Tom Sito
The University of Southern California, USA
Biography
Tom Sito has been a professional animator since 1975. One of the key players in Disney’s animation revival in the 1990s, he animated on such classic films as The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), and The Lion King (1994). He is Chair of The John C. Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. President Emeritus of the Animation Guild, Local 839, Hollywood. He is author of several books including Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson ( Univ Press of Kentucky, 2006), and Moving Innovation, a History of Computer Animation (MIT Press, 2013)
Abstract
Abstract : Computer Animation at the Half-Century: How Did We Get Here?