Pixar Animation Studios
Type	Subsidiary of Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group (Disney)
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
Industry	CGI animation
Products	RenderMan, Marionette
Parent	The Walt Disney Company
Website	Pixar.com

Pixar Animation Studios is an American computer animation studio based in Emeryville, California, United States, and is notable for its eight Academy Awards. It is best known for its CGI-animated feature films, including Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and Ratatouille, which are created with PhotoRealistic RenderMan, its own implementation of the industry-standard Renderman image rendering API, used to generate high-quality images. A subsidiary, in business, is an entity that is controlled by another entity. ... Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, a fictitious business name of Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, Inc. ... Disney redirects here. ... is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Emeryville is a small city located in Alameda County, California. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Edwin Catmull, Ph. ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, trade unions, universities, and countries. ... Walt Disney Animation Studios is the animation studio that makes up a key element of The Walt Disney Company, and the oldest surviving animation studio in the world. ... John Alan Lasseter (born January 12, 1957) is an Academy Award-winning American animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The seawater creature in The Abyss marked CGIs acceptance in the visual effects industry. ... The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. ... RenderMan Interface Specification[1], or RISpec in short, is an API developed by Pixar Animation Studios to describe three dimensional scenes and turn them into digital photorealistic images. ... For the band, see Big Brother and the Holding Company. ... Disney redirects here. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... See also: Computer-generated imagery Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. ... Animation studios Animation Studios, like Movie Studios may be production facilities, or financial entities. ... The city of Emeryville highlighted within Alameda County Emeryville is a small city located in Alameda County, California, in the United States. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The seawater creature in The Abyss marked CGIs acceptance in the visual effects industry. ... A reel of film, which predates digital cinematography. ... Toy Story is an Academy-award-winning CGI animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 22, 1995, and Australia on December 7, 1995, as well as in the United Kingdom on 22 March... Finding Nemo is an Academy Award-winning computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released to theaters by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. ... For other uses, see Ratatouille (disambiguation). ... RenderMan is the name of a rendering software package developed by Pixar Animation Studios; it implements Pixars photorealistic 3D description standard, the RenderMan Interface Specification. ... RenderMan Interface Specification[1], or RISpec in short, is an API developed by Pixar Animation Studios to describe three dimensional scenes and turn them into digital photorealistic images. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... API and Api redirect here. ...

The Walt Disney Company agreed to buy Pixar on January 24, 2006 for US$7.4 billion from Steve Jobs—who had previously acquired it from Lucasfilm—through an all-stock transaction. The acquisition was completed on May 5, 2006, making Pixar a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney. Disney redirects here. ... is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... Steve Jobs (born Steven Paul Jobs February 24, 1955) is the CEO, chairman and co-founder of Apple Inc. ... Lucasfilm Ltd. ... A stock swap is a business takeover in which the acquiring company uses its own stock to pay for the acquired company. ... Acquisition redirects here. ... is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A subsidiary, in business, is an entity that is controlled by another entity. ...

History

Early history

Pixar's studio lot in Emeryville

Pixar was founded as the Graphics Group, one third of the Computer Division of Lucasfilm that was launched in 1979 with the hiring of Dr. Ed Catmull from the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT).^[1] At NYIT, the researchers worked on an experimental film called The Works; it was never released for public viewing. When the group moved to Lucasfilm, the team worked on creating the precursor to RenderMan, called Motion Doctor, which allowed traditional cel animators to use computer animation with minimal training. Lucasfilm Ltd. ... Edwin Catmull, Ph. ... The New York Institute of Technology (also known as NYIT and New York Tech) is a private, co-educational college in New York in the USA. The college has three New York campuses, two on Long Island and one on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, as well as global... The Works was to be the first entirely 3D computer animated film, created by the Computer Graphics Lab, but was never completed. ... RenderMan Interface Specification[1], or RISpec in short, is an API developed by Pixar Animation Studios to describe three dimensional scenes and turn them into digital photorealistic images. ... Traditional animation, also referred to as classical animation, cel animation, or hand-drawn animation, is the oldest and historically the most popular form of animation. ...

