Pixar
Pixar Animation Studios (/ˈpɪksɑːr/) or simply Pixar, is an American animation studio. It is known for its advanced CGI productions. It has been a partner of Disney for many years. In 2006, Disney bought the company.[2] The company’s studio lot is located in Emeryville, California.
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 Pixar’s headquarters in Emeryville, California. | |
| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Animation |
| Predecessor |
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| Founded | February 3, 1986 in Richmond, California |
| Founders | |
| Headquarters | 1200 Park Avenue, , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | |
| Products | Feature Films Theatrical Short Films Short Length-Television Series Shows |
| Brands | |
| Owner |
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| Parent | Walt Disney Studios (2006–present) |
| Website | {{URL|example.com|optional display text}} |
| Footnotes / references [1][2][3] | |
Pixar started as a division of George Lucas' Lucasfilm in early 1979. In 1986, Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs bought it for $10 million. He worked as a chairman and CEO until 2011.[4]
The company has made a total of 28 movies and short films based on the characters, starting with Toy Story which was released on November 22, 1995, Toy Story 2 was premiered in 1999 and Toy Story 3 was made in 2010. The fourth film of the franchise is Toy Story 4 which released in 2019. The Toy Story franchise has globally become the highest-grossing animated films of all time and has also released several short films and several television series.
Movies
Released
| Title | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Release by | Composer(s) | Note(s) | |
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| Story | Screenplay | |||||||
| Toy Story | November 22, 1995 | John Lasseter | John Lasseter
Pete Docter Andrew Stanton Joe Ranft |
Joss Whedon
Andrew Stanton Joel Cohen Alec Sokolow |
Bonnie Arnold
Ralph Guggenheim |
Theatrical | Randy Newman | Second Pixar in 3D. |
| A Bug's Life | November 25, 1998 | John Lasseter | John Lasseter
Andrew Stanton Joe Ranft |
Andrew Stanton
Donald McEnery Bob Shaw |
Darla K. Anderson
Kevin Reher |
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| Toy Story 2 | November 24, 1999 | John Lasseter | John Lasseter
Pete Docter Ash Brannon Andrew Stanton |
Andrew Stanton
Rita Hsiao Doug Chamberlin Chris Webb |
Helene Plotkin
Karen Robert Jackson |
Third Pixar in 3D. | ||
| Monsters, Inc. | November 2, 2001 | Pete Docter | Pete Docter
Jill Culton Jeff Pidgeon Ralph Eggleston |
Andrew Stanton
Dan Gerson |
Darla K. Anderson | Eighth Pixar in 3D. | ||
| Finding Nemo | May 30, 2003 | Andrew Stanton | Andrew Stanton
Bob Peterson David Reynolds |
Graham Walters | Thomas Newman | Seventh Pixar in 3D. | ||
| The Incredibles | November 5, 2004 | Brad Bird | John Walker | Michael Giacchino | Seventh Pixar in IMAX. | |||
| Cars | June 9, 2006 | John Lasseter | John Lasseter
Joe Ranft Jorgen Klubien |
Dan Fogelman
John Lasseter Joe Ranft Phil Lorin Kiel Murray Jorgen Klubien |
Darla K. Anderson | Randy Newman | Tenth Pixar in 3D. | |
| Ratatouille | June 29, 2007 | Brad Bird | Jan Pinkava
Jim Capobianco Brad Bird |
Brad Bird | Brad Lewis | Michael Giacchino | Eleventh Pixar in 3D. | |
| WALL-E | June 27, 2008 | Andrew Stanton | Andrew Stanton
Pete Docter |
Andrew Stanton
Jim Reardon |
Jim Morris | Thomas Newman | ||
| Up | May 29, 2009 | Pete Docter | Pete Docter
Bob Peterson Tom McCarthy |
Bob Peterson
Pete Docter |
Jonas Rivera | Michael Giacchino | First Pixar in 3D. | |
| Toy Story 3 | June 18, 2010 | Lee Unkrich | John Lasseter
Andrew Stanton Lee Unkrich |
Michael Arndt | Darla K. Anderson | Randy Newman | Forth Pixar in 3D.
