Richard Chuang
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- Pacific Data Images (PDI)
Other / Past Affiliation(s):
- DreamWorks Pictures
- d1n0
- Cloudpic Global
Bio:
SIGGRAPH Asia 2012
A pioneer of the computer graphics and digital effects industry, Richard Chuang co-founded PDI/DreamWorks over 30 years ago which later received an Academy Technical Achievement Award in 1998 for its proprietary animation system. At PDI/DreamWorks, Richard was responsible for developing production capacity on a global scale for DreamWorks Animation, including multi-national productions that spanned Asia and Europe. His expertise is in computer animation and visual effects for both animated and live action films.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2009
Richard Chuang, CEO of Cloudpic Global, co-founded PDI/DreamWorks in the early 1980s. He has been involved in , CG projects in his career and over a dozen CG feature film and TV series as an executive at DreamWorks Animation. He helped build a studio from three people to over a thousand artists. He served as visual effects supervisor for 16 live-action films, and his accomplishments include authoring PDI’s first renderer, lighting tool, compostor, and long-format pipeline. He received a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1998.
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Role(s):
- ACM SIGGRAPH Village Presenter
- Art Show Artist
- Business Symposium Presenter
- Computer Animation Jury Member
- Course Presenter
- Keynote Speaker
- Panel Presenter
- Talk (Sketch) Presenter
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