Print and broadcast media have explored Ozark culture broadly. Books set in the Ozarks include Where the Red Fern Grows, The Shepherd of the Hills and As a Friend. The 1999 film Ride with the Devil, based on the book Woe to Live On, depicts warfare in Southwest Missouri during the Civil War.
The late story artist Joe Ranft is named a Disney Legend. The Walt Disney Company announces that it has agreed to purchase Pixar Animation Studios. Ed Catmull and John Lasseter also assume leadership of Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull. The Oscar-winning co-founder of Pixar and president of Disney Animation recounts lessons learned about creativity in his successful career. A computer animation pioneer, Ed Catmull has contributed to many important developments in computer graphics. He brought that background to the entertainment world and co-founded Pixar Animation Studios, which, for almost 20 years, has dominated the animation world. He's marshalled such films as Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Up and the Toy Story trilogyâchanging animation forever. He's also won five Oscars for his work, including two for technical and engineering achievement and an Academy Award of Merit.