Judson Rosebush
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- The Judson Rosebush Company, Inc., Digital Effects, Inc.
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 1994
Judson Rosebush is a producer and director of computer animation, an author, and a media theorist. He founded Digital Effects Inc., the company that virtually introduced computer animation to the commercial marketplace. He has directed over 1000 commercials and logos and his feature film credits include Walt Disney’s TRON. In the early 1990s he co-authored and directed television programs on Volume Visualization and HDTV and the Quest for Virtual Reality. He is the co-author of Computer Graphics for Designers and Artists, 2nd edition (Van Nostrand Reinhold) and is now completing a new book, Computer Animation, for the same publisher. He is the author of the serialized Pixel Handbook, the American editor of Pixel Vision magazine, a columnist for CD-ROM Professional, and he has written widely on computer graphics and new media.
The Judson Rosebush Company is a creative multimedia studio currently producing animation, interactive interfaces, QuickTime movies, and editorial content for computer-controlled laser disk and CD-ROM titles. Rosebush recently completed his first CD-ROM, Isaac Asimov’s The Ultimate Robot, published by Byron Preiss Publications and distributed by Microsoft, and is currently directing a CD-ROM on The Vietnam War that is a joint venture between CBS News and The New York Times, and will be distributed by Apple Computer.
SIGGRAPH 1991
Judson Rosebush is a producer and director of computer animation, an author, and media theorist. He graduated from the College of Wooster in 1969 and received a Ph.D. from Syracuse University. He has worked in radio and television broadcasting, sound and video production, print, and hypermedia. He completed his first computer animations in 1970 and founded Digital Effects Inc. in New York (1978-1985), one of the companies that introduced computer animation to the commercial marketplace. Dr. Rosebush is the co-author of Computer Graphics for Designers and Artists, published in 1986 by Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. He is currently completing a book on computer animation, and he is also the author of the serialized Pixel Handbook. He currently produces and directs a wide variety of special effects work for film and video, during the past year he co- authored and directed one-hour tele- vision programs on Volume Visualization and HDTV and The Quest for Virtual Reality. Dr. Rosebush also consults and lectures on animation, aids in software and facility planning, and writes-text as well as software.
SIGGRAPH 1989
Judson Rosebush is a producer and director of computer animation, an author, and media theorist. His work includes feature film animation, television documentaries, advertising, network TV logos, experimental film, holograms, illustration, and museum exhibitions. Rosebush programmed his first computer graphics film in 1970. In 1978 he founded Digital Effects, the first computer animation company in New York. In 1985 he started Rosebush Visions Corp, where he produces and directs a wide variety of special effects work in film and video and consults on software and facility planning. Rosebush’s credits include work for Nova, Tron, Epcot Center, AT&T, IBM, NBC, CBS; he has been a guest on Innovation and Entertainment Tonight. He is the co-author of Computer Graphics for Designers and Artists, published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., and is currently writing a book on Computer Animation.
SIGGRAPH 1984
Judson Rosebush is a founder and president of Digital Effects Inc., New York, and a director of computer animation. He is involved in designing software for visualization as well as for production and operations. He has published extensively, and his work has been seen worldwide.
Course Organizer:
- SIGGRAPH 1986, "Advanced Computer Animation"
- SIGGRAPH 1987, "Advanced Computer Animation"
- SIGGRAPH 1988, "Introduction To Computer Animation"
- SIGGRAPH 1989, "Introduction to Computer Animation"
- SIGGRAPH 1984, "Advanced Computer Graphics Animation"
- SIGGRAPH 1985, "Advanced Computer Animation"
Exhibition Category: Jury Member:
Art Paper(s):
Type: Art Paper
Author(s): Rosebush
Conference: SIGGRAPH 1989: Art Show
Artwork(s):
Animation/Video(s):
Learning Category: Presentation(s):
![Electronic Publishing an CD-ROM](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1995-13-Cover-Electronic-Publishing-an-CD-ROM-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Electronic Publishing an CD-ROM Organizer(s): [Cunningham]
Presenter(s): [Cunningham] [Langer] [Rosebush] [Volotta]
Entry No.: [13]
[SIGGRAPH 1995]
![How to Produce Your Own CD-ROM](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1994-05-Cover-How-to-Produce-Your-Own-CD-ROM-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
How to Produce Your Own CD-ROM Organizer(s): [Cunningham]
Presenter(s): [Cunningham] [Langer] [Rosebush] [Rowell]
Entry No.: [05]
[SIGGRAPH 1994]
![Introduction to Computer Animation](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1989-09-Cover-Introduction-to-Computer-Animation-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Introduction to Computer Animation Organizer(s): [Rosebush]
Presenter(s): [Rosebush] [Elson] [Weil] [Jasmin]
Entry No.: [09]
[SIGGRAPH 1989]
![The Proceduralist Manifesto](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1989-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Art Papers & Presentations]
The Proceduralist Manifesto Presenter(s): [Rosebush]
[SIGGRAPH 1989]
![Introduction To Computer Animation](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1988-03-Cover-Introduction-To-Computer-Animation-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Introduction To Computer Animation Organizer(s): [Rosebush]
Presenter(s): [Rosebush] [Goldstein] [Hahn] [Saz]
Entry No.: [03]
![Advanced Computer Animation](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1987-07-Cover-Advance-Computer-Animation-1-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Advanced Computer Animation Organizer(s): [Rosebush]
Presenter(s): [Rosebush] [Badler] [Rauh] [Winter]
Entry No.: [07]
[SIGGRAPH 1987]
![Advanced Computer Animation](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1986-22-Course-Cover-Advanced-Computer-Animation-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Advanced Computer Animation Organizer(s): [Rosebush]
Presenter(s): [Rosebush] [Voelpel] [Kroyer] [Reynolds]
Entry No.: [22]
[SIGGRAPH 1986]
![Advanced Computer Animation](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1985-10-Course-Cover-Advanced-Computer-Animation-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Advanced Computer Animation Organizer(s): [Rosebush]
Presenter(s): [Bergeron] [Fox] [Reynolds] [Rosebush]
Entry No.: [10]
[SIGGRAPH 1985]
Role(s):
- Animation Director
- Art Paper Author
- Art Show Jury Member
- Course Organizer
- Course Presenter
- History Contributor