Name: Open Source Software: Hollywood’s Secret Sauce for Visual Effects and Animation - David Morin, Academy Software Foundation
Start: 2025-06-25T11:55:00-0600
End: 2025-06-25T12:35:00-0600

June 23 - 25, 2025
Denver, Colorado
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Wednesday June 25, 2025 11:55am - 12:35pm MDT

Bluebird Ballroom 2E

Open source software is the basis for the tools used to create almost all visual effects and animation used in the motion picture industry today, providing the backbone for creating blockbuster films like The Wild Robot, Moana 2, Dune, Oppenheimer, the Star Wars movies and all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films.

The most important open source projects that are used on almost every film production today are housed at the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF), which provides a neutral forum for open source software developers in the motion picture and broader media industries to share resources and collaborate on technologies for image creation, visual effects, animation and sound.

The Foundation has flourished since its launch in 2018, hosting 14 projects and supporting a growing ecosystem of open source engineers. During this session, David Morin, Executive Director of the Academy Software Foundation, will share more about the Foundation’s growth over the last six years, including new open source projects, engineering events such as Dev Days, and D&I initiatives including the Summer Learning Program.

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David Morin

Executive Director, Academy Software Foundation, Academy Software Foundation

David Morin is Executive Director of the Academy Software Foundation. He has participated in the development of motion capture and 3D software since “Jurassic Park” at companies such as Softimage, Microsoft, Avid Technology, Autodesk and Epic Games. David is also chair of the... Read More →

Wednesday June 25, 2025 11:55am - 12:35pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2E

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Open Source Summit North America 2025

David Morin

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