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Jim Hillin

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  • Animation
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  • Production Company
  • animation
  • conference
  • ACM
  • rendering
  • Pioneer
  • Producer
  • visual effects
  • SIGGRAPH
  • previsualization
  • visual effects supervisor
  • CGI
  • Industrials
  • Commercials
  • MTV
  • Motion Pictures
  • video games
  • Jim came to Los Angeles in 1979 as an artist, animator and musician. He began is career in computer graphics at a start-up in 1985 in Pasadena, CA. while also attending The Art Center College of Design. As an artist, he pushed to learn the engineering side of CGI, eating and breathing the new discipline. In his fifth year in the business, Jim was chosen to be the Artistic Supervisor of CGI for “Beauty and the Beast” at Disney. In 1993, he was hired as the Director of Digital Production for a new VFX shop, Digital Domain. He hired the first crew, created specs for the original software, including “Nuke” and worked on many motion pictures. In 1995, Jim returned …