His research interests span most aspects of picture generation and creation. This includes realistic graphics, real-time rendering, nonphotorealistic rendering, as well as computational photography. Durand has a PhD from Grenoble University, France, where he worked with Claude Puech and George Drettakis on both theoretical and practical aspects of 3D visibility. He received a Eurographics Young Researcher Award in 2004 and a National Science Foundation CAREER award in 2005. Contact him at fredo@mit.edu.