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”’Perry Kivolowitz”’ (born 1961) is an American [[computer scientist]] and [[special effect]] designer. |
”’Perry Kivolowitz”’ (born 1961) is an American [[computer scientist]] and [[special effect]] designer. |
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Kivolowitz is a professor of Computer Science at [[Carthage College]] in [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]]. He has also taught at [[UW-Madison]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=150 Ways University of Madison has touched the world. |url=https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~perryk/150.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006123531/https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~perryk/150.pdf |archive-date=2014-10-06 |website=pages.cs.wisc.edu |publisher=[[University of Wisconsin]]}}</ref> |
Kivolowitz is a professor of Computer Science at [[Carthage College]] in [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]]. He has also taught at [[UW-Madison]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=150 Ways University of Madison has touched the world. |url=https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~perryk/150.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006123531/https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~perryk/150.pdf |archive-date=2014-10-06 |website=pages.cs.wisc.edu |publisher=[[University of Wisconsin]]}}</ref> |
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In 1992, he won an Emmy certificate for his work on [[Babylon 5]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=For The Journal |date=2019-10-15 |title=Carthage College computer science professor wins Emmy |url=https://journaltimes.com/news/local/education/article_eca5c3af-b914-563d-830f-ee466891666f.html |access-date=2026-02-08 |website=Journal Times |language=en}}</ref> |
In 1992, he won an Emmy certificate for his work on [[Babylon 5]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=For The Journal |date=2019-10-15 |title=Carthage College computer science professor wins Emmy |url=https://journaltimes.com/news/local/education/article_eca5c3af-b914-563d-830f-ee466891666f.html |access-date=2026-02-08 |website=Journal Times |language=en}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 16:31, 8 February 2026
Perry Kivolowitz (born 1961) is an American computer scientist and special effect designer.
Kivolowitz was born in New York City.[1] He is a professor of Computer Science at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He has also taught at UW-Madison.[2]
In 1992, he won an Emmy certificate for his work on Babylon 5.[3]
In 1997, he received an Academy Award for Scientific and Technical Achievement for the invention of shape-driven warping and morphing as exemplified in the Avid Elastic Reality.[4] This software was used in Forrest Gump (1994), Titanic (1997) and “every film nominated for best special effects since 1993,” Kivolotitz said in 2000.[5]
He is also the creator of rotoscoping software SilhouetteFX that has been used in editing feature films including Christopher Robin, Solo: A Star Wars Story and Avengers: Infinity War and received a Technical Achievement Certificate from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2018.[6][7]
In 2019, SilhouetteFX won an Engineering Emmy Award.[8]
