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Poster for A Computer Animated Hand
University of Utah

A Computer Animated Hand

1972 6 min English
Wubly rating 6.4 IMDb rating 6.2

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.

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Edwin Catmull Director · Fred Parke Director

United States release December 31, 1972 · Produced in United States · Languages English, No dialogue

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English · No dialogue

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United States · December 31, 1972

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