LINKS.

Renderman Sites

Pixar
http://www.renderman.org/
http://www.rendermanacademy.com/
http://www.rendermania.com/
http://zj.deathfall.com/oldindex.htm
http://graphics.pixar.com/
http://www.fundza.com/

Software

Pixie Open Source Renderman (I use mostly)
AQSIS Open Source Renderman
3Delight Very nice Renderman, 1 free license
Liquid - Maya to Renderman Plugin The BEST open source plugin for Maya out there!
AYAM A Renderman compatible modeler and animation package.
Gelato
A renderman based GPU rendering software from NVIDIA's Larry Gritz
Shaderman Windows Renderman Shader Tool
Shrimp Linux Renderman Shader Tool

Studios (the ones I would love to work at that is)

LAIKA
Pixar
ILM
Weta Digital
Animal Logic
Blue Sky


Artists (the guys I wanna meet someday)

Jeremy Birn Pixar Lighting and Shading Artist
Rudy Cortes Shading artist at Walt Disney Animation
Jason Schleifer Amazing animator
Carston Kolve Made the BrainBugz plugin for Maya
Andrew Silke Great animator - and awesome short
Carlos Baena Pixar animator
Il'dar Akhmetgaleev Blender and Pixie user/developer