Eventually, the team began working on film sequences, produced by Lucasfilm, or worked collectively with Industrial Light and Magic on special effects.^[1] After years of research, and key milestones in films such as Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Young Sherlock Holmes,^[1] the group was purchased in 1986 by Steve Jobs shortly after he left Apple Computer (the company he founded with Steve Wozniak). He paid $5 million to George Lucas and put $5 million as capital into the company.^[2] The sale reflected George Lucas' desire to stop the cash flow losses associated with his 7 year research projects associated with new entertainment technology tools, as well as his company's new focus on creating entertainment products rather than tools. A contributing factor was cash flow difficulties following Lucas' 1983 divorce coincided with the sudden drop off in revenues from Star Wars licenses following the release of Return of the Jedi and the disastrous box office performance of Howard the Duck. The newly independent company was headed by Dr. Edwin Catmull, President and CEO, and Dr. Alvy Ray Smith, Executive Vice President and Director. Jobs served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pixar. Industrial Light & Magic original logo, designed by Drew Struzan Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is a motion picture special visual effects company, founded in May 1975 by George Lucas and owned by Lucasfilm Ltd. ... Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Paramount Pictures, 1982; see also 1982 in film) is the second feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ... Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), directed by Barry Levinson and written by Chris Columbus, depicts a young Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meeting and solving a mystery together at a boarding school. ... Steve Jobs (born Steven Paul Jobs February 24, 1955) is the CEO, chairman and co-founder of Apple Inc. ... Apple Inc. ... Stephan Gary Woz Wozniak (born August 11, 1950 in San Jose, California) is an American computer engineer and the co-founder of Apple Computer (now Apple Inc. ... George Walton Lucas, Jr. ... This article is about the series. ... Movie poster Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, is a science fiction film that debuted in 1983, and re-released with changes in 1997 and 2004. ... Howard the Duck (also known as Howard: A New Breed of Hero in Europe), is a 1986 live-action film produced by Lucasfilm and Universal Pictures, directed by Willard Huyck from a script by Huyck and his wife Gloria Katz. ... Chief Executive redirects here. ... Alvy Ray Smith III (born 8 September 1943) is a noted pioneer in computer graphics. ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... Chief Executive redirects here. ...

Initially, Pixar was a high-end computer hardware company whose core product was the Pixar Image Computer, a system primarily sold to government agencies and the medical community. One of the leading buyers of Pixar Image Computers was Disney studios, which was using the device as part of their secretive CAPS project, using the machine and custom software to migrate the laborious Ink and Paint part of the 2D animation process to a more automated and thus efficient method. The Image Computer never sold well. In a bid to drive sales of the system, Pixar employee John Lasseter—who had long been creating short demonstration animations, such as Luxo Jr., to show off the device's capabilities—premiered his creations at SIGGRAPH, the computer graphics industry's largest convention, to great fanfare. Computer hardware is the physical part of a computer, including the digital circuitry, as distinguished from the computer software that executes within the hardware. ... Pixar Image Computer The Pixar Image Computer was a graphics designing computer made by Pixar in May 1986, intended for the high-end visualization markets, such as medicine. ... The Computer Animation Production System (CAPS) is a proprietary collection of software programs, camera systems and custom desks developed by The Walt Disney Company together with Pixar in the late-1980s to computerize the ink and paint and post-production processes of traditionally animated feature films produced by Walt Disney... John Alan Lasseter (born January 12, 1957) is an Academy Award-winning American animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... SIGGRAPH 2005 official logo SIGGRAPH (short for Special Interest Group in Graphics) is the name of the annual conference on computer graphics convened by the ACM SIGGRAPH organization. ...

As poor sales of Pixar's computers threatened to put the company out of business, Lasseter's animation department began producing computer-animated commercials for outside companies. Early successes included campaigns for Tropicana, Listerine, and LifeSavers. During this period, Pixar continued its relationship with Walt Disney Feature Animation, a studio whose corporate parent would ultimately become its most important partner. In 1991, after substantial layoffs in the company's computer department, Pixar made a $26 million deal with Disney to produce three computer-animated feature films, the first of which was Toy Story. Pixar was re-incorporated on December 9, 1995. Tropicana Orange Juice Tropicana Products, an American based company, was founded in Bradenton, Florida, USA in 1947 by Anthony T. Rossi. ... Various Listerine products Listerine is a brand name for antiseptic mouthwash invented by John Lister. ... This article is about the candy. ... Walt Disney Feature Animation (WDFA) is the animation studio that makes up a key element of The Walt Disney Company. ... Toy Story is an Academy-award-winning CGI animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 22, 1995, and Australia on December 7, 1995, as well as in the United Kingdom on 22 March... Incorporation (abbreviated Inc. ... is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...

