Disney Animators Didn’t Want to Work on the Original ‘Tron’

For many old-school, hand-drawn animators and artists, it evoked the same response that A.I. art does for many today. "The ...

How the Original ‘Tron’ Changed Movies Forever, and Why It Didn’t Win an Oscar in 1983

Steven Lisberger's 1982 sci-fi classic 'Tron' was a major innovator in visual effects for its revolutionary use of ...
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Ken Knowlton, A Founding Father Of Computer Art And Animation, Dies at 91

Ken Knowlton, artist and computer animation pioneer, died on June 16 at a hospice facility in Sarasota, Florida. According to his son, Rick Knowlton, the cause of death was unclear. Knowlton was an ...
The New York Times

Ken Knowlton, a Father of Computer Art and Animation, Dies at 91

His work at Bell Labs in the 1960s laid the groundwork for today’s computer-generated imagery in film and on TV. By Cade Metz Ken Knowlton, an engineer, computer scientist and artist who helped ...