Poster for A Computer Animated Hand

A Computer Animated Hand

1972 6 min Documentary, Animation

Archive film showing possibly the first example of digital rendering, made by Pixar co-founders Ed Catmull and Fred Parke in 1972, was stumbled upon by the son of Robert B Ingebretsen, who also set up the world-famous U.S. studio. A six minute version shows additional CGI animation of an artificial heart valve, and human heads.

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director Edwin Catmull, Fred Parke

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