Disney

Pixar and Disney had disagreements after the production of Toy Story 2. Originally intended as a straight-to-video release (and thus not part of Pixar's three picture deal), the film was eventually upgraded to a theatrical release during production. Pixar demanded that the film then be counted toward the three picture agreement, but Disney refused. Toy Story 2 is an Academy-Award nominated CGI animation film, the sequel to Toy Story; the third Disney / Pixar feature film, which featured the adventures of a group of toys that come to life when humans are not around to see them. ...

Pixar's first five feature films have collectively grossed more than $2.5 billion, equivalent to the highest per-film average gross in the industry. Though profitable for both, Pixar later complained that the arrangement was not equitable. Pixar was responsible for creation and production, while Disney handled marketing and distribution. Profits and production costs were split 50-50, but Disney exclusively owned all story and sequel rights and also collected a distribution fee. The lack of story and sequel rights were perhaps the most onerous to Pixar and set the stage for a contentious relationship. In an effort to recoup the heavy investment of making a film, movie studios would be interested in promoting (hyping) it through all means at their disposal. ... A Film distributor is an independent company, a subsidiary company or occasionally an individual, which acts as the final agent between a film production company or some intermediary agent, and a film exhibitor, to the end of securing placement of the producers film on the exhibitors screen. ...

The two companies attempted to reach a new agreement in early 2004. The new deal would be only for distribution, as Pixar intended to control production and own the resulting film properties themselves. Pixar wanted complete financial freedom; they wanted to finance their films on their own and collect 100 percent of the profits, paying Disney only the 10 to 15 percent distribution fee. More importantly, as part of any distribution agreement with Disney, Pixar demanded control over films already in production under their old agreement, including The Incredibles and Cars. These conditions were unacceptable to Disney, but Pixar would not concede. The Incredibles is a 2004 American Academy Award-winning computer-animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures, centering around a family of superheroes. ... This article is about the animated movie. ...

Disagreements between Steve Jobs and Disney Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner made the negotiations more difficult than they otherwise might have been. They broke down completely in mid-2004, with Jobs declaring that Pixar was actively seeking partners other than Disney. However, Pixar did not enter negotiations with other distributors, since other partners saw Pixar's terms as too demanding. After a lengthy hiatus, negotiations between the two companies resumed following the departure of Eisner from Disney in September of 2005. Michael Dammann Eisner (born March 7, 1942) was CEO of The Walt Disney Company from September 22, 1984 to September 30, 2005. ...

In preparation for potential fallout between Pixar and Disney, Jobs announced in late 2004 that Pixar would no longer release movies at the Disney-dictated November timeframe, but during the more lucrative early summer months.^[3] This would also allow Pixar to release DVDs for their major releases during the Christmas shopping season. An added benefit of delaying Cars was to extend the timeframe remaining on the Pixar-Disney contract to see how things would play out between the two companies.

Pending the Disney acquisition of Pixar, the two companies created a distribution deal for the intended 2007 release of Ratatouille, in case the acquisition fell through, to ensure that this one film would still be released through Disney's distribution channels. (In contrast to the earlier Disney/Pixar deal Ratatouille was to remain a Pixar property and Disney would have received only a distribution fee.) The completion of Disney's Pixar acquisition, however, nullified this distribution arrangement. For other uses, see Ratatouille (disambiguation). ...

Acquired by Disney

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Disney announced on January 24, 2006 that it had agreed to buy Pixar for approximately $7.4 billion in an all-stock deal. Following Pixar shareholder approval, the acquisition was completed May 5, 2006. The transaction catapulted Steve Jobs, who was the majority shareholder of Pixar with 50.1%, to Disney's largest individual shareholder with 7% and a new seat on its board of directors. Jobs' new Disney holdings outpace holdings belonging to ex-CEO Michael Eisner, the previous top shareholder who still held 1.7%, and Disney Director Emeritus Roy E. Disney who held almost 1% of the corporation's shares. Roy Disney's criticisms of Eisner included the soured Pixar relationship and accelerated Eisner's ouster. Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A stock swap is a business takeover in which the acquiring company uses its own stock to pay for the acquired company. ... A shareholder or stockholder is an individual or company (including a corporation) that legally owns one or more shares of stock in a joint stock company. ... is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Dammann Eisner (born March 7, 1942) was CEO of The Walt Disney Company from September 22, 1984 to September 30, 2005. ... Roy Edward Disney, KCSG, (born January 10, 1930) was a longtime senior executive for The Walt Disney Company, which his father Roy Oliver Disney and his uncle Walt founded. ...

