Pixar

Also known as Pixar Studios, Graphics Group

Pixar (), doing business as Pixar Animation Studios, is an American animation studio based in Emeryville, California, known for its commercially successful computer-animated feature films. Pixar is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of the Disney Entertainment segment of the Walt Disney Company.

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Pixar is an American animation studio based in California that specializes in creating computer-animated movies that achieve significant commercial success. As a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, Pixar is part of the larger Walt Disney Company's entertainment operations.

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Company.name: Pixar Animation Studios
Company.logo: frameless|upright=1.15|class=skin-invert
Company.image: Pixar animation studios1.png
Company.logo_caption: Logo used since 1995
Company.image_caption: Headquarters in Emeryville, California
Company.traded_as: (1995–2006)
Company.type: Subsidiary
Company.industry: Animation
Company.predecessor: The Graphics Group of Lucasfilm Computer Division (1979–1986)
Company.founded: in Richmond, California
Company.hq_location: 1200 Park Avenue
Company.hq_location_city: Emeryville, California
Company.hq_location_country: U.S.
Company.area_served: Worldwide
Company.products: Computer animations
Company.parent: Walt Disney Studios (2006–present)

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Employees: 1233
Official website: www.pixar.com
Image: Pixaranimationstudios.jpg

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Commons category: Pixar
inception: 1986-02-03
ACM Classification Code (2012): 10011230
social media followers: 8900000

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Contents

History
Early history
Independent company (1986–1999)
Collaboration with Disney (1999–2006)
Walt Disney Studios subsidiary (2006–present)
Expansion and John Lasseter's exit (2010–2018)
Sequels and financial success (2018–2019)
COVID-19 pandemic, Disney+ releases, and some financial struggles (2020–present)
Campus
Filmography
Traditions
Sequels and prequels
Adaptation to television
2D animation and live-action
Upcoming films
Franchises
Highest-grossing films
Co-op Program
See also
Notes
References
External links

The studio started in 1979 as part of the Lucasfilm computer division. It was known as the Graphics Group before its spin-off as a corporation in 1986, with funding from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who became its majority shareholder. The studio's mascot is Luxo Jr., a desk lamp from the studio's 1986 short film of the same name. Disney announced its acquisition of Pixar in January 2006, and completed it in May 2006. Pixar is best known for its feature films, technologically powered by its RenderMan software. RenderMan began as Pixar's implementation of the industry-standard RenderMan Interface Specification (RISpec) image-rendering API, which came out in 1988; support for RISpec was dropped in 2016. RenderMan became fully path-traced and physically based (PBR).