Eben Fiske Ostby

American animator

Eben Fiske Ostby
Born	(1955-02-24) February 24, 1955 (age 69) Hampton, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation	Technical Director
Awards	1998 Scientific and Engineering Award

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".^[1] 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.^[2] There, he worked on early breakthrough animation shorts such as Luxo Jr.,^[3] 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.^[4]

Computer Animation

André and Wally B. (1984) 3-D animation programmer
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) computer animation: Industrial Light & Magic
Luxo, Jr. (1986) animation software/modeler/rendering
Red's Dream (1987) modeling and animation software/models/technical director
Tin Toy (1988) additional animator/modeler/technical director
Knick Knack (1989) animator/technical director
Toy Story (1995) modeling & animation system development/associate technical director
A Bug's Life (1998) supervising technical director
Toy Story 2 (1999) modeling supervisor
For the Birds (2000) modeling supervisor
Monsters, Inc. (2001) modeling supervisor
Cars (2006) supervising technical director
Up (2009) senior technology team: Pixar
Brave (2012) senior technology team: Pixar
Monsters University (2013) film production resources: Pixar Studio Team
Inside Out (2015) production senior manager: Pixar
Piper (2016) special thanks
Coco (2017) production department head: Pixar
Incredibles 2 (2018) production department head: Pixar
Bao (2018) special thanks
Purl (2018) special thanks
Smash and Grab (2019) special thanks
Kitbull (2019) special thanks

References

^ Van Develder, Julia (Fall 2010). "Doing the Math". Vassar. Vol. 106, no. 3. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
^ Linzmayer, Owen W. (2004). Apple Confidential 2.0. San Francisco: William Pollock. p. 217. ISBN 1593270100.
^ Paik, Karen (2007). To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios. San Francisco: Chronicle Books LLC. ISBN 978-0811850124.
^ "Eben Ostby". IMDb. Retrieved November 20, 2015.

External links

A Chat with Pixar's Eben Ostby on Geekdelphia

Pixar Animation Studios

A subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company.

Feature films

Toy Story (1995)
A Bug's Life (1998)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Incredibles (2004)
Cars (2006)
Ratatouille (2007)
WALL-E (2008)
Up (2009)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Cars 2 (2011)
Brave (2012)
Monsters University (2013)
Inside Out (2015)
The Good Dinosaur (2015)
Finding Dory (2016)
Cars 3 (2017)
Coco (2017)
Incredibles 2 (2018)
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Onward (2020)
Soul (2020)
Luca (2021)
Turning Red (2022)
Lightyear (2022)
Elemental (2023)
Inside Out 2 (2024)

Upcoming	Elio (2025) Toy Story 5 (2026)

Short films

Original	The Adventures of André & Wally B. (1984) Luxo Jr. (1986) Red's Dream (1987) Tin Toy (1988) Knick Knack (1989) Geri's Game (1997) For the Birds (2000) Boundin' (2003) One Man Band (2005) Lifted (2006) Presto (2008) Partly Cloudy (2009) Day & Night (2010) La Luna (2011) The Blue Umbrella (2013) Lava (2014) Sanjay's Super Team (2015) Piper (2016) Lou (2017) Bao (2018)
SparkShorts	Purl (2019) Smash and Grab (2019) Kitbull (2019) Float (2019) Wind (2019) Loop (2020) Out (2020) Burrow (2020) Twenty Something (2021) Nona (2021) Self (2024)
Feature-related	Mike's New Car (2002) Jack-Jack Attack (2005) Mr. Incredible and Pals (2005) Mater and the Ghostlight (2006) Your Friend the Rat (2007) BURN-E (2008) Dug's Special Mission (2009) George and A.J. (2009) The Legend of Mor'du (2012) Party Central (2013) Riley's First Date? (2015) 22 vs. Earth (2021) Ciao Alberto (2021)
Series	Cars Toons (2008–14) Toy Story Toons (2011–12) Forky Asks a Question (2019–20) Dug Days (2021–23) Carl's Date Cars on the Road (2022)
Compilations	Tiny Toy Stories (1996) Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1 (2007) Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 2 (2012) Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 3 (2018)
Other works	Beach Chair (1986) Flags and Waves (1986)

Television series

Upcoming	Win or Lose (2024)

Television specials

Toy Story of Terror! (2013)
Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)

Franchises

Toy Story
Monsters, Inc.
Finding Nemo
The Incredibles
Cars
Inside Out

Associated
productions

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000; direct-to-video film)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000–01; television series)
Exploring the Reef (2003; short film)
Planes (2013)
The Dam Keeper (2014; short film)
Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
Borrowed Time (2016; short film)
Weekends (2017; short film)
Monsters at Work (2021–present; television series)
Starling (2023; short film)