Pacific Data Images
Pacific Data Images (PDI) was an American computer animation and visual effects production company that was bought by DreamWorks SKG in 2000. It was renamed PDI Animation and was owned by DreamWorks Animation.
 Former PDI Animation headquarters at Redwood City's Pacific Shores Center before the company moved in 2012 to larger facilities in another building in the same office complex. | |
| PDI | |
| Formerly | Pacific Data Images (1980–2000) |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Fate | Closed |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Parent | DreamWorks Animation (2000–2015) |
Founded in 1980 by Carl Rosendahl, PDI was one of the pioneers of computer animation. It produced over 700 commercials, contributed visual effects to more than 70 feature movies, and produced and contributed to many DreamWorks Animation's movies, including the second computer-animated movie ever, Antz, and movies from the Shrek and Madagascar franchises & P • L • A • N • E • S (2013)
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PDI's founder Carl Rosendahl in 2009
References
- ↑ Rosendahl, Carl. PDI 40th Anniversary Message (August 13, 2020).
- ↑ PDI/DreamWorks Closing; Half Of Staff Laid Off. January 22, 2015. https://deadline.com/2015/01/pdidreamworks-closing-dreamworks-animation-layoffs-1201356039/.
PDI Animation (P • L • A • N • E • S)