| William Reeves | |
|---|---|
| Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Spouse | Ricki Blau |
| Children | Julia, Oliver, & Ian Reeves |
| Awards |
1987 - Nominated: Animated Short Film For the development of the Marionette Three-Dimensional Computer Animation System. |
William "Bill" Reeves is a pioneer in the field of computer graphics. He was the technical director who worked with John Lasseter on the animation breakthrough shorts: Luxo Jr and The Adventures of André and Wally B..
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 the LucasFilms Industrial Light and Magic, Computer Graphics Group. He was one of the founding employees of Pixar when it was sold in 1986 to Steve Jobs. Some of the patents he developed for Pixar earned international reputation. 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.