Directed by John Lasseter, what was, in 1995, the first film to be entirely computer-generated?
John Lasseter film was presented at SIGGRAPH in the summer of 1984, Lasseter returned to Los Angeles with the hope of directing "The Brave Little Toaster" at Hyperion Pictures. He soon learned that funding had fallen through and called Catmull with the bad news. Catmull called back with a job offer, and Lasseter joined Lucasfilm as a full-time employee in October 1984 and moved to the Bay Area. Lasseter and Catmull's collaboration, which has since lasted over thirty years, would ultimately result in "Toy Story" (1995), which was the first-ever computer-animated feature film. Due to George Lucas's financially crippling divorce, he was
John Lasseter the understanding there would be no further work for Lasseter at Disney Animation. "The Brave Little Toaster" would later become a 2D animated feature film directed by one of Lasseter's friends, Jerry Rees, and co-produced by Wilhite (who had, by then, left to start Hyperion Pictures), and some of the staff of Pixar would be involved in the film alongside Lasseter. While putting together a crew for the planned feature, Lasseter had made some contacts in the computer industry, among them Alvy Ray Smith and Ed Catmull at Lucasfilm Computer Graphics Group. After being fired, and feeling glum knowing his