William (Bill) Reeves

Pioneer and inventor of the first Motion Blur algorithm and methods to simulate particle motion in computer graphics, Reeves is also one of the founding employees of Pixar. After obtaining a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and completing a Ph.D. at the University of Toronto, he was hired by George Lucas as a member of LucasFilm's Industrial Light and Magic, Computer Graphics Group. Reeves was one of the founding employees of Pixar when it was sold in 1986 to Steve Jobs.

Some of the patents he developed for Pixar earned international reputation. He is the inventor of the first Motion Blur algorithm and methods to simulate particle motion in CGI. Reeves and Lasseter received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (Oscar) in 1988 for their work on the film Tin Toy. As their collaboration continued, he served as the Supervising Technical Director of the first feature-length computer-animated film: Toy Story.

Other films Reeves worked on include: Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982) (Computer Graphics Artist); Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) (Computer Graphics); The Adventures of André and Wally B. (1984) (Forest Design And Rendering/Models); Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) (Computer Animation); Luxo Jr. (1986) (Producer/Modeling/Rendering); Red's Dream (1987) (Technical Director/Modeling And Animation Software); Tin Toy (1988) (Producer/Technical Director/Modeler/Additional Animator); Toy Story (1995) (Supervising Technical Director/Modeling/Animation System Development/Renderman Software Development); A Bug's Life (1998) (Supervising Technical Director); Finding Nemo (2003) (Lead Technical Development); and Ratatouille (2007) (Global Technology Supervisor).