# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alvy-ray-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:58:06.878Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alvy-ray-smith"
name: "Alvy Ray Smith"
slug: "alvy-ray-smith"
description: "Alvy Ray Smith III is an American computer scientist who co-founded Lucasfilm's Computer Division and Pixar, participating in the 1980s and 1990s expansion of computer animation into feature film."
tagline: "American filmmaker and cartoonist co-founder of Pixar (born 1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alvy_Ray_Smith_Closeup_Portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1943-09-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump