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William Reeves

Canadian animator and technical director
Person Human Q93092

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18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
July 19, 1951
Place of birth
Toronto
Country of citizenship
Canada[8]
Occupation
computer scientist, effects animator, technical supervisor, film producer, film director, film screenwriter[3][4][5][6][7][9]
Employer
Lucasfilm (1980–1986), Pixar (1986–present)[10]
Educated at
University of Waterloo (?–1974), University of Toronto (?–1976), University of Toronto (?–1980), University of Toronto[11]
Award received
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, J.W. Graham Medal[13][14]
Birth date
1951-07-19
Citizenship
Canada
Doctoral advisor
Ronald Baecker[12]
Nominated for
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
Birth place
Toronto
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Family name
Reeves[16]
Given name
William[17]
The numbers person id
339730401
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 13
ISNI
0000000075422743
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
William "Bill" Reeves Pixar.jpg ↗
ACM Digital Library author ID
81100228626
Academy Awards Database nominee ID
1373
Fandom article ID
pixar:William_Reeves
Film.ru person ID
uilyam-rivz
Freebase ID
/m/02vydf4
IMDb ID
nm0716315
Kinobox person ID
369860
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
175901
Open Library ID
OL4656596A
The Numbers person ID (archived)
339730401
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Occupation 3
film director, film producer, computer scientist
Award received 2
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, J.W. Graham Medal
Educated at 2
University of Toronto, University of Waterloo
Employer 2
Pixar, Lucasfilm
Nominated for 2
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
Place of birth 2
Toronto, BRITE-Toronto
← Producer 2
Luxo Jr., Tin Toy
Country of citizenship 1
Canada
Doctoral advisor 1
Ronald Baecker
Doctoral advisors 1
Ronald Baecker
Family name 1
Reeves
Given name 1
William
Instance of 1
human
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary

Born in Toronto[1], he… he was born on July 19, 1951[2]. He worked as a computer scientist[3], effects animator[4], technical supervisor[5], film producer[6], and film director[7].

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Recognition

Awards received include Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[13], an Academy Awards[18], in United States[19], founded in 1932[20] and J.W. Graham Medal[14], an award[21], in Canada[22].

FAQs

Where was William Reeves born?

William Reeves's place of birth was Toronto[1].

What did William Reeves do for work?

William Reeves worked as computer scientist[3], effects animator[4], technical supervisor[5], film producer[6], and film director[7].

Where did William Reeves go to school?

William Reeves was educated at University of Toronto[11].

What awards did William Reeves receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[13] and J.W. Graham Medal[14].

Related Entities

BRITE-Toronto Canada computer scientist Pixar Ronald Baecker Toronto

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Who's Who in Animated Cartoon. wikidata.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Who's Who in Animated Cartoon. wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Who's Who in Animated Cartoon. wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . Who's Who in Animated Cartoon. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [2] ↑ . Who's Who in Animated Cartoon. wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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