Carmel Magazine

C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • S P R I N G / S U M M E R 2 0 1 5 141 one of the first movies to successfully meld computer-generated imagery with live action. Two years later, "Toy Story" became the first full-length computer-animated movie. "Things were changing fast," Reisig says. Working at Disney stoked a fire in Reisig. After all, Walt Disney himself created modern animation's first notable breakthrough with 1928's "Steamboat Willie," the first cartoon that included a fully post-produced soundtrack, fea- turing voice and sound effects printed on the film itself. With Reisig's background in fine art, his knowledge of illustration and his lifetime love of animation, he had all the tools to move into the fast-paced, technological world of animated feature films. Reisig's career began in 1994 with Alias/Wavefront, a now-defunct software com- pany that produced high-end 3D graphics soft- ware. After a few years, he moved to PDI, which was bought out by DreamWorks. After a stint at Sony Pictures Imageworks, Reisig signed on at DreamWorks for a second stint and is now animation department chair. The first entry on his official filmography is as animator for "Antz" in 1998. He moved on to the Academy Award-winning "Shrek" in 2001 and became lead animator in 2004's "Spider- Man 2." In 2006 he became supervising anima- tor on "Over the Hedge," working on the film with his younger brother Gianni, who followed in Reisig's footsteps. He supervised a team that After attending UC Santa Cruz, Reisig was accepted into the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, which led to a Disney internship in Florida. Po the Panda (voice by Jack Black) and his Kung Fu friends provided more computer animation work.

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