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About Scott Peterson

Affiliations
DreamWorks Pictures
Pacific Data Images (PDI)
Baobab Studios
Bio

SIGGRAPH 2018

Scott Peterson is the Director of Interactivity at Baobab studios. He adds dimension to storytelling by building interactive worlds, as seen in “Crow the Legend,” and “Asteroids”. As an indie game developer, he developed and released the mobile game, “Shazap: Match Draw” in 2017. During his tenure at Zynga before that, he received a People’s Choice award for his work on Farmville, Tropic Escape. Scott served as Head of Effects at DreamWorks Animation for 18 years. He received an Academy Award for technical achievement in 2015 for developing the DreamWorks Animation Foliage System. In addition to supervising effects on four films, including Madagascar 2 and 3, Scott wrote and directed an award-winning animated short Sprout. He graduated from Cal Poly in 1997 with a BS in computer science and an art minor. He resides in Mountain View, California, with his wife and their two children.

SIGGRAPH Conference Organizing Committee Positions

Conference Contributions

Presentations
2018 Production Session: Cutler_“Crow: The Legend” - Bringing a Native American Myth into VR
“Crow: The Legend” - Bringing a Native American Myth into VR
SIGGRAPH 2018
[Production Sessions]
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2014 Talks: Yuksel_Shaping Particle Simulations with Interaction Forces
Shaping Particle Simulations with Interaction Forces
SIGGRAPH 2014
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2014 SIGGRAPH Image Not Available
Voluminous Bubble Eruptions In "How to Train Your Dragon 2"
SIGGRAPH 2014
[Dailies]
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2012 SIGGRAPH Image Not Available
Flopping Fish
SIGGRAPH 2012
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2011 Talks: Rost_“MEGAMIND” : FIRE, SMOKE AND DATA
MegaMind: fire, smoke and data
SIGGRAPH 2011
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2009 SIGGRAPH Image Not Available
The Mass Animation Project and the Future of Crowd-Sourced Creativity
SIGGRAPH 2009
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2008 Talks: Budsberg_Beyond Procedurally Modeled Foliage in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Beyond procedurally modeled foliage in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
SIGGRAPH 2008
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2008 Talks: Kermel_Tackling Computer Generated clouds in 'Madagascar:The Crate Escape'
Tackling computer generated clouds in 'Madagascar: The Crate Escape'
SIGGRAPH 2008
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2007 Course Cover 09 From Shrek to Shrek the Third Evolution of CG Characters in the Shrek Films
From "Shrek" to "Shrek the Third": Evolution of CG Characters in the "Shrek" Films
SIGGRAPH 2007
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Entry #: 09
2006 Talks: Tartaglia_A Procedural Modeling Workflow for “Over the Hedge” Foliage
A procedural modeling workflow for Over the Hedge foliage
SIGGRAPH 2006
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2006 Talks: Peterson_Simplified Tree Lighting Using Aggregate Normals
Simplified tree lighting using aggregate normals
SIGGRAPH 2006
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2004 Talks: Peterson_Animating Puss in Boots’ Feather in Shrek 2
Animating Puss in Boots’ Feather in Shrek 2
SIGGRAPH 2004
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2003 Talks: Peterson_Building a Waterfall One-Thousand Particles at a Time for Shrek 4D
Building a Waterfall 1000 Particles at a Time for Shrek 4D
SIGGRAPH 2003
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2001 19 Course Cover Shrek The Story Behind the Screen
'Shrek': The Story Behind the Screen
SIGGRAPH 2001
[Courses]
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Entry #: 19
2000 SIGGRAPH Image Not Available
Building Shrek’s Natural Environment (Trees, Plants, and Grass)
SIGGRAPH 2000
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