The following Pixar appearances piqued my interest! Although I’m far away from Hawaii and New York, I thought I’d pass the information along:
If you live in the Aloha State, you may just get to meet the man behind Disney and Pixar. The studios have set up a screening of Toy Story 3 and Day & Night in Honolulu with a special introduction by Ed Catmull himself!
The highly anticipated sequel is set to preview on May 16th and benefit a great cause, The Children of Future Light Orphanage in Cambodia. Tickets go for $125, with an after party at Dave & Busters and Pixar goodie bags included. Best of all, your donations actually go straight to the charity because Ed Catmull helped cover the entire event. Details here. [via Pixar Talk]
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Meet Cynthia Slavens, a post production manager at Pixar. She held a talk on Pixar’s innovation as part of the Syracuse International Film Festival today. I’m sincerely sorry that I missed informing you guys about this earlier because she’s got quite a cool job; Cynthia is in charge of Pixar film distribution, making sure that tranfers from theatres to TV, DVD, and even in- plane entertainment goes well!
But what makes Slavens extra special is that her story is similar to how many Pixar fans, including myself, wish their lives would turn out. She was actually a huge Pixar fan before applying, so "[i]n that respect, it makes [her] job easy." After seeing Monsters, Inc. (that movie inspired me too!) her dream job was established and she fulfilled her ambitions in 2005. Although you may not be able to hear her talk in person anymore, you can learn more about Cynthia here.
Did you attend Cynthia Slaven’s talk; will you be attending the Toy Story 3 screening in Honolulu? Let us know!
Last modified: May 1, 2010
I’m a student at Syracuse University and Cynthia came to one of my classes on Friday. She was great – really engaging, funny, and very open to questions. She showed some clips from all the Pixar films that have been released to date, then went on to talk about what makes Pixar so successful (namely, the people), and showed a few of the features that are on the Toy Story blu rays. She also talked about how she became involved with Pixar and a bit of what her job is like. It ended with a really interesting Q&A. Overall it was awesome to hear from her – I wish she could have stayed longer!
I’m so glad you go to hear her! You don’t even know how disappointed I was that I missed passing this along earlier. But now that I hear that one of my readers got to meet her, my worries have gone away. You basically turned my frown upside down. 🙂 Congrats, she seems amazing!
Cynthia Slavens seems like such an amazing person. I love learning about Pixar employees in these lower profile jobs. I hope you can share with us as many as possible, martini. Considering I can’t draw or be an animator, a job like this is my path to Pixar! Thanks for the great article 🙂
… why can’t I just live in Hawaii!?!?