“For the Birds” by Pixar Animation Studios

Conference:

• SIGGRAPH 2000
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Title:

For the Birds

Director(s):

• Ralph Eggleston

Company / Institution / Agency:

• Pixar Animation Studios

Description:

A flock of small birds resting on a telephone wire is interrupted when a larger bird tries to join them. His high-wire balancing act disturbs the flock until they decide to remove him. Animated with Pixar’s proprietary animation software, RenderMan, and Subdivision Surfaces modeling, “For the Birds” continues in the Pixar tradition of creating short films that explore the creative and technical possibilitie5of computer animation.

Additional Contributors:

Producer: Karen Dufilho:

Contributors: Bill Wise, John Lasseter, Eben Ostby, James Ford Murphy