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Since computer graphics first appeared in the film industry Pixar's RenderMan has been a leader in technology, rendering VFX for such classic films such as The Abyss, Terminator II & Jurassic Park.

RenderMan Movies

All these movies have RenderMan in common ...

2012

The Avengers
Brave
The Hunger Games
John Carter
Titanic (3D)
Wrath of the Titans

2011

The Adventures of Tintin
Battle: Los Angeles
Cars 2
Captain America: The First Avenger
Cowboys & Aliens
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Rango
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sucker Punch
Super 8
Thor
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Tree of Life
X-Men: First Class


2010

The A-Team
Clash of the Titans
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Inception
Iron Man 2
The Last Airbender
Legend of the Guardians
Prince of Persia
Robin hood
Tangled
Toy Story 3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
The Wolfman

2009

2012
Angels and Demons
Avatar
A Christmas Carol
Coraline
Duplicity
Fast & Furious
Friday the 13th
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Harry Potter - The Half Blood Prince
My Bloody Valentine
Star Trek
Sherlock Holmes
Transformers 2
Terminator - Salvation
Toy Story I & II - In 3D
Up
Watchmen
Wolverine
The Taking of Pelham 123
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The Unborn
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

2008

10,000 BC
Bolt
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Cloverfield
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Day the Earth stood still
The Dark Knight
Hancock
Hellboy 2
Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace
Spyderwick Chronicles
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
The Tale of Despereaux
WALL-E

2007

300
Beowulf
The Golden Compass
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
I Am Legend: Apocalypse Now in Manhattan
Meet the Robinsons
National Treasure: Book Of Secrets
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
Ratatouille
Spider-Man 3
Surf's Up
Sunshine
Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Transformers
The Water Horse

2006

Ant Bully
Cars
Charlotte's Web
The Da Vinci Code
Children of Men
Eight Below
Eragon
Flight 93
Happy Feet
Mission Impossible III
Open Season
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Return of Zoom
Shaggy Dog
Skin Walkers
Superman Returns
V for Vendetta
World Trade Center
X-Men III

2004

The Bourne Supremacy
The Day After Tomorrow
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
I, Robot
The Incredibles
Lemony Snickets a Series of Unfortunate Events
Polar Express
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Spider Man 2
Troy
The Village

2003

Bad Boys 2
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Finding Nemo
The Hulk
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
The Matrix Reloaded
Peter Pan
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Seabiscuit
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
X2

2000

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
The Beach
Cast Away
Chicken Run
Dinosaur
Gladiator
Hollow Man
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Mission to Mars
The Perfect Storm
Pitch Black
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Space Cowboys

1998

Armageddon
Babe: Pig in the City
A Bug’s Life
Mighty Joe Young
Patch Adams
What Dreams May Come

1997

Contact
Jurassic Park: The Lost World
Men in Black
Starship Troopers
Titantic

1996

Dragonheart
Independence Day
Twister

1995

Apollo 13
Balto
Batman Forever
Casper
Indian in the Cupboard
Jumanji
Outbreak
Pocahontas
Species
Toy Story

1993

Cliffhanger
Demolition Man
Free Willy
Jurassic Park

1992

Aladdin
Alien III
Batman Returns
Death Becomes Her

1989

The Abyss

1987

StarQuest

1984

Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn

Awards

2011 - Scientific & Engineering Award

This year David Laur (Senior RenderMan Developer) was honored for his work with Pixar's Alfred render queue management system. A total of six developers were honored for their work on various queueing systems which have allowed studios to process the large amounts of data required for 3D animation and visual effects. At the award ceremony David Laur pondered the possible effects of Academy recognition, "It's certainly true that nobody grows up to say 'I want to be a queuing systems engineer,'" he told the audience. "Now there'll be action figures." Listen to a complete interview with David Laur discussing Pixar's Alfred at the Pixar Podcast

2010 - Scientific & Engineering Award

To Per Christensen (Senior RenderMan Developer), Christophe Hery, and Michael Bunnell for the development of point-based rendering for indirect illumination and ambient occlusion, and featured in Pixar's RenderMan.
Much faster than previous ray-traced methods, this computer graphics technique has enabled color bleeding effects and realistic shadows for complex scenes in motion pictures.
Press Release

2009 - The Coons Award (SIGGRAPH 2009)

This year's award is presented to Rob Cook (Vice President of Advanced Technology, Pixar Animation Studios) for his foundational contributions to physically-based reflectance models and distribution ray tracing and his enduring work on behalf of the SIGGRAPH community. The Steven A. Coons Award is given in odd-numbered years to an individual to honor that person's lifetime contribution to the field of computer graphics and interactive techniques.

2009 - The Gordon E. Sawyer Award

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored Ed Catmull with the Gordon E.Sawyer Award, for a lifetime of technical contributions and leadership in the field of computer graphics for the motion picture industry, including his work with Pixar's RenderMan.   Press Release

RenderMan's Oscar

2001 - Academy Award of Merit - "Oscar®"

Ed Catmull, Loren Carpenter, and Rob Cook, were honored with an Academy Award® of Merit (Oscar®) “for significant advancements to the field of motion picture rendering as exemplified in Pixar’s RenderMan®.” This was the first Oscar awarded to the developers of a software package for its outstanding contributions to the field.   Press Release

1993 - Scientific & Engineering Award

In 1993 the developers of Pixar's RenderMan (Loren Carpenter , Rob Cook, Ed Catmull, Thomas Porter, Pat Hanrahan, Tony Apodaca & Darwyn Peachey) won a Scientific and Engineering Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for RenderMan's contribution to the motion picture industry.

2005

Bewitched
Batman Begins
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Chicken Little
Constantine
Flight Plan
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Jarhead
King Kong
Kingdom of Heaven
The Lion, The witch and The Wardrobe
Star wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Valiant
Wallace & Gromit in the curse of the Were-Rabbit
War of the Worlds
Zathura

2002

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Men in Black II
Minority Report
The Scorpion King
Spider Man
Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Stuart Little 2
The Time Machine

Monsters, Inc

2001

A.I.
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Black Hawk Down
Cats & Dogs
Evolution
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Jurassic Park 3
Monsters, Inc.
Moulin Rouge
The Mummy Returns
Pearl Harbor
Planet of the Apes
Tomb Raider
Vanilla Sky

1999

Bicentennial Man
Fight Club
Inspector Gadget
Iron Giant
The Matrix
The Mummy
Sleepy Hollow
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Stuart Little
Toy Story 2
The World is Not Enough

A Bug's Life

1994

Clear & Present Danger
Forrest Gump
Interview with a Vampire
The Jungle Book
The Lion King
The Mask
Miracle on 34th Street
Speed
True Lies

1991

Beauty and the Beast
Star Trek VI
Terminator II

1990

Jetsons

1985

Young Sherlock Holmes

 

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