Movie

A Computer Animated Hand (1972)

• December 31, 1972
• 6m

• Documentary
• Animation

Overview

Archive film showing possibly the first example of digital rendering, made by Pixar co-founders Ed Catmull and Fred Parke in 1972, was stumbled upon by the son of Robert B Ingebretsen, who also set up the world-famous U.S. studio. A six minute version shows additional CGI animation of an artificial heart valve, and human heads.

Directors

Edwin Catmull, Fred Parke