ABSTRACT
Karl Meyer is founder and CEO of Gentle Giant Studios, which is part of 3D Systems, a leading provider of 3D printing centric design-to-manufacture solutions. The company is nestled near the major studios in Burbank, California. Business started with designing toys, but when Meyer purchased the first scanner and 3D printer in 1997, he gradually became involved in scanning and collecting data for film, television, and games. Since then the company scanned virtually everybody including Lady Gaga and participated in almost every major VFX movie working with Industrial Light & Magic, Rhythm & Hues, Sony Imageworks, and other companies: Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Spider-Man, King Kong (2005), The Chronicles of Narnia, X-Men, Hulk (2003), Transformers, Ratatouille, Coraline, Avatar, Toy Story 3, TRON: Legacy, Terminator Genisys, Gravity, Fast & Furious 7, Ant-Man, and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