As part of the deal, Lasseter, Pixar Executive Vice President and co-founder, became Chief Creative Officer (reporting to President and CEO Robert Iger and consulting with Disney Director Roy Disney) of both Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, as well as the Principal Creative Adviser at Walt Disney Imagineering, which designs and builds the company's theme parks. Catmull retained his position as President of Pixar, while also becoming President of Disney Studios, reporting to Bob Iger and Dick Cook, chairman of Walt Disney Studio Entertainment. Steve Jobs position as Pixar's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer was also removed, and instead he took a place on the Disney board of directors. A vice president is an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. ... A creative director is a position usually found within the advertising, media or entertainment industries, but may be useful in other creative organizations such as web development and software development firms as well. ... Chief Executive redirects here. ... Robert A. Iger (born February 10, 1951) or Bob Iger is head of the Walt Disney Company. ... Walt Disney Imagineering was formed by entertainment mogul Walt Disney on December 16, 1952 as WED Enterprises (WED: Walter Elias Disney) to develop plans for a theme park and to manage Disneys personal assets. ... Disney Parks Worldwide logo Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is the division of The Walt Disney Company that conceives, builds and manages the companys theme parks and vacation resorts, as well as a variety of additional family-oriented leisure enterprises. ... Dick Cook is the studio chief for the Walt Disney Company (officially, Chairman of the Walt Disney Studios). ... Disney redirects here. ... Chairman of the Board redirects here. ...

Lasseter and Catmull's oversight of both the Disney and Pixar studios did not mean that the two studios were merging, however. In fact, additional conditions were laid out as part of the deal to ensure that Pixar remained a separate entity, a concern that analysts had about the Disney deal.^[4] Some of those conditions were that Pixar HR policies would remain intact, including the lack of employment contracts. Also, the Pixar name was guaranteed to continue, and the studio would remain in its current Emeryville, California location with the "Pixar" sign. Finally, branding of films made post-merger would be "Disney•Pixar" (beginning with Cars). This article is about the concept of an entity. ... This article is about human resources as it applies to business, labor, and economies. ... The city of Emeryville highlighted within Alameda County Emeryville is a small city located in Alameda County, California, in the United States. ... This article is about the animated movie. ...

Today, Edwin Catmull serves as president of the combined Disney-Pixar animation studios, and John Lasseter serves as the studios' Chief Creative Officer. Catmull reports to Robert Iger as well as Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook. Lasseter, who has greenlight authority on all new films, also reports to Iger as well as consulting with Roy E. Disney. Edwin Catmull, Ph. ... John Alan Lasseter (born January 12, 1957) is an Academy Award-winning American animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Robert A. Iger (born February 10, 1951) or Bob Iger is head of the Walt Disney Company. ... The Walt Disney Studios refers to several different entities and locations associated with The Walt Disney Company: The Walt Disney Studios is one of the media empires four main operating units. ... Dick Cook is the studio chief for the Walt Disney Company (officially, Chairman of the Walt Disney Studios). ... To greenlight a project, in the context of the movie business, is to formally approve production finance, thereby allowing the project to move forward from the development phase to pre-production and, barring disasters, principal photography. ... Roy Edward Disney, KCSG, (born January 10, 1930) was a longtime senior executive for The Walt Disney Company, which his father Roy Oliver Disney and his uncle Walt founded. ...

Feature film traditions

While some of Pixar's first animators were former cel animators, including John Lasseter, they also came from stop motion animation, computer animation, or had recently graduated from college.^[1] A large number of animators that make up the animation department at Pixar were hired around the time Pixar released A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2. At the time, while Toy Story was a successful film, Pixar had only made one feature film. The majority of the animation industry is located in Los Angeles, California, while Pixar is 300 miles (480 km) north in the San Francisco Bay Area. Also, traditional 2-D animation was still the dominant medium for feature animated films. Not many Los Angeles-based animators were willing to move their families 300 miles (480 km) north, give up traditional animation, and try computer animation. Partly because of this, animators hired at Pixar around this time either came directly from college, or had worked outside of feature animation. For those who had traditional animation skills, the Pixar animation software (Marionette) is designed so that traditional animators would require a minimum of training before becoming productive.^[1] Traditional animation, also referred to as classical animation, cel animation, or hand-drawn animation, is the oldest and historically the most popular form of animation. ... John Alan Lasseter (born January 12, 1957) is an Academy Award-winning American animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. ... Stop motion is an animation technique which makes things that are static appear to be moving. ... See also: Computer-generated imagery Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. ... A Bugs Life is a computer animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 25, 1998, in Australia on January 12, 1999 and in the United Kingdom on February 5, 1999. ... Toy Story 2 is an Academy-Award nominated CGI animation film, the sequel to Toy Story; the third Disney / Pixar feature film, which featured the adventures of a group of toys that come to life when humans are not around to see them. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Bay Area redirects here. ... The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. ...

