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William "Bill" Reeves (born 1959) is an American animator and technical director known for working with John Lasseter on the animated shorts ''Luxo Jr.'' and ''The Adventures of André and Wally B.''〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/1338635/William-Reeves )〕 After obtaining a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and completing a Ph.D. at the University of Toronto, Reeves was hired by George Lucas as a member of Lucasfilm's Computer Division, Computer Graphics Group. He was one of the founding employees of Pixar when it was sold in 1986 to Steve Jobs. Reeves is the inventor of the first Motion Blur algorithm and methods to simulate particle motion in CGI. Lasseter and Reeves received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (Oscar) in 1988 for their work on the film ''Tin Toy''. Their collaboration continued with Reeves acting as the Supervising Technical Director of the first feature length, computer-animated film: ''Toy Story''. In 1996 he became the 2nd awardee of the J.W. Graham Medal, named in honor of Wes Graham an early influential Professor of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, and annually awarded to an influential alumnus of the University's Faculty of Mathematics.〔 〕 ==Filmography== * ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' (1982) (Computer Graphics Artist) * ''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'' (1983) (Computer Graphics) * ''The Adventures of André and Wally B.'' (1984) (Forest Design And Rendering/Models) * ''Young Sherlock Holmes'' (1985) (Computer Animation) * ''Luxo Jr.'' (1986) (Producer/Modeling/Rendering) * ''Red's Dream'' (1987) (Technical Director/Modeling And Animation Software) * ''Tin Toy'' (1988) (Producer/Technical Director/Modeler/Additional Animator) * ''Toy Story'' (1995) (Supervising Technical Director/Modeling/Animation System Development/Renderman Software Development) * ''A Bug's Life'' (1998) (Supervising Technical Director) * ''Finding Nemo'' (2003) (Lead Technical Development) * ''Ratatouille'' (2007) (Global Technology Supervisor) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Reeves (animator)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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