Larry Cuba is a computer-animation artist who became active in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He received his A.B. from Washington University in 1972 and his Master's Degree from CalArts. In 1975, John Whitney, Sr. invited Cuba to be his programmer. Subsequently, Cuba produced three computer-animated films. Cuba provided computer graphics for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1977. He has served on the juries for the Siggraph Electronic Theater, the Montpellier Festival of Abstract Film, The Ann Arbor Film Festival and Ars Electronica. Cuba currently serves as the director of the iotaCenter in Los Angeles, California.