U of S grad Byron Bashforth shines a light on Pixar's Coco

 
Byron Bashforth was a computer science student at the University of Saskatchewan when he saw a trailer for Toy Story.
A light went on. Not the famous Pixar desk-lamp light, but pretty close.
“I remember marvelling that you could do that with a computer,” Bashforth said in a recent phone interview.
He was calling from, yes, Pixar Animation Studios, where he’s worked since graduating with his masters in 1998.
Byron Bashforth is a Saskatchewan native who works at Pixar Anim