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William Reeves was born on 5 May, 1959 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian animator and technical director. Discover William Reeves's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?

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Occupation Supervising technical director modeling animation system development RenderMan software development
Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 5 May 1959
Birthday 5 May
Birthplace Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canada

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His wife is Ricki Blau

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Children Julia, Oliver, & Ian Reeves

William Reeves Net Worth

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1959

William "Bill" Reeves (born May 5, 1959) is a Canadian animator and technical director known for working with John Lasseter on the animated 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 Lucasfilm's Computer Division, Computer Graphics Group.

1986

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.

Bill Reeves created particle systems allowing for the realistic articulation of random elements like smoke and fire.

1988

Lasseter and Reeves received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (Academy Award) in 1988 for their work on the film Tin Toy, the first completely CGI-animated film to ever win an Academy Award.

Their collaboration continued with Reeves acting as the supervising technical director of the first feature-length, computer-animated film: Toy Story.

1996

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.

2018

In 2018, Reeves was the first recipient of the new annual SIGGRAPH Practitioner Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the practice and advancement of Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques.

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