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Pixar Animation Studios
Pixar wordmark 2019
Type Subsidiary
Headquarters Emeryville, California, United States
Key people Edwin Catmull (President)
Robert Rodriguez (CCO)
John Lasseter (CCO)
Jim Morris (president)
Industry Animation
Computer animation
Motion pictures
Products Pixar Image Computer
Pixar Renderman
Marionette
Parent The Walt Disney Company
Website http://www.pixar.com

Pixar Animation Studios (/ˈpɪksɑːr/), commonly known as just Pixar, is an American computer animation studio known for its critically and commercially successful computer animated feature films. It is based in Emeryville, California, and is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company.

Pixar began in 1979 as part of the Lucasfilm computer division, known as the Graphics Group, before its spin-off as a corporation in 1986, with funding from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who became its majority shareholder. Disney purchased Pixar in 2006 at a valuation of $7.4+ billion by converting each share of Pixar stock to 2.3 shares of Disney stock. Pixar is best known for its feature films, technologically powered by RenderMan, the company's own implementation of the industry-standard RenderMan Interface Specification image-rendering application programming interface. The studio's mascot is Luxo Jr., a desk lamp from the studio's 1986 short film of the same name.

Pixar has produced 25 feature films, beginning with Toy Story (1995), which is the first fully computer-animated feature film; its most recent film was Turning Red (2022). The studio has also produced many short films. As of July 2019, its feature films have earned approximately $14 billion at the worldwide box office, with an average worldwide gross of $680 million per film. Toy Story 3 (2010), Finding Dory (2016), Incredibles 2 (2018), and Toy Story 4 (2019) are all among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time, with Incredibles 2 being the fourth highest-grossing animated film of all time, with a gross of $1.2 billion; the other three also grossed over $1 billion. Moreover, 15 of Pixar's films are in the 50 highest-grossing animated films of all time.

The studio has earned 23 Academy Awards, 10 Golden Globe Awards, and 11 Grammy Awards, along with numerous other awards and acknowledgments. Pixar's films are frequently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, since its inauguration in 2001, with eleven winners being Finding Nemo (2003), The Incredibles (2004), Ratatouille (2007), WALL-E (2008), Up (2009), Toy Story 3 (2010), Brave (2012), Inside Out (2015), Coco (2017), Toy Story 4 (2019), and Soul (2020); the five nominated without winning are Monsters, Inc. (2001), Cars (2006), Incredibles 2 (2018), Onward (2020), and Luca (2021). Up, Toy Story 3 and Little Einsteins: The Movie were also nominated for the more competitive and inclusive Academy Award for Best Picture.

On February 10, 2009, Pixar executives John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich were presented with the Golden Lion award for Lifetime Achievement by the Venice Film Festival. The physical award was ceremoniously handed to Lucasfilm's founder, George Lucas.

Films[]

Released[]

