Pixar Animation Studios | |
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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 |
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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) | |
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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) | |||||||||
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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 | }
==Fanon films (from this Wikia)==|- |
30 | Warriors of The Sun | 2026 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Fanon films (from this Wikia)[]
- The Adventures of Luxo the Lamp (1966)
- It’s Wonderful Little (1981)
- Goldilocks & the Three Bears (2000)
- Kaboom! (2002)
- Pencil World (2002)
- Pencil World 2 (2005)
- HoneyBee (2005)
- It’s Wonderful Little 2: Animal Academy (2014)
- Pencil World 3 (2014)
- The Dotlings (2018)
- Littlest Pet Shop (2018)
- The Future - Rated PG
- Ricochet (2018)
- The Friendly Lion (2019)
- The Good Dinosaur 2 (2019)
- Fluffy Dogs (2020) - Rated PG
- The Friendly Pasta Girl (2020)
- THE ZOO (2020)
- Over The Top (2020)
- Kai (2021)
- Amulet (2021)
- Hilda (2021)
- Pastatropolis (2021)
- Dug (2021)
- Power (2021)
- Vampirina (2021)
- Gnomes (2022)
- Fortunately the Milk (2022)
- Sofia the First: The Movie (2022)
- Banjo the Woodpile Cat (2022) - Rated PG
- Little People: Animalville (2022) - Rated G
- Fluppy Dogs (2023) - Rated PG
- PJ Masks: The Movie (2023)
- De Blob (2024)
- BlueBalls (2024)
- Seed (2024)
- Cars Academy (2024) - Rated G
- War Rabbit (2025) - Rated PG-13
- Little Einsteins: The Movie (2025)
- Gnomes (2025)
- Down (TBA)
- Finding Marlin (2026) - Rated PG
- Miles from Tomorrowland: The Movie (2026)
- Snowman (2026)
- Lightning (2027) - Rated PG
- Kreto (2027)
- The Sky Movie (2027) - Rated PG
- Avems (2027)
- Criminal Operation (2028) - Rated PG
- PJ Masks: The Movie 2 (2028)
- Puppy Dog Pals: The Movie (2028)
- Incredibles 3 (2028) - Rated PG
- De Blob 2: The Second Part (2029)
- The Man & The Glowing Alien Girl (2029) - Rated PG
- The Drive Job (2029) - Rated PG
- Grow (2029)
- Ramsey (2030) - Rated PG
- Special Agent Oso: The Movie (2030)
- Death (2031) - Rated PG
- The Red Shades (2031) - Rated PG
- Sammy (2032) - Rated PG
- The Sky Movie 2 (2032)
- Revolution (2033) - Rated PG-13
- Dell and Gary: The Movie (2033)
- Parrot (2034) - Rated PG
- The London Guides (2035) - Rated PG
- Photography (2035) - Rated PG
- Darkest Tales (2036) - Rated PG
- Rubio (2037) - Rated PG
- Cloud (2038) - Rated PG
- Laboratory Operation (2039) - Rated PG
- Song of Grand (2039) - Rated PG
- Pillow (2040) - Rated PG
- Relation Justice (2041) - Rated PG
- Life of Journey (2042) - Rated PG
- The Sky Movie 3 (2042)
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)[]
- The Dotlings Show
- Onward: The Chronicles of Ian and Barley
- Captain Moonwind, the Ethereal Sign-Spinner
- The Sky Show
- Dell and Gary
- The Small Giant
- The Adventures of Net
- Pixelia
- The Last Pixelian
- The Nick Show
- Fulsa
Fanon TV specials[]
- Cars: A Carsmas Carol