Larry Elin was the Vice President and Executive Producer at MAGI Sythavision during the production of TRON. He started his career as one of the first computer modelers and animators and cgi technical directors at Mathematical Applications Group, Inc., in Elmsford, NY, in 1973, which was also one of the first 3-D computer animation companies.
As VP and head of production, Elin hired
Chris Wedge, Tom Bisogno, John Beech,
Ken Perlin and Nancy Campy to assist in the production work on the feature film ''
Tron''. Notable animation under Larry Elin's direction included the Lightcycle, Recognizer, and Tank sequences. Elin later became executive producer at
Kroyer Films
Kroyer Films, Inc. was a pioneering animation studio formed in 1986 by animator Bill Kroyer and his wife Susan Kroyer and is one of the earliest studios to combine computer and hand-drawn animation.
Productions
Kroyer Films produced the Oscar-n ...
, which produced the animation for
FernGully: The Last Rainforest.
Larry Elin was most recently an associate professor in the Television, Radio, Film department at the S.I Newhouse School of Public Communications at
Syracuse University
Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate ...
. He taught media business, interactive media, animation and special effects, and introductory storytelling classes.
[http://newhouse.syr.edu/Faculty_Staff/Bio/index.cfm?id=39 Newhouse Bio] He retired at the end of 2017 after 20 years at the university.
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)