First Pixar in IMAX. | |
| Cars 2 | June 24, 2011 | John Lasseter | John Lasseter
Brad Lewis Dan Fogelman |
Ben Queen | Denise Ream | Michael Giacchino | Fifth Pixar in 3D.
Second Pixar in IMAX. | |
| Brave | June 22, 2012 | Mark Andrews
Brenda Chapman |
Brenda Chapman | Mark Andrews
Steve Purcell Brenda Chapman Irene Mecchi |
Katherine Sarafian | Patrick Doyle | Sixth Pixar in 3D. | |
| Monsters University | June 21, 2013 | Dan Scanlon | Dan Scanlon
Dan Gerson Robert L. Baird |
Dan Gerson
Robert L. Baird Dan Scanlon |
Kori Rae | Randy Newman | Ninth Pixar in 3D. | |
| Inside Out | June 19, 2015 | Pete Docter | Pete Docter
Ronnie del Carmen |
Pete Docter
Meg LeFauve Josh Cooley |
Jonas Rivera | Michael Giacchino | Twelve Pixar in 3D.
Third Pixar in IMAX. | |
| The Good Dinosaur | November 25, 2015 | Peter Sohn | Bob Peterson | Denise Ream | Mychael Danna
Jeff Danna |
Thirteenth Pixar in 3D. | ||
| Peter Sohn
Erik Benson Meg LeFauve Kelsey Mann Bob Peterson |
Meg LeFauve | |||||||
| Finding Dory | June 17, 2016 | Andrew Stanton | Andrew Stanton
Victoria Strouse |
Lindsey Collins | Thomas Newman | Fourteenth Pixar in 3D.
Fourth Pixar in IMAX. | ||
| Cars 3 | June 16, 2017 | Brian Fee | Brian Fee
Ben Queen Eyal Podell Jonathan E. Stewart |
Kiel Murray
Bob Peterson Mike Rich |
Kevin Reher | Randy Newman | Fifteenth Pixar in 3D.
Fifth Pixar in IMAX. | |
| Coco | November 22, 2017 | Lee Unkrich | Lee Unkrich
Jason Katz Matthew Aldrich Adrian Molina |
Adrian Molina
Matthew Aldrich |
Darla K. Anderson | Michael Giacchino | Sixteenth Pixar in 3D.
First Pixar’s Musical. | |
| Incredibles 2 | June 15, 2018 | Brad Bird | John Walker
Nicole Paradis Grindle |
Michael Giacchino | Seventeenth Pixar in 3D.
Sixth Pixar in IMAX. | |||
| Toy Story 4 | June 21, 2019 | Josh Cooley | John Lasseter
Andrew Stanton Josh Cooley Valerie LaPointe Rashida Jones Will McCormack Martin Hynes Stephany Folsom |
Andrew Stanton
Stephany Folsom |
Mark Nielsen
Jonas Rivera |
Randy Newman | Eighteenth Pixar in 3D.
