Douglas (Doug) B. Smythe
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- Industrial Light & Magic, Digital Production Supervisor
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 1993
Doug Smythe joined the Computer Graphics Dept of Industrial Light & Magic in the Summer of 1987 after receiving his B S degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley. In March of 1993, he received a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the invention of the “morph” process, which transforms images of any one object, person or creature into another. Doug recently received an Academy Award for his visual effects work on Death Becomes Her. His other feature film Credits include Meteor Man, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Terminator 2, Die Hard II, The Hunt for Red October, Back to the Future parts 2 and 3, The Abyss, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Willow and Cocoon the Return. He also worked on Epcot Center’s simulator ride, Body Wars and on several commercials.
Experience(s):
![MaterialX: An Open Standard for Network-Based CG Object Looks](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2020-SIGGRAPH-Birds-of-a-Feather-Image-Not-Available-150x150.png)
Type: [BOF]
MaterialX: An Open Standard for Network-Based CG Object Looks
Presenter(s): [Smythe]
[SIGGRAPH 2020]
![MaterialX: An Open Standard for Network-Based CG Object Looks](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2019-SIGGRAPH-Birds-of-a-Feather-Image-Not-Available-150x150.png)
Type: [BOF]
MaterialX: An Open Standard for Network-Based CG Object Looks
Presenter(s): [Smythe] [Stone]
[SIGGRAPH 2019]
Learning Category: Presentation(s):
![Industrial Light & Magic Presents: The Visual Effects of “Battleship”](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2012-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Production Sessions]
Industrial Light & Magic Presents: The Visual Effects of “Battleship” Presenter(s): [Cofer] [Smythe] [McIntosh] [Geiger]
[SIGGRAPH 2012]
![Iron Man 2: Bringing in the](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2010-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Production Sessions]
Iron Man 2: Bringing in the "Big Gun" Presenter(s): [Snow] [Chu] [Smythe]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
![Digital costuming and virtual backgrounds on Iron Man](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2008-Talks-Snow_Digital-Costuming-and-Virtual-Backgrounds-on-Iron-Man-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Digital costuming and virtual backgrounds on Iron Man Presenter(s): [Snow] [Hickel] [Smythe]
[SIGGRAPH 2008]