According to an interview with John Lasseter with PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley,^[5] Pixar films follow the same theme of self improvement. With the help of friends or family, a character ventures out into the real world and learns to appreciate his friends and family. At the core, according to John Lasseter, "it's gotta be about the growth of the main character, and how he changes."^[5] Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ... Tavis Smiley (born September 13, 1964) is an author, journalist, political commentator, and talk show host. ...

The Pixar teaser trailers since A Bug's Life consist of footage created specifically for the trailer, spotlighting certain central characters in a comic situation without spoiling the actual film. Though similar scenes and situations may appear, these sequences are not in the films being advertised, but instead are original creations.

Pixar has created extra content for each of their films since A Bug's Life that is not part of the main story. For their early theatrical releases, this content was in the form of "movie outtakes" and appeared as part of the movie's credits. For each of their films since Monsters, Inc. (Finding Nemo excluded), this content was a short made exclusively for the DVD release of the film.

Every Pixar film has included cameo appearances of characters or objects from Pixar's other movies or short films, as well as characters voiced by John Ratzenberger. Ratzenberger has been called "Pixar's good luck charm" since he has played a role in each Pixar feature.^{[citation needed]} A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television. ... John Deszo Ratzenberger (born April 6, 1947) is an American actor. ... John Deszo Ratzenberger (born April 6, 1947) is an American actor. ... John Deszo Ratzenberger (born April 6, 1947) is an American actor. ...

Locations

Pizza Planet is a fictional pizza restaurant that mainly appears in Toy Story. It is a large, sci-fi themed restaurant with arcade games. There is a reference to Pizza Planet in every Pixar film to date, either the restaurant itself or the Pizza Planet delivery truck which is stolen by the toys in Toy Story 2 and has a ride hitched on it by Buzz and Woody in Toy Story. It can also be seen in A Bug's Life and Monsters, Inc. when the insect tells the other one not to touch the motorhome light and when Randall is getting beat up with the shovel on the far left. The company runs a fleet of beat up Toyota Hilux pickup trucks, as seen in Toy Story 1 and 2 (though in Toy Story 2, the truck model is called a "Gyoza").In Finding Nemo, while Gill is explaining his plan to escape from the office, a yellow Pizza Planet truck drives by. Pizza Planet restaurants at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disneyland Paris are named after the site in the film and are designed to resemble it as much as possible. For other uses, see Pizza (disambiguation). ... Toy Story is an Academy-award-winning CGI animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 22, 1995, and Australia on December 7, 1995, as well as in the United Kingdom on 22 March... The Toyota Hilux, and Toyota Tacoma, are compact pickup trucks built and marketed by the Toyota Motor Corporation. ... Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon Introduction Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA is home to four theme parks, two water parks, several resort hotels and golf courses... Disney-MGM Studios is a theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. The third park to open at the resort, it debuted on May 1, 1989. ... Castle of the Sleeping Beauty in Disneyland Park Disneyland Resort Paris is a theme park in Marne-la-Vallée, near Paris. ...

Dinoco is a fictional oil company that first appeared in Toy Story as a small gas station and later had more prominent visibilty in Cars. The company's logo is a dinosaur (a reference to Sinclair Oil, which uses a very similar dinosaur logo). In Cars, the company's signature color is a pale blue shade referred to as "Dinoco blue" that was originally created for Richard Petty's racecar.^[6] Dinoco is a sponsor of the Piston cup, and is the main sponsor of The King, a veteran racer on the verge of retirement. The company's lavish sponsorship is highly sought after by the main character Lightning McQueen and rival Chick Hicks. The Dinoco brand has also been featured in much Cars-related merchandise. For other uses, see Fiction (disambiguation). ... Petro redirects here. ... Look up company in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Toy Story is an Academy-award-winning CGI animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 22, 1995, and Australia on December 7, 1995, as well as in the United Kingdom on 22 March... This article is about the animated movie. ... Sinclair Oil is an American petroleum company based in Salt Lake City, Utah. ... Color is an important part of the visual arts. ... Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937) is an American former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver. ... Strip The King Weathers is a fictional veteran anthropomorphic racecar from the Disney/Pixar animated film, Cars. ... Sponsorship can refer to several concepts: A sponsors support of an event, activity, person, or organization. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Chick Hicks is a fictional character, a racecar and the antagonist in the 2006 animated Disney/Pixar film Cars. ...

