[Halcyon]

He did it it all at home.
The thing that takes the most processing time is when you have to render it all.
I did a short animation last year and that took about 4 hours to Render and it was only 2 minutes long.
His thing must have taken aboslutely years, so no wonder he invested in some more computers.
As for 3DS Max and Maya and Premiere to put it all together, and photoshop for the textures, they do cost a lot but are very powerful.

This kind of thing fascinates me as movies are now a mixture of reality and CGI and its hard to make the distinction now as they have become so good.

Does anyone know where I can download the "Wonderful Life" film or buy it ?