- Lee Lanier
Lee Lanier is an American 3D computer animator and the author of two books for the
3D modeling software package Maya—"Advanced Maya Texturing and Lighting" and "Maya Professional Tips and Tricks"—both published by Sybex. In 2002, Lanier gave anACM SIGGRAPH -sponsored lecture on creating a short animated film on a desktop PC; [ [http://silicon-valley.siggraph.org/past.html Silicon Valley ACM SIGGRAPH Past Events] ] he also teaches 3D texturing and lighting effects at the Art Institute of Las Vegas. [ [http://www.artinstitutes.edu/lasvegas/news_detail.asp?nid=4033 "Best of AI showcase features stunning films by students, faculty and alumni from the Art Institutes"] Press release] Early in his teaching career, Lanier developed theDe Anza College 3-D computer animation curriculum using Maya. [ [http://www.deanza.edu/animation/people_anim_faculty.html Animation Staff and People] ] He presently teaches for Westwood College Online.Fact|date=August 2007After working for Buena Vista Visual Effects at Walt Disney Studios in Los Angeles, Lanier worked at PDI/Dreamworks in the San Francisco bay area—where he created digital special effects for the movies "
Shrek " and "Antz ". Next, he moved to Boulder City,Nevada where Lee formed his own company, BeezleBug Bit LLC.Lanier's computer animated short films have played at over 200 film festivals, galleries, and museums worldwide. "Millennium Bug" won the Mike Gribble Peel of Laughter Award at the 1998
Ottawa International Animation Festival and the Silver Jury Award at the 1999Chicago Underground Film Festival . [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0486827/awards Awards @ IMDb] ]Lanier's short films "Day Off the Dead", "Mirror", "Millennium Bug", and "13 Ways to Die at Home" have played such venues as the
Sundance Film Festival , Annecy Festival of Animation, the Ottawa International Animation Festival, theSmithsonian Institution , andBoston Museum of Fine Arts . Lee is also the founder ofThe Dam Short Film Festival .External links
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* [http://www.beezlebugbit.com Beezlebug Bit site]References
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