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Paul Kanyuk

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Most Recent Affiliation(s):


  • Pixar Animation Studios, Crowds Supervisor

Location:


  • Emeryville, United States of America

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Bio:

  • SIGGRAPH Asia 2024

    Paul Kanyuk is a Crowds Technical Supervisor at Pixar, and has been with the studio for 19 years, working on numerous crowd spectacles, from “Ratatouille” and “Wall-E”, to “Finding Dory” and “Elemental”. Paul earned his BSE in Digital Media Design at the University of Pennsylvania and has taught lectures in RenderMan and Crowd Simulation at the Academy of Art University, University of California Berkeley, and Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg.

     

    SIGGRAPH Asia 2021

    Paul Kanyuk is a Crowds Technical Supervisor at Pixar Animation Studios with credits on “Cars”, “Ratatouille”, “Wall-E”, “Up”, “Cars 2”, “Brave”, “Monster’s University”, “Lava”, “The Good Dinosaur”, “Finding Dory”, “Cars 3”, “Incredibles 2”, and “Onward”. His specialty is crowd simulation, shading, and rendering, and he is responsible for the procedural animation and rendering of numerous crowd spectacles, including the hordes of rats in “Ratatouille”, the deluge of falling passengers in “Wall-E”, and the vicious pack of talking dogs in “Up”. Paul earned his BSE in Digital Media Design at the University of Pennsylvania and teaches courses in RenderMan and Crowd Simulation at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

    SIGGRAPH Asia 2018

    Paul Kanyuk is a Crowds Technical Supervisor at Pixar Animation Studios with credits on “Cars”, “Ratatouille”, “Wall-E”, “Up”, “Cars 2”, “Brave”, “Monster’s University”, “Lava”, “The Good Dinosaur”, “Finding Dory”, “Cars 3”, and “incredible 2”. His specialty is crowd simulation, shading, and rendering, and he is responsible for the procedural animation and rendering of numerous crowd spectacles, including the hordes of rats in “Ratatouille”, the deluge of falling passengers in “Wall-E”, and the vicious pack of talking dogs in “Up”. Paul earned his BSE in Digital Media Design at the University of Pennsylvania and teaches courses in RenderMan and Crowd Simulation.

    SIGGRAPH Asia 2015

    Paul Kanyuk is a Lead Technical Director at Pixar with credits on Cars, Ratatouille, Wall-E, Up, Cars 2, Brave, and Monster’s University. His specialty is crowd simulation, shading, and rendering, and is responsible for the procedural animation and rendering of numerous crowd spectacles, including the hordes of rats in Ratatouille, deluge of falling passengers in Wall-E, and pack of talking dogs in Up.

    SIGGRAPH ASIA 2014

    Paul Kanyuk is a Lead Technical Director at Pixar Animation Studios with credits on Cars, Ratatouille, Wall-E, Up, Cars 2, Brave, and Monster’s University. His specialty is crowd simulation, shading, and rendering, and he is responsible for the procedural animation and rendering of numerous crowd spectacles, including the hordes of rats in Ratatouille, the deluge of falling passengers in Wall-E, and the vicious pack of talking dogs in Up. Paul earned his BSE in Digital Media Design at the University of Pennsylvania and teaches courses in RenderMan and Crowd Simulation at the Academy of Art University.

    SIGGRAPH ASIA 2013

    Paul Kanyuk is a Technical Director at Pixar Animation Studios with credits on Cars, Ratatouille, Wall-E, Up, Cars 2, Brave, and Monster’s University. His specialty is crowd simulation, shading, and rendering, and he is responsible for the procedural animation and rendering of numerous crowd spectacles, including the hordes of rats in Ratatouille, the deluge of falling passengers in Wall-E, and the vicious pack of talking dogs in Up. Paul earned his BSE in Digital Media Design at the University of Pennsylvania and teaches courses in RenderMan and Crowd Simulation at the Academy of Art University.

    SIGGRAPH Asia 2010

    Paul Kanyuk is a lead technical director at Pixar Animation Studios with credits on “Cars”, “Ratatouille”, “Wall-E”, and “Up”. His specialties are crowd simulation, shading, and rendering, and he is responsible for the procedural animation and rendering of numerous crowd spectacles, including the hordes of rats in “Ratatouille”, the deluge of falling passengers in “Wall-E”, and the vicious pack of dogs in “Up”. He earned his BSE in digital media design at the University of Pennsylvania and teaches courses in RenderMan and Crowd Simulation at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

    SIGGRAPH Asia 2009

    Paul Kanyuk is a technical director at Pixar Animation Studios with credits on “Cars”, “Ratatouille”, “Wall-E”, and “Up”. His specialty is crowd simulation, and he has been responsible for the procedural animation of numerous crowd spectacles including the hordes of rats in “Ratatouille”, the deluge of falling passengers in “Wall-E”, and the vicious pack of dogs in “Up”. He earned his BSE in digital media design at the University of Pennsylvania and teaches courses in RenderMan and Crowd Simulation at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He is also an avid musician and plays bass guitar in the Bay Area rock band Halcrow.

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