Biography
Bran Ferren (born January 16, 1953) is an American technologist, artist, architectural designer, vehicle designer, engineer, lighting and sound designer, visual effects artist, scientist, lecturer, photographer, entrepreneur, and inventor. Ferren is the former President of Research and Development of Walt Disney Imagineering as well as founder of Associates & Ferren, a multidisciplinary engineering and design firm acquired in 1993 by Disney. He is Chief Creative Officer of Applied Minds, which he co-founded in 2000 with Danny Hillis. Apple's "pinch-to-zoom" patent, which features prominently in its legal battle with Samsung, was invalidated by the US Patent and Trademark Office in 2013 based on a 2005 patent by Ferren and Hillis for multi-touch gestures.
Filmography
all 8
Movies 7
Director 7
TV Shows 1
self 1
Digits (2016)
Funny (1988)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
The Manhattan Project (1986)
Places in the Heart (1984)
Tempest (1982)
Deathtrap (1982)
Altered States (1980)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1953-01-16 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
FatherJohn Ferren
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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