Save the date for Paul Hildebrandt, Senior Software Engineer and general wizard at Walt Disney Animation Studios. You won’t want to miss this! Paul will take you through the process of making of a Disney movie. He will use examples from Big Hero 6 to explain and illustrate the steps in making a movie and explain where technology, specifically Python, is involved.
Paul Hildebrandt has been a Senior Engineer with Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS) since 1996. Hildebrandt leads the team responsible for developing the digital asset manager, media player, dailies review system with a mobile interface, and other related tools. Among the Disney animated films that he has contributed to are the Oscar® winning hit Frozen and Oscar®-nominated box office hits, “Wreck-It Ralph,” “Tangled,” “Bolt,” “Treasure Planet,” and “Dinosaur.” He is WDAS’ evangelist for PyCon and other Python sponsorships. He received his BSEE from California Polytechnic University Pomona. He resides outside of Los Angeles with his wife and three boys.