Eben Ostby
Age: N/A | From: Hampton, Connecticut, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Eben Fiske Ostby
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Hampton, Connecticut, USA
Homepage: https://www.ebenostby.com/
Movie Involvements: 17
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Eben Fiske Ostby (born February 24, 1955) is a pioneer computer graphics software developer, animator, and technical director for motion pictures. Ostby was born in Hampton, Connecticut, United States. He graduated from Pomfret School and Vassar College, where he was its "first computer science major". He joined Pixar when the company was a garage start-up, as one of the first four employees of its animation department along with John Lasseter. There, he worked on early breakthrough animation shorts such as Luxo Jr., Red's Dream, Tin Toy, Knick Knack, and For the Birds. He became Vice President for Software. In 1998, he shared the Academy Award, Scientific and Engineering with three other people for the development of the Marionette 3-D Computer Animation System. He has served as Computer Animation, Technical and Modeling Director on Cars 2005, A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc., Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Young Sherlock Holmes and many other motion pictures. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eben Ostby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Monsters, Inc.
(2001) Character Modelling Supervisor
Toy Story
(1995) Visual Effects Technical Director
Toy Story 2
(1999) Character Modelling Supervisor
A Bug's Life
(1998) Supervising Technical Director
Cars
(2006) Supervising Technical Director
Young Sherlock Holmes
(1985) Animation
The Adventures of André and Wally B.
(1984) 3D Animator
Knick Knack
(1989) AnimationActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Self | |
| 2007 | N/A | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1995 | Self | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Supervising Technical Director | |
| 1998 | Supervising Technical Director | |
| 1987 | Technical Supervisor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Visual Effects
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Character Modelling Supervisor | |
| 1999 | Character Modelling Supervisor | |
| 1995 | Visual Effects Technical Director | |
| 1989 | Animation | |
| 1987 | Animation | |
| 1986 | Animation | |
| Visual Effects | ||
| Animation Department Coordinator | ||
| 1985 | Animation | |
| 1984 | 3D Animator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |