written by Rosana Sullivan, produced by Pixar Animation Studios, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the third film in Pixar's '' SparkSho ...

'' (2019) special thanks

References

External links

A Chat with Pixar's Eben Ostby
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