Title
Blanchard, Malcolm oral history
Catalog Number
102792133
Type
Document
Description
Malcolm Blanchard is an American computer scientist, programmer, and graphics pioneer. He grew up in Humboldt County, California, and had early exposures to computing, including attending the University of Utah computer graphics group led by professors Dave Evans and Ivan Sutherland. At Utah he took various courses under the supervision of Martin Newell, then left for East Coast computer aided design firm Applicon; a stint at the famous NYIT computer graphics lab; then a move to the West Coast to work at what became Pixar. Spending most of his career there, Blanchard worked on seminal early and important products including EditDroid and RenderMan. Blanchard’s career trajectory parallels the most fertile developments in early computer graphics.
Date
2021-01-14
Contributor
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Blanchard, Malcolm, Interviewee
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Spicer, Dag, Interviewer
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Extent
44 p.
Format
PDF
Category
Transcription
Subject
Humboldt State College; UC Santa Cruz; Knowlton, Ken; Catmull, Ed; Clark, Jim; Phong, Bui Tuong; Sutherland, Ivan; Evans, Dave; University of Utah; frame buffer; ARPANET; Applicon; New York Institute of Technology (NYIT); Shoup, Richard; Shure, Alex; Smith, Alvy Ray; Lucasfilm; EditDroid; Lassetter, John; SoundDroid; Jobs, Steve; Renderman; Pixar Image Computer; CAPS (Computer Animation Production System); Industrial Light and Magic (ILM); Star Wars
Collection Title
CHM Oral History Collection
Credit
Computer History Museum