See also

• List of Pixar films
• List of Pixar staff

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References

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External links

• Pixar official site
• Pixar Animation Studios at the Internet Movie Database
• Pixar Animation Studios at the Big Cartoon DataBase

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A Bugs Life is a computer animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 25, 1998, in Australia on January 12, 1999 and in the United Kingdom on February 5, 1999. ... Toy Story 2 is an Academy-Award nominated CGI animation film, the sequel to Toy Story; the third Disney / Pixar feature film, which featured the adventures of a group of toys that come to life when humans are not around to see them. ... Monsters, Inc. ... Finding Nemo is an Academy Award-winning computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released to theaters by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. ... The Incredibles is a 2004 American Academy Award-winning computer-animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures, centering around a family of superheroes. ... This article is about the animated movie. ... For other uses, see Ratatouille (disambiguation). ... WALL-E is a CGI animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. ... This article is about the 2009 Pixar film. ... TS3 redirects here. ... Look for Cars 2 on one of Wikipedias sister projects: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Reds Dream is a short film produced by Pixar Animation Studios, released in 1987. ... Tin Toy is a 1988 Pixar Animation Studios short film using computer animation. ... Knick Knack is a computer animated Pixar short film released in 1989. ... Geris Game is a 4 minute long 1997 animated short film made by Pixar. ... For other uses see For the Birds (disambiguation) For the Birds is an Academy Award winning animated short film, produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released in the year 2000. ... Mikes New Car is a 2002 Pixar-animated short based on the two main characters from Monsters Inc. ... The jackalope Boundin is a Oscar-nominated short film, shown at the start of the Disney-Pixar film The Incredibles. It features a sheep whose elegant dancing is very popular with the other animals but who is shorn every year becoming naked and shy and prevented from dancing so elegantly. ... Jack-Jack Attack is a 2005 short produced by Pixar based upon their film The Incredibles. ... Treble, from One Man Band One Man Band is a Pixar short film. ... For other uses, see Ghost light (disambiguation). ... Lifted is a 2006 Pixar computer animated short film directed by Gary Rydstrom. ... Your Friend the Rat is Pixars first traditionally animated short film; at 11 minutes it is also the longest Pixar short to date. ... Tiny Toy Stories is a direct-to-video package film featuring five of the earliest CGI shorts by Pixar (with the exception of The Adventures of André and Wally B., which was made before Pixar came to be. ... Pixar Image Computer The Pixar Image Computer was a graphics designing computer made by Pixar in May 1986, intended for the high-end visualization markets, such as medicine. ... RenderMan is the name of a rendering software package developed by Pixar Animation Studios; it implements Pixars photorealistic 3D description standard, the RenderMan Interface Specification. ... from The Adventures of André and Wally B., a short film animated by John Lasseter The Adventures of André and Wally B. is an animated short made in 1984 by the Lucasfilm Computer Graphics Project, which would later be spun out as a startup company called Pixar. ... Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is a name of a Disney animated science fiction adventure series. ... John Alan Lasseter (born January 12, 1957) is an Academy Award-winning American animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. ... Edwin Catmull, Ph. ... Steve Jobs (born Steven Paul Jobs February 24, 1955) is the CEO, chairman and co-founder of Apple Inc. ... Peter Docter was born on August 10, 1968 in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. He is a film director, best known for Monsters, Inc. ... Andrew Stanton (born January 11, 1965 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American animated films director, screenwriter, as well as a voice actor. ... Phillip Bradley Bird, better known as Brad Bird, (born on September 11, 1957) is an American Academy Award-winning animator who wrote and directed the 1999 Warner Bros. ... Lee Unkrich Lee Unkrich (born August 8, 1967 in Chagrin Falls, Ohio) is an American director and film editor. ... Gary Roger Rydstrom is an award winning sound designer who began his career at Skywaker Sound, Northern California in 1983. ... Brenda Chapman Lima is a staff member of Pixar. ... Brad Lewis, PhD, MD, is a liberal critical theorist, with most of his work dealing in psychiatry. ... Bob Peterson (1961-) is an animator, screenwriter, director and voice actor. ... Walt Disney Animation Studios is the animation studio that makes up a key element of The Walt Disney Company, and the oldest surviving animation studio in the world. ... This is a list of theatrical animated feature films produced and/or released by Walt Disney Productions/The Walt Disney Company: // The following is a list of the forty-nine feature films that are part of the Walt Disney Feature Animation (WDFA) canon, also known as the Walt Disney Animated... Disney redirects here. ... Chairman of the Board redirects here. ... John