Paul Debevec
- Associate Director, Graphics Research, USC Institute for Creative Technologies
- Research Associate Professor, USC Computer Science
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Expertise
- visual and special effects
- 3-D technologies
- cinematography
- image processing
- virtual actors
- digital movie sets
- computer graphics
- simulation
- graphics, animation and rendering
- video games
- digital photography and imaging
- lighting
- Hollywood movie digital effects
- photogrammetry
- fake videos
- photorealism
- high dynamic range imaging
Languages
- French
Additional Information
- Won a Scientific and Engineering Academy Award® for Light Stage technology used for computer-generated actors
- Credited on films including Avatar, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Superman Returns, King Kong and Spider Man 2
- Received Lillian Gilbreth lectureship from National Academy of Engineering in 2005
- Co-authored 2005 book High Dynamic Range Imaging from Morgan Kaufmann
- Named one of world’s top 100 young innovators by MIT Technology Review in 2002
- Is vice president of ACM SIGGRAPH
- Received ACM SIGGRAPH’s first Significant New Researcher Award for Creative and Innovative Work in the Field of Image-Based Modeling and Rendering in 2001
- Chaired 2007 SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival
- Is a member of Visual Effects Society