David Salesin

David Salesin is an American computer scientist. He has worked in computer graphics, three-dimensional and four-dimensional mathematics, and photorealistic rendering. Until 2019, he was the Director of Snap Inc. Research Team, an affiliate professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering of the University of Washington in Seattle, and previously director of the Adobe Creative Technologies Lab. He is currently a Principal Scientist at Google.

Salesin graduated from Brown University in 1983, and did graduate work at Stanford.

Salesin received a National Young Investigator award from the National Science Foundation in 1993, and in 1995 was named a Presidential Faculty Fellow, receiving a National Science Foundation grant.

Computer Animation Rendering

 * André and Wally B. (1984) models: André/Wally
 * Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) computer animation: Industrial Light & Magic
 * Luxo Jr. (1986) rendering
 * Tin Toy (1988) dynamics
 * Toy Story (1995) renderman software development