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4.3/5 Barnes & Noble Media type Print ISBN 978-0552167260 Country United States of America | 4.2/5 Goodreads Language English Pages 320 pp. Originally published 8 April 2014 Genres Business, Economics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher Transworld Publishers Limited Publication date April 8, 2014 (2014-04-08) Nominations Goodreads Choice Awards Best Business Books Similar Business books, Management books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration is a book, written by Amy Wallace and Edwin Catmull, about managing creativity.
Contents
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Background
In the book, Catmull narrates growing up idolizing Walt Disney and earning degrees in physics and computer science at the University of Utah
Although he was born in West Virginia, Catmull moved to Utah as a child. Despite his interests in animation, he became pursued at talent in math and studied physics and computer science during college.
Eventually, this led him to a graduate degree under Ivan Sutherland, the "father of computer graphics," also at the University of Utah. Many decades before computer animation existed, Catmull began developing the programming to do 2D and 3D programming. During this time, he found himself recruited to work at Lucasfilm, becoming vice president of Industrial Light and Magic's computer graphics division, until 1986 when a Steve Jobs bought it up and started Pixar. Catmull soon became Chief Technical Officer.
Reception
The New York Times said, "Catmull's book is quickly becoming the latest bible for the show business crowd." The book has also garnered positive reviews from The Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and Financial Times.