milo@ndmath.UUCP (Greg Corson) (01/21/88)
Anyone happen to have an address for the graphics company Cranston Csuri
(that's propably spelled wrong...phonetically chranston suri)?
I believe they are in Ohio somewhere and are associated with a university
there.
Any information, phone numbers, addresses, names (particularly net addresses)
would be very helpful
Greg Corson
19141 Summers Drive
South Bend, IN 46637
(219) 277-5306 (weekdays till 6 PM eastern)
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slim@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Slim Whitman) (01/23/88)
Cranston Csuri Productions, previously located in Columbus, OH is now
defunct. The assets have been sold and they are no longer in the
business...
--
Scott Whitman, Department of Computer and Information Science
The Ohio State University; 2036 Neil Ave. Columbus OH USA 43210-1277
slim@ohio-state.{arpa,csnet} or ...!cbosgd!osu-cis!slimmichael@orcisi.UUCP (Michael Herman) (01/31/88)
> Cranston Csuri Productions, previously located in Columbus, OH is now > defunct. The assets have been sold and they are no longer in the > business... Of the majors, I guess PDI is the only graphics/animation company left?
hansen@mips.COM (Craig Hansen) (02/03/88)
In article <1152@orcisi.UUCP>, michael@orcisi.UUCP (Michael Herman) writes: > Of the majors, I guess PDI is the only graphics/animation company left? PDI (Pacific Data Images) is still around and doing well, at least that's what Richard Chuang tells me... Perhaps it helps not to have to pay for Cray's, not work movie deals and not split founders' time at universities. -- Craig Hansen Manager, Architecture Development MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. ...{ames,decwrl,prls}!mips!hansen or hansen@mips.com 408-991-0234
peter@celia.UUCP (Peter Farson) (02/05/88)
In article <1152@orcisi.UUCP> michael@orcisi.UUCP (Michael Herman) writes: >> Cranston Csuri Productions, previously located in Columbus, OH is now >> defunct. The assets have been sold and they are no longer in the >> business... > >Of the majors, I guess PDI is the only graphics/animation company left? While old companies may die out, the people invloved do not. There are several new companies, many of them in Los Angeles, that have been formed from people that worked at these dead companies. (I am one such person myself.) . While at the moment most of them are smaller and have lesser assets, these companies are producing computer animation that is comparable to what the 'majors' did, and with much smaller overhead. These companies will in short time be producing new computer special effects that are unprecedented. Companies such as Rhythm & Hues, Metro Light, and Whitney Demos Productions have 80 percent of their staff filled with former employees of Digital Productions, Robert Abel & Associates, Omnibus Computer Graphics, and Cranston Csuri. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Farson celia!peter@tis.llnl.gov \'("{{")'\ ....{ihnp4,ames}!lll-tis!celia!peter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
michael@orcisi.UUCP (Michael Herman) (02/17/88)
> are unprecedented. Companies such as Rhythm & Hues, Metro Light, and > Whitney Demos Productions have 80 percent of their staff filled with former > employees of Digital Productions, Robert Abel & Associates, Omnibus Computer > Graphics, and Cranston Csuri. Add Side Effects from here in Toronto to the list. Side Effects was formed when Greg Hermanovic and Kim Davidson, formerly of Omnibus's Toronto office, purchased Omnibus's assets when it went under last year.
michael@orcisi.UUCP (Michael Herman) (02/17/88)
> Add Side Effects from here in Toronto to the list. Side Effects was > formed when Greg Hermanovic and Kim Davidson, formerly of Omnibus's > Toronto office, purchased Omnibus's assets when it went under last > year. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I should have written this to read "Omnibus's Toronto assets". I believe the hard assets (computers and such) of the other divisions in New York and LA were disposed of locally.