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Richard Chuang

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About Richard Chuang

Affiliations
Pacific Data Images (PDI)
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.

Additional Links

https://www.fxguide.com/fxpodcasts/richard-chuang/

SIGGRAPH Conference Organizing Committee Positions

SIGGRAPH Organization Committee Positions

Steering Committee Member
ACM SIGGRAPH Nominations Committee

Conference Contributions

Presentations
Richard Chuang
The rise of computer graphics in Asia
SIGGRAPH Asia 2012
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2009 SA Courses: Chuang_Creative Collaboration
Creative Collaboration: Effective CG Pipelines - Any Size, Any Place
SIGGRAPH Asia 2009
[Courses]
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2020 Panels 06 PDI The Beginning
PDI - The Beginning: Reflection on the Inception of PDI 40 Years Ago
SIGGRAPH 2020
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Entry #: 06
2013 SIGGRAPH Image Not Available
Reactive Content Creation
SIGGRAPH 2013
[Business]
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2010 Panels 03 CS 292 The Lost Lectures
CS 292: The Lost Lectures Computer Graphics People and Pixels in the Past 30 Years
SIGGRAPH 2010
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Entry #: 03
1996 Panels 04 Digital Stunt Doubles Safety Through Numbers
Digital Stunt Doubles: Safety Through Numbers
SIGGRAPH 1996
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Entry #: 04
1986 23 Course Cover Computer Animation 3 D Specification And Control
Computer Animation: 3D Motion Specification and Control
SIGGRAPH 1986
[Courses]
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Entry #: 23
1985 12 Course Cover Image Rendering Tricks
Image Rendering Tricks
SIGGRAPH 1985
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Entry #: 12

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