Talk by Danielle Feinberg
The Art and Science of Bringing Pixar’s Imagined Worlds to LifeHampshire College, Jan 31, 2018
Danielle Feinberg, Pixar’s Director of Photography for Lighting, uses math, science and code to bring wonder to the big screen. Go behind the scenes of Finding Nemo, Toy Story 3, Brave, WALL-E, Coco and more, to discover how Pixar interweaves art and science to create fantastical worlds where the things you imagine can become real.
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In addition to her Pixar work, she works with teenage girls, encouraging them to pursue code, math and science by demonstrating to them this same magic found by combining art and technology. In 2016, she was able to bring that message to a broader audience with her TED talk that was part of the PBS “Science and Wonder” presentation for TED Talks Live.
Attended a great talk by Danielle Feinberg, of Pixar, at Hampshire College, where she was hosted by former colleague Chris Perry, who is now a faculty at Hampshire. Feinberg talked about many of the Pixar movies she was involved with, including the Oscar-nominated Coco. It was a very impressive presentation by Feinberg, not just for computer science geeks, but all audiences (although the geeks in the audience were pretty fired up!).
Danielle is a great speaker, educated at Harvard, and has been climbing the echelons at Pixar for close to 20 years. She's also been very active with promoting coding for women and girls, and has given talks at Grace Hopper and TED. She has a good presence on YouTube.
