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Pixar Animation Studios is an Academy Award-winning computer animation studio with the technical, creative and production capabilities to create a new generation of animated feature films, merchandise and other related products. Pixar's objective is 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. On January 24, 2006, Pixar entered into an agreement with The Walt Disney Company to merge the two companies. The deal was approved by shareholders of both companies and the merger became effective on May 5, 2006. Pixar is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.
Number of Employees 850
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NAICS Code Software Publishers: 511210
Recent Events
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Pixar Animation Studios Holds Sixth Annual Cartoon Art Museum Benefit
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Box office sees another 'Cloudy' weekend
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Ellen DeGeneres Tapped as Paula Abdul's Replacement on 'American Idol'
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'Sopranos,' 'Dark Knight' Dominate DVD Critics Awards
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Luxo Sues Pixar Over Planned Lamp Sale
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Disney deal a marvel of creative marketing
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Marvel-Disney characters we'd like to see
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Don't look for surge of deals in wake of Disney-Marvel
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Lasseter and Co's credits
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Up, Coraline to compete for new 3D award in Venice
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Journey Education Marketing and Pixar Animation Studios Link for RenderMan Sales Collaboration
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Exactly one year until the release of Toy Story 3
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Happy ending began with Disney deal
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'Up' director and producer say Disney hasn't stifled creativity at Pixar
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Disney's wonderful world of Marvel
BNET
- 2009-08-31
LOS ANGELES Fortune -- The acquisition of Marvel Entertainment by the Walt Disney Co. is, on a surface level, a perfect, if expensive, fit. But it also represents an interesting evolution in the company's direction under CEO Bob Iger. Under the deal, announced this morning, Disney (DIS, Fortune 500) will...
Connectivity explored as AirAsia X mulls long-term IFE&C strategy
BNET
- 2009-08-13
Malaysian long-haul low-cost carrier AirAsia X is exploring the possibility of equipping its newly-ordered Airbus A350 widebodies with in-flight Wi-Fi to put passengers in control of their own in-flight entertainment IFE experience. Such a strategy is just one of a number of considerations for AirAsia X, which has an order...
Pixar and Collective Creativity | HBR IdeaCast
BNET
- 2008-09-26
Companies like Pixar function best by promoting collective creativity and constant communication. In this podcast, Ed Catmull explains that collective creativity focuses on the exchange of ideas between team members, the freedom to communicate with anyone, and interaction between the most talented staff members and the rest of the team....
How To Pixar-ize Your Company
BNET
- 2008-09-08
Pixar's creative genius is remarkable. The company has produced nothing but hits (nine in 13 years), astonishing for a movie studio. It has some brilliant people working for it, but in "Collective Creativity," an article in the September Harvard Business Review, Ed Catmull, president of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios,...
Avoiding Tainted Love: How Pixar Builds Sustainable Creativity
- 2008-08-26
Avoiding Tainted Love: How Pixar Builds Sustainable CreativityRE: Avoiding Tainted Love: How Pixar Builds Sustainable CreativityI enjoyed reading this so much..after the boring day I had, your refreshing ideas made a world od difference!10q.Cristina
Avoiding Tainted Love: How Pixar Builds Sustainable Creativity
BNET
- 2008-08-26
What do these songs from the pop canon have in common? Come on Eileen She Blinded Me With Science Ice Ice Baby The Macarena Tainted Love Yes, they were all monster hits. But they were also one-hit wonders. Their creators...
The Pixar Touch | Useful Commute Podcast
BNET
- 2008-06-23
Pixar Animation Studios has created blockbusters, such as Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles. But it wasn't that too long ago that the company was considered an underdog that might not survive. In this podcast, David Price, author of "The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company," explains how...
Disney-Pixar's WALL-E World Premiere Saturday, June 21 at the Greek Theatre
- 2008-06-14
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Disney-Pixar's WALL-E World Premiere Saturday, June 21, at the Greek Theatre
- 2008-06-09
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Google Board Member Targeted by SEC
BNET
- 2008-04-29
Google director Ann Mather is facing civil charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection to an options backdating scandal at Pixar, where Mather used to be CFO from 1999 to 2004. In Google's filing, the company disclosed: On April 23, 2008, Ann was advised...
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