Chris Perry

Current title: Visual Effects Programmer

Rhythm & Hues Studios
910 North Sycamore Ave
Hollywood, CA 90038
perry@rhythm.com

Research/Job interests: I am interested in how computers fit into the visual entertainment industry. Some topics that of specific interest include: animation techniques, modeling and simulating natural phenomena, procedural texturing and modeling, motion blur, and combining live action with synthetic imagery.
Vismod Advisor: Rosalind Picard
Education: M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences, MIT 1994
B.A in Physics and Astronomy, Amherst College 1992

Learning the ropes of production support programming.

Synthesizing Flames and their Spreading: C. Perry and R. Picard
Proceedings of the 5th Eurographics Workshop on Animation and Simulation, Oslo, Norway, September 1994.

Fire synthesis (MS thesis and the above paper appear as Vismod/Percom tech reports).