<Table> <Tr> <Th> Film </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Metadata </Td> <Td> 1971 </Td> <Td> This is an experimental 2D animated short drawn on a data tablet by Peter Foldes , who used the world 's first key frame animation software , invented by Nestor Burtnyk and Marceli Wein . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> A Computer Animated Hand </Td> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> Produced by Ed Catmull , the short demonstrates a computer animated hand , as well as human faces . Added to the United States National Film Registry in 2011 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Westworld </Td> <Td> 1973 </Td> <Td> First use of 2D computer animation in a significant entertainment feature film . The point of view of Yul Brynner 's gunslinger was achieved with raster graphics . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Six Million Dollar Man </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> First television series to use CGI in the intro . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Faces ( Faces & Body Parts ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fred Parke 's thesis film on facial modeling at the University of Utah . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Great </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> The Oscar - winning 1975 short animated film about the life of the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel contains a brief sequence of a rotating wire - frame model of Brunel 's final project , the iron steam ship SS Great Eastern . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Futureworld </Td> <Td> 1976 </Td> <Td> First use of 3D computer graphics for animated hand and face . Used 2D digital compositing to materialize characters over a background . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Star Wars </Td> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Td> Used an animated 3D wire - frame graphic for the trench run briefing sequence . Added to the United States National Film Registry in 1989 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Black Hole </Td> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Td> Used raster wire - frame model rendering for the open credits depicting a 3D wireframe of a black hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alien </Td> <Td> Used raster wire - frame model rendering for navigation monitors in the landing sequence . Added to the United States National Film Registry in 2002 . </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Film </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Metadata </Td> <Td> 1971 </Td> <Td> This is an experimental 2D animated short drawn on a data tablet by Peter Foldes , who used the world 's first key frame animation software , invented by Nestor Burtnyk and Marceli Wein . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> A Computer Animated Hand </Td> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> Produced by Ed Catmull , the short demonstrates a computer animated hand , as well as human faces . Added to the United States National Film Registry in 2011 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Westworld </Td> <Td> 1973 </Td> <Td> First use of 2D computer animation in a significant entertainment feature film . The point of view of Yul Brynner 's gunslinger was achieved with raster graphics . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Six Million Dollar Man </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> First television series to use CGI in the intro . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Faces ( Faces & Body Parts ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fred Parke 's thesis film on facial modeling at the University of Utah . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Great </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> The Oscar - winning 1975 short animated film about the life of the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel contains a brief sequence of a rotating wire - frame model of Brunel 's final project , the iron steam ship SS Great Eastern . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Futureworld </Td> <Td> 1976 </Td> <Td> First use of 3D computer graphics for animated hand and face . Used 2D digital compositing to materialize characters over a background . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Star Wars </Td> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Td> Used an animated 3D wire - frame graphic for the trench run briefing sequence . Added to the United States National Film Registry in 1989 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Black Hole </Td> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Td> Used raster wire - frame model rendering for the open credits depicting a 3D wireframe of a black hole . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alien </Td> <Td> Used raster wire - frame model rendering for navigation monitors in the landing sequence . Added to the United States National Film Registry in 2002 . </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when did they start using cgi in movies
when did they start using cgi in movies
1973
1973