Pixar Artist to Give UK Students Behind-the-Scenes Look at Animation
Trailer for Disney•Pixar's upcoming original feature film "The Good Dinosar," set to release Nov. 25
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 30, 2015) — From their origins in the creative minds of George Lucas and Steve Jobs to a glorious track record in cinema teaming up with Disney for features like "Toy Story," the Golden Globe Award-winning movie "Cars" and their newest film "The Good Dinosaur," Pixar Animation Studios is a powerhouse in the world of animation.
University of Kentucky students have a chance to see Pixar movie magic come to life as artist Matt Nolte gives a behind-the-scenes animation presentation noon Monday, Nov. 2, in the gallery of the Art and Visual Studies Building. The event is free and open to the public, but attendees are asked to arrive early as seating is limited.
Matt Nolte joined Pixar in July of 2004, starting as an animator on the award-winning feature "Cars." He went on to work on the Academy Award-winner "Ratatouille" as a character designer and continued as the character art director of the Academy Award-winning film "Brave."
As a character art director, Nolte helps design a film's characters and take them from an image on paper to a 3D model in the computer.
Nolte is currently serving as the character art director for Disney•Pixar's upcoming original feature film "The Good Dinosar," set to release Nov. 25. The movie asks the question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? Pixar takes viewers on an epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. While traveling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of.
A native of San Diego, California, Nolte attended Ricks Junior College in Rexburg, Idaho, and the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles. He currently lives in the Bay Area with his wife and two children.
Located in Emeryville, California, Pixar Animation Studios has created acclaimed animated feature and short films for more than 25 years. Pixar is also home to the RenderMan line of software products.
Nolte's talk is presented by the UK School of Art and Visual Studies in the UK College of Fine Arts. The school is an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design and offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the fields of art studio, art history and visual studies, and art education.
MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Hale, 859-257-8716; whitney.hale@uky.edu