An American computer animation studio founded on 3 February 1986 by Edwin Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith with funding from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who paid five million dollars for the underlying technology rights from George Lucas and invested a further five million dollars as capital. Its 1995 feature Toy Story was the first fully computer-animated feature film, a breakthrough that made Pixar the first computer animation studio to succeed at theatrical features, and the studio became a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios in 2006.
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Founding Year HeadquartersEmeryville, California, United States 1 Connections
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Business Atlas: Pixar, the same subject.
- Also in Geography Atlas: California, located there.
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Wikimedia FoundationOverview section
Pixar Animation Studios is an American computer animation studio headquartered in Emeryville, California.
Founding section
On February 3, 1986, he paid $5 million of his own money to George Lucas for technology rights and invested $5 million cash as capital into the company
Animation History Significance section
Toy Story (1995), which is also the first fully computer-animated feature film
Overview section, status
Pixar Animation Studios is an American computer animation studio headquartered in Emeryville, California.
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