Eighth Pixar in IMAX. | |
| Onward | March 6, 2020 | Dan Scanlon | Dan Scanlon Keith Bunin Jason Headley |
Dan Scanlon Jason Headley Keith Bunin |
Kori Rae | Mychael Danna Jeff Danna |
Nineteenth Pixar in 3D. Ninth Pixar in IMAX. | |
| Soul | December 25, 2020 | Pete Docter | Pete Docter
Mike Jones Kemp Powers |
Dana Murray | Disney+ | Trent Reznor Atticus Ross |
Twentieth Pixar in 3D. | |
| Luca | June 18, 2021 | Enrico Casarosa | Enrico Casarosa Jesse Andrews Simon Stephenson |
Jesse Andrews Mike Jones |
Andrea Warren | Dan Romer | Twenty First Pixar in 3D. | |
| Turning Red | March 11, 2022 | Domee Shi | Domee Shi Julia Cho Sarah Streicher |
Julia Cho
Domee Shi |
Lindsey Collins | Ludwig Göransson | Twenty Second Pixar in 3D. | |
| Lightyear | June 17, 2022 | Angus MacLane | Angus MacLane
Matthew Aldrich Jason Headley |
Jason Headley
Angus MacLane |
Galyn Susman | Theatrical | Michael Giacchino | Twenty Third Pixar in 3D. Tenth Pixar in IMAX. |
| Elemental | June 16, 2023 | Peter Sohn | John Hoberg, Brenda Hsueh, Kat Likkel & Sohn | Hoberg, Hsueh & Likkel | Denise Ream | Thomas Newman | Twenty Fourth Pixar in 3D. | |
| Inside Out 2 | June 14, 2024 | Kelsey Mann | Meg LeFauve & Mann | Dave Holstein & Meg LeFauve | Mark Nielsen | Andrea Datzman | Twenty Fifth Pixar in 3D | |
| Elio | June 20, 2025 | Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi & Adrian Molina | Molina, Sharafian, Shi & Julia Cho | Cho, Mark Hammer & Mike Jones | Mary Alice Drumm | Rob Simonsen | Twenty Sixth Pixar in 3D. | |
Upcoming
| Film | Release date | Director(s) | Story | Screenplay | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Release by | Composer(s) | Note(s) | Ref. |
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| Hoppers | March 6, 2026 | Daniel Chong | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Twenty Seventh Pixar in 3D. | |||
| Toy Story 5 | June 19, 2026 | Andrew Stanton | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Twenty Eighth Pixar in 3D. | |||
| Gatto | June 18, 2027 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Twenety Nine Pixar in 3D. | |||
| Untitled Film | March 3, 2028 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Thrity Pixar in 3D | |||
| Incredibles 3 | June 16, 2028 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Thrity One Pixar in 3D | |||
| Coco 2 | June 15, 2029 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Thrity Two Pixar in 3D | |||
| Finding Marlin | March 1, 2030 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Thrity Two Pixar in 3D | |||
| The Good Dinosaur 2 | June 14, 2030 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Thrity Three Pixar in 3D | |||
| Nutcrackertopia | November 8, 2030 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Thrity Four Pixar in 3D |
Short Films
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
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| The Adventures of André & Wally B. | 1984 | Alvy Ray Smith |
| Luxo Jr. | 1986 | John Lasseter |
| Red's Dream | 1987 | John Lasseter |
| Tin Toy | 1988 | John Lasseter |
| Knick Knack | 1989 | John Lasseter |
| Geri's Game | 1997 | Jan Pinkava |
| For The Birds | 2000 | Ralph Eggleston |
| Boundin' | 2003 | Bud Luckey |
| One Man Band | 2006 | Andrew Jimenez & Mark Andrews |
| Lifted | 2007 | Gary Rydstrom |
| Presto | 2008 | Doug Sweetland |
| Partly Cloudy | 2009 | Peter Sohn |
| Day & Night | 2010 | Teddy Newton |
| La Luna | 2011 | Enrico Casarosa |
| The Blue Umbrella | 2013 | Saschka Unseld |
| Lava | 2014 | James Ford Murphy |
| Sanjay's Super Team | 2015 | Sanjay Patel |
| Piper | 2016 | Alan Barillaro |
| Lou | 2017 | David Mullins |
| Bao | 2018 | Domee Shi |
Pixar Media
A Pixar computer at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View with the 1986–95 logo on it
John Lasseter and his wife Nancy appear with characters from Up at the 2009 Venice Film Festival.
The Steve Jobs Building at the Pixar campus in Emeryville
A view of the atrium at the Pixar campus in 2010
References
- ↑ "COMPANY FAQS". Pixar. Archived from the original on July 2, 2006.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Smith, Alvy Ray. "Pixar Founding Documents". Alvy Ray Smith Homepage. Archived from the original on April 27, 2005. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ↑ Smith, Alvy Ray. "Proof of Pixar Cofounders" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
- ↑ "Walt Disney Company, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Jan 26, 2006" (PDF). secdatabase.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 13, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
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