james & john whitney
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Fathers of computer animation. James & John Whitney. By Duncan Fowler Jesse Woodward. James Whitney. Younger brother, born Dec 27, 1921(Death April 8, 1982) Born in Pasadena CA Studied painting . John Whitney. Born April 8, 1917 (Died Sept 22, 1995) Born in Pasadena as well - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
James & John WhitneyFathers of computer animation
ByDuncan FowlerJesse Woodward
James Whitney Younger brother, born Dec 27, 1921(Death April 8, 1982)
Born in Pasadena CA
Studied painting
John Whitney Born April 8, 1917 (Died Sept 22, 1995)
Born in Pasadena as well
Attended Pomona College
Spent a year in Paris studying under Rene Leibowitz
Resident artist at IBM
As a Pair! Five Film Exercises 1943-44
Film 1 Twenty-Four Variations on an Original Theme pre 1942
And not a whole lot else…
James Pre analog –
Variations on a Circle (1941-42) Yantra (1950-57) 5x7 index cards
Analog Computer Lapis (1963-66)
John Developed an analog computer from a mechanical gun directing
system he used during WWII Demo Had a few solo works but took a different path than his brother.
Used skills and techniques in television, engineering films and major motion pictures
Catalog (1961) Made on his analog computer Arabesque (1975) Full digital animation
Film Works Vertigo (1958) Andromeda Strain (1971, uncredited)
Contributions Developed analog computer for visual effects
Pioneers of digital visual effects and animation
Forerunners in geometric abstract animation with sound/music
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