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/DreamWorks and was owned by DreamWorks Animation.
 Final logo used from 2000 to 2015 | |
 Former PDI/DreamWorks 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) |
| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Film |
| Fate | Closed |
| Successor | DreamWorks Animation |
| Founded | August 13, 1980[1] |
| Founder | Carl Rosendahl |
| Defunct | January 22, 2015 |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Number of employees | 450 (January 2015)[2] |
| 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
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PDI's founder Carl Rosendahl in 2009
References
- ↑ Rosendahl, Carl (August 13, 2020), PDI 40th Anniversary Message
- ↑ PDI/DreamWorks Closing; Half Of Staff Laid Off. January 22, 2015. https://deadline.com/2015/01/pdidreamworks-closing-dreamworks-animation-layoffs-1201356039/.