Education
Université du Québec à Montréal.
animator inventor philanthropist
Université du Québec à Montréal.
Daniel Langlois also founded Softimage Incorporated., serving as its president and chief technology officer from November 1986 to July 1998. The company is recognized in the fields of cinema and media creation for its digital technologies and especially its 3-Doctorate computer animation techniques. Softimage software was used to create 3-Doctorate effects in such films as Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, The Matrix, Titanic, Men in Black, Twister, Jurassic Park, The Mask and The City of Lost Children.
Before establishing Softimage Incorporated., Mr.
Langlois earned a bachelor of design degree from the Université du Québec à Montréal. He also worked eight years as a film director and animator for private companies and the National Film Board of Canada.
During this time, he made contributions to the film industry and especially to the field of computer graphics. In addition, he has gained recognition for his work on Transitions, first stereoscopic 3-Doctorate computer animation in IMAX format (presented at Expo 86).
He also had a hand in the 1985 film Tony de Peltrie, which has garnered several international awards.
Mr. Langlois has received many honours throughout his career. In 1994, Ernst & Young chose him as Canada"s national entrepreneur of the year.
The Université de Sherbrooke bestowed an honorary doctorate degree in administration on Mr.
Langlois in 1996.