93,728 profiles ranked live

Craig Reynolds

✓ Source-basedstable

American computer graphics expert

United StatesScientistsBorn 1953 · age 73
CompareClaim
Fame48.8
Momentum0.7
Languages9
In century#112,252

Craig W. Reynolds, is an artificial life and computer graphics expert. He created the Boids artificial life simulation in 1986, introducing one the first models from flocking. Reynolds worked on the film Tron (1982) as a scene programmer, and on Batman Returns (1992) as part of the video image crew.

Also inDeutsch

Awards 1

1998Scientific and Engineering Award

Connected to Craig 6

About this person

Craig W. Reynolds, is an artificial life and computer graphics expert. He created the Boids artificial life simulation in 1986, introducing one the first models from flocking. Reynolds worked on the film Tron (1982) as a scene programmer, and on Batman Returns (1992) as part of the video image crew. Reynolds won the 1998 Academy Scientific and Technical Award in recognition of "his pioneering contributions to the development of three-dimensional computer animation for motion picture production." In 2023 at the ALIFE conference he won the lifetime achievement award of the International society for Artificial Life (ISAL). He is the author of the OpenSteer library.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1953 · age 73
Written about in
9 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.