E. Bryson is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Edison International, based in Rosemead, California. ... Judith L. Estrin is President and Chief Executive Officer of Packet Design, LLC, a company that she co-founded in May 2000 to develop networking technology. ... Robert A. Iger (born February 10, 1951) or Bob Iger is head of the Walt Disney Company. ... Steve Jobs (born Steven Paul Jobs February 24, 1955) is the CEO, chairman and co-founder of Apple Inc. ... Fred H. Langhammer is Chairman, Global Affairs, of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. ... Aylwin B. Lewis is an American businessman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Sears Holdings Corporation was born 28 May, 1954. ... Robert W. Matschullat is a private equity investor, and served from October 1995 until June 2000 as Vice Chairman of the board of directors of The Seagram Company Ltd. ... Father Leo J. ODonovan (born in New York City, New York in 1934) was President of Georgetown University. ... John E. Pepper, Jr. ... Orin C. Smith was President and Chief Executive Officer of Starbucks Corporation from 2000 to 2005. ... Disney redirects here. ... Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, a fictitious business name of Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, Inc. ... Old logo from 1985-2006 Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner, was established as a designation in 1983, prior to which Disney films since the death of Walt Disney were released under the name of the... Touchstone Pictures (also known as Touchstone Films in its early years) is one of several alternate film labels of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1984. ... The Hollywood Pictures sphinx logo Hollywood Pictures is one of The Walt Disney Companys several alternate movie labels. ... Walt Disney Animation Studios is the animation studio that makes up a key element of The Walt Disney Company, and the oldest surviving animation studio in the world. ... Miramax Films is a film production and distribution brand that was a Big Ten film motion picture distribution and production company headquartered in New York City before being bought out by The Walt Disney Company. ... The Buena Vista Music Group is a collection of affiliated record labels all subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company. ... Hollywood Records is a record label owned by Disney. ... Walt Disney Records is a record company and part of The Walt Disney Company. ... Lyric Street Records is a sister label of Hollywood Records. ... Founded in 1989 in Carrboro, North Carolina, Mammoth Records was one of the premiere independent record labels of the 1990s. ... Wonderland Music Company, Inc. ... Walt Disney Music Company is a U.S. music publisher. ... New Amsterdam Theater in New York City Walt Disney Theatrical Productions, informally known as Walt Disney Theatrical, is the stageplay and musical production arm of The Walt Disney Company. ... Disney-ABC Television Group manages all of The Walt Disney Companys U.S. and global entertainment and news television properties. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... ABC News logo ABC News Special Report ident, circa 2006 ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. ... ABC News Now is a 24 hour broadband news channel offered via television and streaming video at ABCNews. ... ABC Family is an American cable television network currently owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company. ... For the Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel around the world. ... For Jetix in each country, see Jetix around the world. ... Jetix Play is the sister channel of Jetix owned by The Walt Disney Company. ... SOAPnet (stylized from 2000 to 2002 as SoapNet) is an American cable television channel. ... Fox Playhouse is the brand name for Disney Channels preschool programs, often airing as its own channel outside of the United States. ... Toon Disney is a 24-hour American cable television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company that mostly airs childrens animated television series. ... Lifetime Entertainment Services is an American entertainment industry company, dedicated to entertainment and information programming as well as advocating a range of issues that women find relevant serving over 88 million households across the nation [1], Lifetime Entertainment services has spawned: Three networks Lifetime Television Lifetime Movie Network (launched in... A&E Television Networks is a media company that owns several TV networks on cable and satellite. ... ABC News is a division of the American Broadcasting Company television and radio networks (ABC). ... Radio Disney is a radio network based in Dallas, Texas in the United States broadcasting music and other content targeted at children and young teenagers. ... Disney-ABC International Television (DAIT) is responsible for The Walt Disney Company’s branded and non-branded filmed entertainment distribution, now distributing more than 30,000 hours of content to over 1300 broadcasters across 240 territories worldwide. ... Disney-ABC Domestic Television is the domestic television syndication firm of the Disney-ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company, that handles the television distribution of product from Walt Disney Television and ABC Studios, such as Scrubs, My Wife and Kids, and According to Jim. ... ABC Studios (formerly Touchstone Television Productions, LLC and ABC Television Studio) is a television production company formed in 1989 and renamed in