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Bill Polson

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About Bill Polson

Affiliations

Pixar Animation Studios, Independent Consultant

Bio

SIGGRAPH Asia 2009

Bill Polson is the head of production engineering at Pixar. Prior to this position, he was Pixar’s supervising technical director of short films. In that capacity, he planned and supervised all the technical work on the above films, as well as a dozen other short projects for DVD release, etc.

SIGGRAPH Conference Organizing Committee Positions

Conference Contributions

Experiences

Birds of a Feather

OpenSubdiv BOF
SIGGRAPH 2013
[Birds of a Feather]
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Learning

Courses

2009 SIGGRAPH ASIA Image Not Available
How to Plan a Short Film
SIGGRAPH Asia 2009
[Courses]
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2015 16 Building Blocks for Making 3D Pipelines
Building Blocks for Making 3D Pipelines
SIGGRAPH 2015
[Courses]
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Entry #: 16
2001 36 Course Cover From Ivory Tower to Silver Screen
From Ivory Tower to Silver Screen: Visual Effects Companies Reveal How Research and Development Finds its Way Into Production
SIGGRAPH 2001
[Courses]
Organizer(s):
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Entry #: 36

Dailies

2010 Dailies: Davalath_Gargoyle: A Rigging Study
Gargoyle: A Rigging Study
SIGGRAPH 2010
[Dailies]
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2010 Dailies: Johnston_Toy Story 3: Woody's Fiery Death
Toy Story 3: Woody's Fiery Death
SIGGRAPH 2010
[Dailies]
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Panels

2015 Panels 03 Convergences in Film and Games Technologies
Convergences in Film and Games Technology
SIGGRAPH 2015
[Panels]
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Entry #: 03
2009 Panels 06 Large Steps Toward Open Source
Large Steps Toward Open Source
SIGGRAPH 2010
[Panels]
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Entry #: 06

Production Sessions

2013 Production Session Bredow_The Open Source Swimming Hole_ C’mon In The Water’s Fine^h^h^h^h Murky
The Open Source Swimming Hole; C’mon In The Water’s Fine^h^h^h^h Murky
SIGGRAPH 2013
[Production Sessions]
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