Cassidy J. Curtis

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Most Recent Affiliation(s):

University of Washington, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Other Affiliation(s):

Pacific Data Images (PDI)

DreamWorks

Google Spotlight Stories, Co-creator

Bio:

SIGGRAPH 2003

Cassidy Curtis is a character animator at PDI/DreamWorks. He has worked in many other roles at PDI, including character TD (on Shrek), effects animator, and look developer. Prior to that, he worked at Xaos, Inc. and R/Greenberg Associates as an effects developer and animator. He holds a BA in mathematics from Brown University.

In 1997 and 1998, Curtis taught the group-based interdisciplinary animation course founded by David Salesin at the University of Washington. The course brought together a mix of seniors and graduate students from the departments of art, computer science, music, and architecture, culminating in the short films Whose Hat is That? and The Art of Survival, which Curtis directed.

Curtis’s other short films include Brick-a-Brac (1995), The New Chair (1998) and Fishing (look developer, 1999). His previous contributions to SIGGRAPH include “Computer- Generated Watercolor” (paper, 1997), “Loose and Sketchy Animation” (sketch, 1998) and “Non-Photorealistic Animation” (course, 1999).

Artwork(s):

Art of Survival
Artist(s): [Curtis ]
[SIGGRAPH 1999 ]

Animation/Video(s):

Loose and Sketchy Animation
Director(s): [Curtis ]
Studio(s): [University of Washington ]
[SIGGRAPH 1998 ]
[SVR Issue #127, Track #08 ]

Whose Hat is That?
Director(s): [Curtis ]
Studio(s): [University of Washington ]
[SIGGRAPH 1998 ]
[SVR Issue #126, Track #16 ]

Gideon and Smidgeon in Brick-A-Brac
Director(s): [Curtis ]
Studio(s): [Pacific Data Images (PDI)]
[SIGGRAPH 1995 ]

Experience(s):

Type: [VR Experiences ]
The Making of Pearl, a 360° Google Spotlight Story
Developer(s): [Curtis ] [Eisenmann ] [El Guerrab ] [Stafford ]
[SIGGRAPH 2016]

Learning Presentation(s):

Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
The Making of “Age of Sail” Presenter(s): [Kahrs ] [Latzko ] [Curtis ] [Stafford ]
Entry No.: [12 ]
[SIGGRAPH 2019]

Type: [Production Sessions ]
The making of "Pearl," a Google spotlight story Presenter(s): [Osborne ] [El Guerrab ] [Eisenmann ] [Curtis ]
[SIGGRAPH 2016]

Type: [WebGraphics ]
Graffiti Archaeology Presenter(s): [Curtis ] [Rodenbeck ]
[SIGGRAPH 2004]

Type: [Educator’s Forum ]
Group-Based Animation and Higher Education Presenter(s): [Curtis ] [Mones ] [Hunt ] [McKee ]
[SIGGRAPH 2003]

Type: [Courses ]
Non-Photorealistic Rendering Organizer(s): [Green]
Presenter(s): [Green ] [Curtis ] [Gooch ] [Gooch ] [Litwinowicz ] [Salesin ] [Schofield ]
Entry No.: [17 ]
[SIGGRAPH 1999]

Type: [Technical Papers ]
Computer-Generated Watercolor Presenter(s): [Curtis ] [Anderson ] [Seims ] [Fleischer ] [Salesin ]
[SIGGRAPH 1997]

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