Pixar
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Pixar Animation Studios (/ˈpɪksɑːr/) or simply Pixar, is an American 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.[2] The company’s studio lot is located in Emeryville, California.
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Pixar’s headquarters in Emeryville, California. | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Animation |
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| Founded | February 3, 1986; 39 years ago (1986-02-03) in Richmond, California |
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| Headquarters | 1200 Park Avenue, , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Products | Feature Films Theatrical Short Films Short Length-Television Series Shows |
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Number of employees | 1,233 (2020) |
| Parent | Walt Disney Studios (2006–present) |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [1][2][3] | |
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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.[4]
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.
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Movies
Main article: List of Pixar movies
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| 1995 | Toy Story |
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| 1996 | Scooby-Doo! Where Are You? The Movie (film) |
| 1997 | The Last After Time (film) |
| 1998 | A Bug's Life |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 |
| 2000 | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (It's direct-to-video film) |
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. |
| 2002 | Beyond the Africa |
| The Adventures of Arthur and Elwood City Movie | |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo |
| 2004 | The Incredibles |
| 2005 | Dr. Seuss' Fox in Socks (film) |
| Horrid Henry Movie (film) | |
| 2006 | Cars |
| 2007 | Ratatouille |
| 2008 | WALL-E |
| 2009 | Up |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 |
| 2011 | Cars 2 |
| 2012 | Brave |
| 2013 | Monsters University |
| "Planes" | |
| 2014 | "Planes: Fire & Rescue" |
| The Secret Silently Spy | |
| 2015 | Inside Out |
| The Good Dinosaur | |
| 2016 | Finding Dory |
| 2017 | Cars 3 |
| Coco | |
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 |
| 2019 | Toy Story 4 |
| 2020 | Onward |
| Soul | |
| 2021 | Luca |
| 2022 | Turning Red |
| Lightyear | |
| 2023 | Elemental |
| 2024 | Inside Out 2 |
| 2025 | Elio |
| 2026 | Hoppers |
| Toy Story 5 | |
| 2027 | Gatto |
| TBA | Coco 2 |
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Released
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| Title | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Release by | Composer(s) | Note(s) | |
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| 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 |
Theatrical | Randy Newman | Second Pixar in 3D. |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
Third Pixar in 3D. | ||
| Monsters, Inc. | November 2, 2001 | Pete Docter | Pete Docter
Jill Culton Jeff Pidgeon Ralph Eggleston |
Andrew Stanton
Dan Gerson |
Darla K. Anderson | Eighth Pixar in 3D. | ||
| Finding Nemo | May 30, 2003 | Andrew Stanton | Andrew Stanton
Bob Peterson David Reynolds |
Graham Walters | Thomas Newman | Seventh Pixar in 3D. | ||
| The Incredibles | November 5, 2004 | Brad Bird | John Walker | Michael Giacchino | Seventh Pixar in IMAX. | |||
| 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 | Tenth Pixar in 3D. | |
| Ratatouille | June 29, 2007 | Brad Bird | Jan Pinkava
Jim Capobianco Brad Bird |
Brad Bird | Brad Lewis | Michael Giacchino | Eleventh Pixar in 3D. | |
| 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 | First Pixar in 3D. | |
| Toy Story 3 | June 18, 2010 | Lee Unkrich | John Lasseter
Andrew Stanton Lee Unkrich |
Michael Arndt | Darla K. Anderson | Randy Newman | Forth Pixar in 3D.
First Pixar in IMAX. | |
| Cars 2 | June 24, 2011 | John Lasseter | John Lasseter
Brad Lewis Dan Fogelman |
Ben Queen | Denise Ream | Michael Giacchino | Fifth Pixar in 3D.
Second Pixar in IMAX. | |
| Brave | June 22, 2012 | Mark Andrews
Brenda Chapman |
Brenda Chapman | Mark Andrews
Steve Purcell Brenda Chapman Irene Mecchi |
Katherine Sarafian | Patrick Doyle | Sixth Pixar in 3D. | |
| 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 | Ninth Pixar in 3D. | |
| Inside Out | June 19, 2015 | Pete Docter | Pete Docter
Ronnie del Carmen |
Pete Docter
Meg LeFauve Josh Cooley |
Jonas Rivera | Michael Giacchino | Twelve Pixar in 3D.
Third Pixar in IMAX. | |
| The Good Dinosaur | November 25, 2015 | Peter Sohn | Bob Peterson | Denise Ream | Mychael Danna
Jeff Danna |
Thirteenth Pixar in 3D. | ||
| Peter Sohn
Erik Benson Meg LeFauve Kelsey Mann Bob Peterson |
Meg LeFauve | |||||||
| Finding Dory | June 17, 2016 | Andrew Stanton | Andrew Stanton
Victoria Strouse |
Lindsey Collins | Thomas Newman | Fourteenth Pixar in 3D.
Fourth Pixar in IMAX. | ||
| 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 | Fifteenth Pixar in 3D.
