About me
Cottalango Leon is a Distinguished Engineer at Sony Pictures Imageworks, leading the development of artist tools used in award-winning films including Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Over the Moon, and Hotel Transylvania. He received an Academy Award® for Scientific and Technical Achievement for Imageworks’ itView system and was named Sony Corporate Distinguished Engineer in 2024. Leon is active in the Academy Software Foundation, advocating open, artist-centric technology.