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Genres: Documentary, Animation
Release Date: 31/12/1972
Duration: 6 minutes
Director: Edwin Catmull, Fred Parke
Production: University of Utah
Country: United States of America

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.