Fifth Pixar in IMAX. | |
| Coco | November 22, 2017 | Lee Unkrich | Lee Unkrich
Jason Katz Matthew Aldrich Adrian Molina |
Adrian Molina
Matthew Aldrich |
Darla K. Anderson | Michael Giacchino | Sixteenth Pixar in 3D.
First Pixar’s Musical. | |
| Incredibles 2 | June 15, 2018 | Brad Bird | John Walker
Nicole Paradis Grindle |
Michael Giacchino | Seventeenth Pixar in 3D.
Sixth Pixar in IMAX. | |||
| 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 | Eighteenth Pixar in 3D.
Eighth Pixar in IMAX. | |
| Onward | March 6, 2020 | Dan Scanlon | Dan Scanlon Keith Bunin Jason Headley |
Dan Scanlon Jason Headley Keith Bunin |
Kori Rae | Mychael Danna Jeff Danna |
Nineteenth Pixar in 3D. Ninth Pixar in IMAX. | |
| Soul | December 25, 2020 | Pete Docter | Pete Docter
Mike Jones Kemp Powers |
Dana Murray | Disney+ | Trent Reznor Atticus Ross |
Twentieth Pixar in 3D. | |
| Luca | June 18, 2021 | Enrico Casarosa | Enrico Casarosa Jesse Andrews Simon Stephenson |
Jesse Andrews Mike Jones |
Andrea Warren | Dan Romer | Twenty First Pixar in 3D. | |
| Turning Red | March 11, 2022 | Domee Shi | Domee Shi Julia Cho Sarah Streicher |
Julia Cho
Domee Shi |
Lindsey Collins | Ludwig Göransson | Twenty Second Pixar in 3D. | |
| Lightyear | June 17, 2022 | Angus MacLane | Angus MacLane
Matthew Aldrich Jason Headley |
Jason Headley
Angus MacLane |
Galyn Susman | Theatrical | Michael Giacchino | Twenty Third Pixar in 3D. Tenth Pixar in IMAX. |
| Elemental | June 16, 2023 | Peter Sohn | John Hoberg, Brenda Hsueh, Kat Likkel & Sohn | Hoberg, Hsueh & Likkel | Denise Ream | Thomas Newman | Twenty Fourth Pixar in 3D. | |
| Inside Out 2 | June 14, 2024 | Kelsey Mann | Meg LeFauve & Mann | Dave Holstein & Meg LeFauve | Mark Nielsen | Andrea Datzman | Twenty Fifth Pixar in 3D | |
| Elio | June 20, 2025 | Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi & Adrian Molina | Molina, Sharafian, Shi & Julia Cho | Cho, Mark Hammer & Mike Jones | Mary Alice Drumm | Rob Simonsen | Twenty Sixth Pixar in 3D. | |
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Upcoming
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| Film | Release date | Director(s) | Story | Screenplay | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Release by | Composer(s) | Note(s) | Ref. |
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| Hoppers | March 6, 2026 | Daniel Chong | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Twenty Seventh Pixar in 3D. | |||
| Toy Story 5 | June 19, 2026 | Andrew Stanton | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Twenty Eighth Pixar in 3D. | |||
| Gatto | June 18, 2027 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Twenety Nine Pixar in 3D. | |||
| Untitled Film | March 3, 2028 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Thrity Pixar in 3D | |||
| Incredibles 3 | June 16, 2028 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Thrity One Pixar in 3D | |||
| Coco 2 | June 15, 2029 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Thrity Two Pixar in 3D | |||
| Finding Marlin | March 1, 2030 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Thrity Two Pixar in 3D | |||
| The Good Dinosaur 2 | June 14, 2030 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Thrity Three Pixar in 3D | |||
| Nutcrackertopia | November 8, 2030 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Thrity Four Pixar in 3D |
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Short Films
Main article: List of Pixar shorts
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| Title | Year | Director(s) |
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| The Adventures of André & Wally B. | 1984 | Alvy Ray Smith |
| Luxo Jr. | 1986 | John Lasseter |
| Red's Dream | 1987 | John Lasseter |
| Tin Toy | 1988 | John Lasseter |
| Knick Knack | 1989 | John Lasseter |
| Geri's Game | 1997 | Jan Pinkava |
| For The Birds | 2000 | Ralph Eggleston |
| Boundin' | 2003 | Bud Luckey |
| One Man Band | 2006 | Andrew Jimenez & Mark Andrews |
| Lifted | 2007 | Gary Rydstrom |
| Presto | 2008 | Doug Sweetland |
| Partly Cloudy | 2009 | Peter Sohn |
| Day & Night | 2010 | Teddy Newton |
| La Luna | 2011 | Enrico Casarosa |
| The Blue Umbrella | 2013 | Saschka Unseld |
| Lava | 2014 | James Ford Murphy |
| Sanjay's Super Team | 2015 | Sanjay Patel |
| Piper | 2016 | Alan Barillaro |
| Lou | 2017 | David Mullins |
| Bao | 2018 | Domee Shi |
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