"Giants' First Steps"

On July 22, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences's annual Marc Davis Lecture in Animation will be held as the keynote lecture for SIGGRAPH, meeting this year at the Anaheim Convention Center.


The panel, entitled Giants’ First Steps, will explore the student works and early careers of the participating directors. Clips from their student films will be shown as part of the session. Among the panel participants are several Oscar® recipients and nominees including Pete Docter, Eric Goldberg, Kevin Lima, Mike Mitchell, Chris Sanders, Henry Selick, David Silverman and Kirk Wise.

This year's SIGGRAPH marks the fortieth anniversary of the annual computer graphics conference. For futher details or to register, go to the SIGGRAPH website.