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• The Academy Award-winning computer animation studio Pixar has produced over 40 short and feature films including Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Cars, Monsters, Inc., and Ratatouille. Pixar was bought by The Walt Disney Company in 2006 and is now a wholly owned Disney subsidiary.

  Pixar's Up! movie opened the 62nd Cannes Film Festival with a 3D screening of the film on May 13, 2009.Reuters: Cannes lifts off with 3D animation film Up

• Fast Facts

  1. Headquarters: Emeryville, California
  2. Acquired by Disney for $7.4 Billion
  3. Academy Awards: Eight
  4. President: Ed Catmull
  5. Chief Creative Officer: John Lasseter
  6. Software used: RenderMan

• History

  Pixar began as the computer graphics division of George Lucas' Lucasfilm, but was purchased by Steve Jobs for $10 million in 1986 and established as an independent company. Through the late 1980s and early 1990s, Pixar focused on producing short films and commercials. In 1991, Pixar and Disney entered an agreement to co-produce up to three animated feature films. Pixar went public and put up 6.9 million shares for sale in 1995, the same year its first feature film, Toy Story was released. In 1997, Pixar and Disney superseded their previous agreement and entered another which would produce five more animated features.

• Company Objective

  "To combine proprietary technology and world-class creative talent to develop computer-animated feature films with memorable characters and heartwarming stories that appeal to audiences of all ages."

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