Fermilab Arts & Lecture Series

The Art & Science Behind Pixar Films

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• Fermilab Ramsey Auditorium
• Danielle Feinberg, PIXAR
• Tickets: $7
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REVISED DATE – Now on May 4, 2018

Danielle Feinberg began her career at Pixar Animation Studios in 1997 on the feature film A Bug’s Life. She quickly discovered her love for lighting and went on to light on many of Pixar’s feature films including Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., the Academy Award®-winning Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and Ratatouille. Feinberg was the director of photography for lighting on Pixar’s Academy Award®-winning films WALL-E and Brave and is now working on Pixar’s upcoming film, Coco.Feinberg’s love of combining computers and art began when she was eight years old and first programmed a Logo turtle to create images. This eventually led her to a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from Harvard University. Now, in addition to her Pixar work, she mentors teenage girls, encouraging them to pursue code, math and science.  In this insightful talk, Danielle Feinberg of Pixar Animation Studios will show how art and science come together to create the magic of Pixar films.  You will get a behind-the-scenes peek at the various problems they have encountered and how they have solved them.