Alvy Ray Smith is an American computer scientist, a Co-founder of the Lucasfilm Computer Graphics Division, Pixar, and Altamira Software. Alvy was part of the 1980s and 1990s expansion of computer animation into feature films. He created his first computer graphic in 1965 at New Mexico State and by 1970, earned a PhD in computer science from Stanford University. 

Altamira Software was eventually purchased by Microsoft, where Alvy was the first Graphics Fellow. He was also the first Director of Computer Graphics at Lucasfilm. More recently, he is the Author of the book, A Biography of the Pixel. 

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn: 

• Alvy Ray Smith reveals the beginnings of Pixar, including the millionaire who made 24-bit pixels possible for the first time, meeting Ed Catmull and George Lucas, and why he joined Lucasfilm 
• How the Computer Graphics Division got the gig designing computer graphics for...