May 2007 to its latest inception. ... Walt Disney Television Animation is the animated television production division of The Walt Disney Company. ... Disney Parks Worldwide logo Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is the division of The Walt Disney Company that conceives, builds and manages the companys theme parks and vacation resorts, as well as a variety of additional family-oriented leisure enterprises. ... Disney Consumer Products (DCP) is the business segment of The Walt Disney Company that extends the Disney brand to merchandise ranging from apparel, toys, home décor, books and magazines to interactive games, food and beverages, stationery, electronics and animation art. ... The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) oversees several websites owned by The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiaries. ... Go. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... ABC News is a division of ABC television and radio networks (ABC), owned by The Walt Disney Company. ... ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN and a division of ESPN Inc. ... Disney. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... KABC-TV, channel 7, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, licensed to Los Angeles, California. ... KFSN-TV is the ABC owned and operated television station in Fresno, California. ... KGO-TV (ABC7) is an owned-and-operated television station of The Walt Disney Company-owned ABC, based in San Francisco, California. ... KTRK TV is a television station in Houston, Texas, affiliated with the American Broadcasting Company network. ... , WABC-TV, channel 7, is the flagship station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. ... WJRT-TV is the American Broadcasting Company-owned and operated television station (O&O) in the Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, Michigan television market. ... WLS-TV abc Disney 7 is an American television station in Chicago, Illinois and thats owned and operated by the abc-TV Network & The Walt Disney Company. ... WPVI-TV, channel 6, is an owned-and-operated station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... WTVD, channel 11, is an owned-and-operated station of the Walt Disney Company-owned ABC television network, based in Durham, North Carolina. ... WTVG, known on air as 13ABC, is the ABC owned and operated television station in Toledo, Ohio with a coverage area serving northwestern Ohio, Southeastern Michigan and Essex County, Ontario. ... A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... KDIS 1110 AM is a Radio Disney affiliate. ... KDIS-FM broadcasts in the Little Rock, Arkansas area at 99. ... KDIZ (1440 AM) is a radio station serving the Minneapolis-St. ... KESN is a Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas based sports talk radio station. ... KKDZ in Seattle, Washington is the Radio Disney outlet for the Puget Sound region. ... KMIC is a Radio Disney station serving the Houston, Texas market. ... KMIK is a Tempe, Arizona AM Radio station that is part of the Radio Disney Network. ... KMKI is a Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas AM Radio station licensed inPlano, Texas that is part of the Radio Disney network, which is also based in Dallas, Texas. ... KMKY is a radio station in Oakland, California that broadcasts on 1310 AM. It has childrens variety programming and is part of the Radio Disney network. ... KNIT is an AM Southern Gospel radio station that serves the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and is owned by James Crystal Radio Group. ... KSPN (710 AM) is an all-sports radio station based in Los Angeles, California. ... KSPN-FM is in the Aspen, Colorado area and broadcasts at 103. ... WDDY is an AM radio station licensed to Albany, New York. ... WEAE-AM is a sports talk station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... WEPN (1050 kHz), branded as 1050 ESPN Radio, is a 24-hour sports radio station in New York City featuring national and local sports talk programs and live broadcasts of sports matches. ... WFDF is the call sign of a radio station at 910 kHz on the AM dial in Flint, Michigan, which began broadcasting in 1922. ... WMKI is a childrens radio station in the Boston market. ... WMVP (1000 AM) is the callsign of a commercial radio station in Chicago. ... WQEW 1560 AM is a Radio Disney affiliate. ... WRDZ-AM 1300 is an AM radio station licensed to La Grange, Illinois serving northeast Illinois, northwest Indiana and southeast Wisconsin. ... WRDZ is a Radio Disney station serving the Indianapolis, Indiana market. ... WSDZ is an AM radio station in Belleville, Illinois, located at 1260 kHz. ... WWCS is a Radio Disney station serving the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania market. ... WWMK AM 1260 is the Radio Disney affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio, and is owned by ABC Radio. ... The Walt Disney Company’s Golden Oak Ranch is an outdoor ranch that serves as an interior and exterior filming site. ... The Prospect Studios (also known as ABC Television Center [West]) is a lot containing several television studios located at 4151 Prospect Avenue in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, at the corner of Prospect Aveune and Talmadge Street (named in honor of silent screen star Norma Talmadge), just east... Reedy Creek Energy Services (RCES) is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. ... Times Square Studios is located in Times Square in New York City, New York. ... ... 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