Pixar
An acclaimed animation studio. Its years-long effort to realistically render hair is cited as an example of the immense difficulty of a task that Sora-like models seem to accomplish implicitly.
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Pixar Animation Studios is a leading American computer animation studio based in Emeryville, California, and a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Founded in 1986 by Edwin Catmull, the studio is celebrated for its technical and creative innovation, notably producing 'Toy Story' (1995), the first feature-length CGI-animated film. Pixar has won 40 Academy Awards and its films have grossed over $15 billion globally. In contemporary technological discourse, Pixar's long-standing efforts to bridge the 'Uncanny Valley' in animation are used as a benchmark to evaluate the physics-based realism of new AI video models like OpenAI's Sora.
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Founded
1986-02-03
Founder
Edwin Catmull
Headquarters
1200 Park Avenue, Emeryville, California, United States
Employee Count
1,233 (Wikidata)
Parent Company
The Walt Disney Company
Academy Awards Won
40
Total Box Office Gross
Over $15 billion USD
Timeline
- Pixar is founded as an independent company. (Source: Wikidata)
1986-02-03
- Release of 'Toy Story', the first theatrically released CGI-animated feature film. (Source: Wikipedia)
1995-11-22
- Release of 'The Incredibles'. (Source: Web Search)
2004-11-05
- Release of 'WALL-E'. (Source: Web Search)
2008-06-27
- Release of 'Inside Out'. (Source: Web Search)
2015-06-19
- Pixar's historical struggle with the 'Uncanny Valley' is compared to the launch of OpenAI's Sora video model. (Source: Document b5abf73b-f30b-41b8-b4d1-f22b8ed1c816)
2024-02-15
- Release of 'Inside Out 2'. (Source: Web Search)
2024-06-14
- Scheduled release of Pixar's 29th feature film, 'Elio'. (Source: LinkedIn)
2025-06-13
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- Pixar Animation Studios
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- Feature Films - Pixar Animation Studios
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- List of Pixar films
Pixar has produced 29 feature films, which were all released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through the Walt Disney Pictures banner, with its first being *Toy Story* (which was also the first CGI-animated feature ever theatrically released) on November 22, 1995, and its latest being *Elio "Elio (film)")* on June 20, 2025. | Pixar Animation Studios | * *Toy Story* (1995) * *A Bug's Life* (1998) * *Toy Story 2* (1999) * *Monsters, Inc.* (2001) * *Finding Nemo* (2003) * *The Incredibles* (2004) * *Cars "Cars (film)")* (2006) * *Ratatouille "Ratatouille (film)")* (2007) * *WALL-E* (2008) * *Up "Up (2009 film)")* (2009) * *Toy Story 3* (2010) * *Cars 2* (2011) * *Brave "Brave (2012 film)")* (2012) * *Monsters University* (2013) * *Inside Out "Inside Out (2015 film)")* (2015) * *The Good Dinosaur* (2015) * *Finding Dory* (2016) * *Cars 3* (2017) * *Coco "Coco (2017 film)")* (2017) * *Incredibles 2* (2018) * *Toy Story 4* (2019) * *Onward "Onward (film)")* (2020) * *Soul "Soul (2020 film)")* (2020)‡ * *Luca "Luca (2021 film)")* (2021)‡ * *Turning Red* (2022)‡ * *Lightyear "Lightyear (film)")* (2022) * *Elemental "Elemental (2023 film)")* (2023) * *Inside Out 2* (2024) * *Elio "Elio (film)")* (2025) | | | | --- | --- | | Upcoming | * *Hoppers "Hoppers (film)")* (2026) * *Toy Story 5* (2026) | |.
- Pixar - Wikipedia
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- Pixar Animation Studios | LinkedIn
Overview: Pixar Animation Studios, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is an Academy Award®-winning film studio with world-renowned technical, creative and production capabilities in the art of computer animation. The Northern California studio has created some of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time, including “Toy Story,” “Monsters, Inc.,” “Cars,” “The Incredibles,” “Ratatouille,” “WALL•E,” “Up,” “Brave,” “Inside Out,” “Coco” and “Turning Red.” Its movies and technology have won 40 Academy Awards® and the films have grossed more than $15 billion at the worldwide box office. "Elio," Pixar's 29th feature, releases in theaters June 13, 2025. Pixar's objective is to combine groundbreaking technology and world-class creative talent to develop computer-animated films with memorable characters and heartwarming stories that appeal to audiences of all ages. Careers Page: http://www.pixar.com/careers Website: https://www.pixar.com/ Crunchbase Url: N/A Linkedin Url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pixar-animation-studios Industry: Animation and Post-production Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees 3766 associated members (LinkedIn members who’ve listed Pixar Animation Studios as their current workplace on their profile) Founded: N/A Funding: Last Round Date: N/A Last Round Type: N/A Total Rounds: N/A Last Round Raised: N/A Investors: N/A
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2/3/1986
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Pixar Animation Studios, 1200, Park Avenue, Emeryville, Alameda County, California, 94608, United States
Coordinates: 37.8326714, -122.2836942
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