PIXAR (Production Company)

PIXAR
Pixar Animation Studios, simply known as Pixar, is an American computer animation film studio located in Emeryville, California. This studio is best known for its CGI –animated feature films by using RenderMan, a 3D rendering computer software program created by Pixar. RenderMan is used to generate high quality images. Pixar was originally part of the computer division of Lucasfilm, the production that created the Star Wars franchise, as the graphics groups before spinning out as its own corporation in 1986. Steve Jobs, Apple Inc. co-founder, became its major shareholder, which provided the company with sufficient funding. The Walt Disney bought Pixar in 2006 for 7.4 billion, which resulted in Steve Jobs becoming Disney’s largest single shareholder.

 Since its beginning to present times, Pixar has created and produced 16 feature films, starting with Toy Story (1995), which was also the first ever fully computer animated feature film, to its most recent film the Good Dinosaur (2015). All 16 films have been rated with at least an “A-“ with CinemaScore, which indicates positive ratings from the audience. Three of Pixar’s films –Finding Nemo (2003), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Inside Out (2015)− are amongst the 50 highest grossing films of all time. 13 Pixar films are among the 50 highest grossing animated films.

 The studio won many notable awards such as fifteen Academy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and eleven Grammy Awards, among many others. Of all the Pixar movies that are nominated for an Oscar, only two films− Monsters Inc. (2001) and Cars (2006)−have not won.

  