Pixar

Pixar Animation Studios
Type	Subsidiary of Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group (Disney)
Industry	CGI animation
Founded	February 3, 1986
Headquarters	Emeryville, California, United States
Key people	Ed Catmull, President, Disney and Pixar Animation Studios; John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer, Disney and Pixar Animation Studios
Products	RenderMan, Marionette Formerly Toy Story 1995-2020
Parent	The Walt Disney Company
Website	Pixar.com

Pixar Animation Studios, or simply Pixar, is an American computer 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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[change | change source]

Released[change | change source]


Title	Release date	Director(s)	Writer(s)		Producer(s)	Composer(s)
Title	Release date	Director(s)	Story	Screenplay	Producer(s)	Composer(s)
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	Randy Newman
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
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
Monsters, Inc.	November 2, 2001	Pete Docter	Pete Docter Jill Culton Jeff Pidgeon Ralph Eggleston	Andrew Stanton Dan Gerson	Darla K. Anderson
Finding Nemo	May 30, 2003	Andrew Stanton		Andrew Stanton Bob Peterson David Reynolds	Graham Walters	Thomas Newman
The Incredibles	November 5, 2004	Brad Bird			John Walker	Michael Giacchino
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
Ratatouille	June 29, 2007	Brad Bird	Jan Pinkava Jim Capobianco Brad Bird	Brad Bird	Brad Lewis	Michael Giacchino
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
Toy Story 3	June 18, 2010	Lee Unkrich	John Lasseter Andrew Stanton Lee Unkrich	Michael Arndt	Darla K. Anderson	Randy Newman
Cars 2	June 24, 2011	John Lasseter	John Lasseter Brad Lewis Dan Fogelman	Ben Queen	Denise Ream	Michael Giacchino
Brave	June 22, 2012	Mark Andrews Brenda Chapman	Brenda Chapman	Mark Andrews Steve Purcell Brenda Chapman Irene Mecchi	Katherine Sarafian	Patrick Doyle
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
Inside Out	June 19, 2015	Pete Docter	Pete Docter Ronnie del Carmen	Pete Docter Meg LeFauve Josh Cooley	Jonas Rivera	Michael Giacchino
The Good Dinosaur	November 25, 2015	Peter Sohn	Original Concept and Development by:Bob Peterson		Denise Ream	Mychael Danna Jeff Danna
The Good Dinosaur	November 25, 2015	Peter Sohn	Peter Sohn Erik Benson Meg LeFauve Kelsey Mann Bob Peterson	Meg LeFauve	Denise Ream	Mychael Danna Jeff Danna
Finding Dory	June 17, 2016	Andrew Stanton		Andrew Stanton Victoria Strouse	Lindsey Collins	Thomas Newman
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
Coco	November 22, 2017	Lee Unkrich	Lee Unkrich Jason Katz Matthew Aldrich Adrian Molina	Adrian Molina Matthew Aldrich	Darla K. Anderson	Michael Giacchino
Incredibles 2	June 15, 2018	Brad Bird			John Walker Nicole Paradis Grindle	Michael Giacchino
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
Onward	March 6, 2020	Dan Scanlon	Dan Scanlon Keith Bunin Jason Headley	Dan Scanlon Jason Headley Keith Bunin	Kori Rae	Mychael Danna Jeff Danna
Soul	December 25, 2020	Pete Docter	Pete Docter Mike Jones Kemp Powers		Dana Murray	Trent Reznor Atticus Ross
Luca	June 18, 2021	Enrico Casarosa	Enrico Casarosa Jesse Andrews Simon Stephenson	Jesse Andrews Mike Jones	Andrea Warren	Dan Romer
Turning Red	March 11, 2022	Domee Shi	Domee Shi Julia Cho Sarah Streicher	Julia Cho Domee Shi	Lindsey Collins	Ludwig Göransson
Lightyear	June 17, 2022	Angus MacLane	Angus MacLane Matthew Aldrich Jason Headley	Jason Headley Angus MacLane	Galyn Susman	Michael Giacchino

Upcoming[change | change source]


Title	Release date	Director(s)	Writer(s)		Producer(s)	Composer(s)
Title	Release date	Director(s)	Story	Screenplay	Producer(s)	Composer(s)
Elemental	June 16, 2023	Peter Sohn	TBA	TBA	Denise Ream	TBA
Elio	March 1, 2024	Adrian Molina		TBA	Mary Alice Drumm
Inside Out 2	June 14, 2024	Kelsey Mann		Meg LeFauve	Mark Nielsen

Short movies[change | change source]

Adventures of André & Wally B.
Luxo Jr.
Red's Dream
Tin Toy
Knick-Knack
Geri's Game
For the Birds
Mike's New Car
Boundin'
Jack-Jack Attack
One Man Band
Lifted
Mater and the Ghostlight
Your Friend, the Rat
Presto
BURN-E
Partly Cloudy
Dug's Special Mission
George & A.J.
Day & Night
La Luna
The Legend of Mor'du
The Blue Umbrella
Party Central
Lava
Sanjay's Super Team
Riley's First Date?
Piper
Lou
Bao
22 vs Earth
Ciao Alberto

Cars Toons

Rescue Squad Mater
Mater The Greater
El Materdor
Tokyo Mater
Unidentified Flying Mater
Monsters Truck Mater
Heavy Metal Mater
Moon Mater
Mater Private Eye
Air Mater
Time Travel Mater

Toy Story Toons

Hawaiian Vacation
Small Fry
Partysaurus Rex

References[change | change source]

↑ Smith, Alvy Ray. "Pixar Founding Documents". Alvy Ray Smith Homepage. Archived from the original on April 27, 2005. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
↑ "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.

Other websites[change | change source]

The Official Site

[Pixar_Founding_Documents-1] Smith, Alvy Ray. "Pixar Founding Documents". Alvy Ray Smith Homepage. Archived from the original on April 27, 2005. Retrieved January 11, 2011.

[Walt-Disney-Company-Jan-2006-8-K-2] "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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