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Blue Sky Studios
Established Date: Feb. 1, 1987
Deceased Date: April 9, 2021
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- animation
- director
- Tron
- software engineer
- pioneer
- visual effects
- Computer Animation
- Animation
- Blue Sky
- Short film
- 3D animation
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Blue Sky was founded in May of 1987 by six people. (in alphabetical order) Alison Brown (Administration), David Brown (President), Michael Ferraro (Systems Architect), Carl Ludwig (VP of R&D), Dr. Eugene Troubetskoy (Chief Scientist), and Chris Wedge (vice president of Creative Development). Other early key employees included Jan Carlee (Animation Director) and Tom Bisogno.
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It was announced today, Feb 9th 2021, that Disney would be shuttering Blue Sky; Disney acquired BSS as part of their 2019 acquisition of 21st Century Fox on March 20, 2019. The final day of operation was April 9th, 2021.
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Blue Sky's very first jobs included a recycling campaign for the Glass Institute of NY in 1988 and a film job for "Famous Players", a theater chain in Canada. That job featured procedurally generated skies, clouds, sunset and water with a glass logo.
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Carl Ludwig
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Chris Wedge
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MAGI Synthavision
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Eugene Troubetzkoy
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VIFX
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Ice Age
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Robots
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Ice Age: The Meltdown
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Horton Hears a Who!
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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
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Rio
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Ice Age: Continental Drift
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Epic
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Rio 2
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The Peanuts Movie
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Ice Age: Collision Course
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Ferdinand
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Spies in Disguise
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Bunny (short film)
Disney acquisition and closing
It was announced today, Feb 9th 2021, that Disney would be shuttering Blue Sky; Disney acquired BSS as part of their 2019 acquisition of 21st Century Fox on March 20, 2019. The final day of operation was April 9th, 2021.
Fun Fact!
Blue Sky's very first jobs included a recycling campaign for the Glass InstituteĀ of NY in 1988 and a film job for "Famous Players", a theater chain in Canada. That jobĀ featured procedurally generated skies, clouds, sunset and water with a glass logo.
Blue Sky was founded in May of 1987 by six people. (in alphabetical order) Alison Brown (Administration), David Brown (President), Michael Ferraro (Systems Architect), Carl Ludwig (VP of R&D), Dr. Eugene Troubetskoy (Chief Scientist), and Chris Wedge (vice president of Creative Development). Other early key employees included Jan Carlee (Animation Director) and Tom Bisogno.