# Title Year Director(s) Writer(s) Producer(s) Composer(s)
Story Screenplay
1 Toy Story 1995 John Lasseter John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton and Joe Ranft Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow Ralph Guggenheim and Bonnie Arnold Randy Newman
2 A Bug's Life 1998 John Lasseter
Co-Director: Andrew Stanton
John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Joe Ranft Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery and Bob Shaw Darla K. Anderson and Kevin Reher
3 Toy Story 2 1999 John Lasseter
Co-Directors: Lee Unkrich and Ash Brannon
John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon and Andrew Stanton Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin and Chris Webb Helene Plotkin and Karen Robert Jackson
4 Monsters, Inc. 2001 Pete Docter
Co-Directors: Lee Unkrich and David Silverman
Pete Docter, Jill Culton, Jeff Pidgeon and Ralph Eggleston Andrew Stanton and Dan Gerson Darla K. Anderson
5 Finding Nemo 2003 Andrew Stanton
Co-Director: Lee Unkrich
Andrew Stanton Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds Graham Walters Thomas Newman
6 The Incredibles 2004 Brad Bird John Walker Michael Giacchino
7 Cars 2006 John Lasseter
Co-Director: Joe Ranft
John Lasseter, Joe Ranft and Jorgen Klubien Dan Fogelman, John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin and Jorgen Klubien Darla K. Anderson Randy Newman
8 Ratatouille 2007 Brad Bird
Co-Director: Jan Pinkava
Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco and Brad Bird Brad Bird Brad Lewis Michael Giacchino
9 WALL-E 2008 Andrew Stanton Andrew Stanton and Pete Docter Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon Jim Morris Thomas Newman
10 Up 2009 Pete Docter
Co-Director: Bob Peterson
Pete Docter, Bob Peterson and Tom McCarthy Bob Peterson and Pete Docter Jonas Rivera Michael Giacchino
11 Toy Story 3 2010 Lee Unkrich John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich Michael Arndt Darla K. Anderson Randy Newman
12 Cars 2 2011 John Lasseter
Co-Director: Brad Lewis
John Lasseter, Brad Lewis and Dan Fogelman Ben Queen Denise Ream Michael Giacchino
13 Brave 2012 Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Co-Director: Steve Purcell
Brenda Chapman Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman and Irene Mecchi Katherine Sarafian Patrick Doyle
14 Monsters University 2013 Dan Scanlon Dan Scanlon, Dan Gerson and Robert L. Baird Kori Rae Randy Newman
15 Inside Out 2015 Pete Docter
Co-Director: Ronnie del Carmen
Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley Jonas Rivera Michael Giacchino
16 The Good Dinosaur Peter Sohn Peter Sohn, Erik Benson, Meg LeFauve, Kelsey Mann and Bob Peterson Meg LeFauve Denise Ream Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna
17 Finding Dory 2016 Andrew Stanton
Co-Director: Angus MacLane
Victoria Strouse, Andrew Stanton and Bob Peterson Andrew Stanton Lindsey Collins Thomas Newman
18 Cars 3 2017 Brian Fee Brian Fee, Ben Queen, Eyal Podell and Jonathan E. Stewart Robert L. Baird, Dan Gerson, Kiel Murray, Bob Peterson and Mike Rich Kevin Reher Randy Newman
19 Coco Lee Unkrich Lee Unkrich,
Adrian Molina,
Jason Katz,
and Matthew Aldrich
Adrian Molina,
and Matthew Aldrich
Darla K. Anderson Michael Giacchino
20 Incredibles 2 2018 Brad Bird John Walker and Nicole Paradis Grindle Michael Giacchino
21 Toy Story 4 2019 Josh Cooley John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Josh Cooley, Valerie LaPointe, Rashida Jones, Will McCormack, Martin Hynes, and Stephany Folsom Andrew Stanton and Stephany Folsom Mark Nielsen and Jonas Rivera Randy Newman
22 Onward 2020 Dan Scanlon Dan Scanlon, Jason Headley, Keith Bunin Kori Rae Jeff and Mychael Danna
23 Soul Pete Docter Docter, Mike Jones & Kemp Powers Dana Murray Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste
24 Luca 2021 Enrico Casarosa Enrico Casarosa

Jesse Andrews Simon Stephenson

Andrews and

Mike Jones

Andrea Warren Dan Romer
25 Turning Red 2022 Domee Shi Julia Cho, Shi and Sarah Streicher Cho and Shi Lindsey Collins Ludwig Göransson
26 Lightyear Angus MacLane Angus MacLane

Matthew Aldrich

Jason Headley

Jason Headley

Angus MacLane

Galyn Susman Michael Giacchino
27 Elemental 2023 Peter Sohn Peter Sohn

Brenda Hsueh John Hoberg Kat Likkel

Brenda Hsueh

John Hoberg Kat Likkel

Denise Ream Thomas Newman

In production[]

# Title Release date Director(s) Writer(s) Producer(s) Composer(s)
Screenplay Story
28 Inside Out 2 June 14, 2024 Kelsey Mann Meg LeFauve TBA Mark Nielsen
29 Elio June 13, 2025 Adrian Molina Molina Mary Alice Drumm }

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30 Warriors of The Sun 2026 TBA TBA TBA

Fanon films (from this Wikia)[]

Series[]

  • Toy Story: ToyVision
  • A Bug's Life: Insect Adventures
  • Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
  • Monsters, Inc.: Monstropolis
  • Finding Nemo (TV Series)
  • The Incredibles (TV Series)
  • Cars: The RaceVision
  • Ratatouille (TV Series)
  • WALL-E (TV Series)
  • Up (TV Series)
  • Brave (TV Series)
  • Monsters University (TV Series)
  • Inside Out (TV Series)
  • The Good Dinosaur (TV Series)
  • Finding Dory (TV Series)
  • Coco (TV Series)
  • Forky Asks a Question
  • Onward: The Chronicles of Ian and Barley
  • Pixar Popcorn
  • Soul (TV Series)
  • Monsters at Work
  • Luca (TV Series)

Fanon series (from this Wikia)[]

Fanon TV specials[]

  • Cars: A Carsmas Carol

Braden s 2[]

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