Co-Founder at JALI Inc., Chris is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship (2011) and a Distinguished Artist in Residence with the Dynamic Graphics Project (DGP) at the University of Toronto. During his time at Alias | Wavefront (now Autodesk), Landreth contributed to the development of the animation tools that constitute the current industry standard for modelling and animation since 1998, forming the foundations of Autodesk Maya (technical Oscar in 2003). Landreth’s award winning films Bingo (Genie 1998), Ryan (Oscar 2005), Spine (Genie nomination 2009), have been lauded for the expressive quality of the animated faces