Tad Leckman
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- Blizzard Entertainment and University of California Santa Cruz
Other Affiliation(s):
- Savannah College of Art and Design
Location:
- Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 2014
TAD LECKMAN joined ILM’s Computer Systems Engineering department in 1995. He founded ILM’s “Rebel Mac” Unit, an alternative pipeline team responsible for films like “Star Trek: First Contact.” He moved into Previsualization on “Space Cowboys” and “Planet of the Apes.” From 2002-2006, Tad was a lead faculty at Academy of Art University, and became Chair of Visual Effects at Savannah College of Art and Design where he developed the overall program and curriculum for individual classes. Recently he headed training for Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, and is currently Senior Training Manager for the cinematics team at Blizzard Entertainment.
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Type: [Educator’s Forum]
Best Practices in Computer Classroom Layout Presenter(s): [Biggs] [Leckman] [Raymond]
[SIGGRAPH 2020]