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An animating spirit

Published: 22 May 2020 Publication History

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ACM A.M. Turing Award recipients, Ed Catmull and Pat Hanrahan, overcame industry indifference to found Pixar and put their computer graphics expertise to work.

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    cover image Communications of the ACM
    Communications of the ACM  Volume 63, Issue 6
    June 2020
    89 pages
    ISSN:0001-0782
    EISSN:1557-7317
    DOI:10.1145/3402158
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    Published: 22 May 2020
    Published in CACM Volume 63, Issue 6

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