Pixar Animation Studios Inc.
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Ontario Technology Corridor Declares Digital Doors Wide Open for Business at Ottawa Animation Festival [Press Release]
MarketWire | 24 days 13 hours 15 minutes ago
OTTAWA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/14/09 -- Employing nearly 256,000 people among 5,900 companies in five urban regions, the Ontario Technology Corridor is positioning the province at the forefront of the digital entertainment revolution at the Ottawa Animation Festival.
Disney catches comics giant Marvel in a $4B web
Denver Post, The | 18 days 33 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES - The Walt Disney Co. is punching its way into the universe of superheroes and their male fans with a deal announced Monday to acquire Marvel Entertainment Inc.
THQ Goes Full Throttle with the Launch of Disney Pixar s Cars Race-O-Rama [Press Release]
Business Wire | 27 days 3 hours 19 minutes ago
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) today announced that Disney•Pixar’s Cars Race-O-Rama, the company’s third installment in the highly successful Cars video game franchise, has shipped to retail outlets throughout North America across six game systems, including the Wii™ video game system, Nintendo DS™, the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment system and PSP® (PlayStation® Portable) system. Cars Ra...
How the iPod changed everything
Globe and Mail (Toronto), The | 9 days 7 hours 21 minutes ago
While pirates bled the music industry, other businesses rode the tide and collected the booty. Former Apple insiders tell how Steve Jobs did it
Notable reinventions | Crain's Chicago Business
Crain's Chicago Business | 17 hours 2 minutes ago
Randy Komisar, a California-based venture capitalist and co-author of the new book "Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model," which features some of these reinventions (plus cautionary tales), says many successful businesses look nothing like their founders' original ideas. But far too many companies reinvent themselves too late, "only after Plan A hits the wall."
For 'Princess,' Disney Returns To Traditional Animation Style
Wall Street Journal, The | 6 days 7 hours ago
The Princess and the Frog," Walt Disney Co.'s first hand-animated feature film in nearly six years, is a gamble by the studio that audiences will respond to the traditional medium of Mickey Mouse in an era when animation is dominated by slick computer-generated fare from Pixar Animation and DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.
Blockbuster Shares the Love With Release of Most Loved Movies List [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 38 days 21 hours 46 minutes ago
...FirstCall/ -- Blockbuster Inc. has released a new list...four family movies by Pixar Animation Studios, two films based on Stephen...Gladiator 10. Monsters, Inc. 11. Schindler's List...Notebook Blockbuster Inc. is a leading global...
Hagerty Announces Winners of 2009 Youth Model-Building and Young Designers Contests [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 85 days 21 hours 48 minutes ago
...Celebrity Judges Including Pixar Director Brad Lewis and...Brad Lewis, Director for Pixar Animation Studios; Valentino Balboni...Hagerty Insurance Agency, Inc. is the leading insurance...Hagerty Insurance Agency, Inc. CONTACT: Soon Nguyen...
It's 'Lights, Camera, Fashion.' at Bloomingdale's This Fall [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 83 days 1 hour 17 minutes ago
NEW YORK, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ --
Lasseter to receive Producers Guild honor
Yahoo! | 17 days 6 hours 44 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – The Producers Guild of America will honor Disney/Pixar animation whiz John Lasseter with its 2010 David O. Selnick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures.
Lasseter to receive PGA Selnick Award
Hollywood Reporter, The | 17 days 16 hours 29 minutes ago
First producer of animated films to receive prize
PGA to honor John Lasseter - Variety.com
Variety | 17 days 19 hours 25 minutes ago
The Producers Guild of America has tapped John Lasseter to receive its David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures.
Crowded theaters build momentum for 3-D at home | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal
Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), The | 5 days 1 hour 41 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling as if they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches.
Crowded theaters build momentum for 3-D at home
San Diego Union-Tribune | 12 days 22 hours 41 minutes ago
FILE - In this file publicity image released by Sony Pictures Animation, "Sam Sparks," voiced by Anna Faris, and "Flint Lockwood," voiced by Bill Hader, are seen in Columbia Pictures' animated film "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs."
As theatrical runs for 3-D movies gets shorter, pressure builds to develop home video systems -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 13 days 18 hours 59 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling as if they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches.
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Company Overview
| Company: | Pixar Animation Studios Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Motion Picture Production & Distribution |
| Website: | http://www.pixar.com |
Pixar Animation Studios keeps computer-generating hits. The company has produced 10 full-length animated feature films, including 1995's "Toy Story" (the first fully computer-animated feature), as well as the more recent WALL-E (2008) and Up (2009). Its proprietary software Marionette (modeling, animating, and lighting), Ringmaster (production management), and RenderMan (image rendering) makes three-dimensional-looking animation. RenderMan was used to create some of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park and space creatures in the Star Wars films. Pixar has accounted for nearly a quarter of the animation box office in recent years. Its films are released by Disney, which in 2006 bought Pixar for $7.4 billion.
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| Fiscal Year-End | December |