Profiles in Computer Animation Success
Two Animation Jobs that Pay Pretty Well
When Disney merged with Pixar, it made sure that Pixar’s president and main creative talent were part of the deal. The language in the contract even stipulated that the $7.4 billion deal depended on these two men. Catmull will step into a new animation job—president of the new Pixar/Disney animation studio. Lasseter’s new Disney animation job will be chief creative officer of the new studio.
Bringing Computer Animation Expertise to Disney
This dynamic duo has a long history. Catmull started at Lucasfilms, and was always excited about computer animation. In fact, he had the original dream to create an entire movie solely using computer animation. Once he met Lasseter, a creative talent who embraced 3d animation jobs and who was working for Disney at the time, he knew he had to hire him.
This duo was created and heavily financed by Steve Jobs, Pixar’s Chief Executive Officer, and the rest is history. The two animation experts led Pixar to produce hugely profitable films—and if all goes well, they’ll do the same for the new Pixar/Disney studio.
