Pixar

1. Pixar Jacob Mosher COMP 1631 Winter 2011 Dr.Keliher

2. Presentation content: What is Pixar? Renderman History Feature films

3. What is Pixar? Pixar is a CGI (computer generated imagery) animated film studio. It pioneered the animated film industry and is famous for producing the world’s first fully animated feature “Toy Story” in 1995. The company has been highly successful and has remained the leader in the industry, with an average $602 million gross per film of the 11 films it has produced. Pixar’s films have also enjoyed much critical success, with all 8 of their films produced since the inauguration of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature winning the award.

4. Renderman Renderman is an API (Application Programming Interface) developed by Pixar, used for rendering 3D animation and visual effects. Renderman is considered the gold standard for the visual effects industry, and is used extensively by studios everywhere to create amazing graphics. Every Visual Effects Academy Award winner in the past 15 years has used Pixar’s Renderman and 47 out of the last 50 nominees chose to use it. In 1993 Pixar’s Renderman Development Team received the Scientific and Engineering Academy Award for Renderman.

5. Pixar’s History • In 1986 Steve Jobs purchased the computer graphic division of Lucasfilm, ltd for $10 million. It was then established as an independent company named Pixar. Steve Jobs took the position of CEO and Ed Catmull who had been the vice president at that division was named co-founder and chief Technical officer of Pixar. • At this time only 44 people were employed at Pixar. • Pixar began as a high end computer company, whose primary product was the Pixar Image Computer. This was a graphics designing computer which originally retailed for $135 000 and was intended for markets such as medicine. With poor sales of the computer, in 1989 Pixar began producing commercials in an attempt to advertise the product, and made its first commercial for Tropicana called “Wake Up”. • In 1990 Pixar sold its hardware division to Vicom. • In 1991 Pixar entered an agreement with Disney to produce three computer animated feature films. The first of these was Toy Story. • In 1995 “Toy Story” was released in the US as the first fully computer generated movie. • In 1997 Pixar entered into an agreement with Disney to jointly produce 5 movies. By this time Pixar’s employees numbered 375. Pixar also released the short film “Geri’s Game”, which showed the new advances in the companies ability to animate skin and cloth.

6. In 1998 “A Bug’s Life” was released. In 1999 “Toy Story 2” was released. In 2000, Co-founder Ed Catmull is named president of Pixar. The company’s employees now number over 600. Monsters, Inc. was released in this year. In 2003, Finding Nemo was released. In 2006 Cars was released. In this year Pixar was purchased by Walt Disney through an all-stock transaction valued at $7.4 billion. In 2007 Ratatouille was released. In 2008 WallE was released. In 2010 Toy Story 3 was released Pixar’s History

7. Toy Story Released in 1995 as the first completely computer animated feature film. It was the highest grossing film of 1995, taking in almost 192 million in the US and 362 million worldwide. In 1996 Toy Story received seven ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Awards: Outstanding Animated Feature, Directing, Producing, Writing, Production Design, Music and Animation. In 1996 Toy Story also received two Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture-Musical or Comedy and Best Original Song with “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”. The movie also was nominated for the Academy Awards of Best Musical or Comedy Score, and Best Original Song. In 2000, it was voted #1 of the Top 100 Animated Feature Films of All Time by the Online Film Critics Society.

8. A Bug’s Life A Bug’s Life broke all previous US Thanksgiving Weekend box-office records. It was the highest grossing animated film of 1998, taking in almost $163 million in domestic box office receipts and $362 million worldwide. This film received the Grammy Award in 1999 for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Media. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Musical or Comedy Score. It also received four ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Awards for Outstanding Animated Feature, Directing, Writing, and Production Design.

9. Toy Story 2 Toy Story 2 broke the opening weekend record in the US and grossed over $245 million in the US and over $485 million worldwide. It was the first animated sequel to gross more than the original and also the first film to be entirely created, mastered, and exhibited digitally. In 2000 it received a Golden Globe Award for Best Picture—Musical or Comedy, Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Media, and Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children. Received six ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Awards: Outstanding Animated Feature, Directing, Writing, Storyboarding, and Voice Acting (twice). The cowgirl character “Jessie” from the movie received the Patsy Montana Entertainer Award from the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and two Grammies: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal, and Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture.

10. Monsters, Inc. The film was the highest grossing animated film of 2001, and the 3rd highest grossing animated film in history. It had the largest three-day opening in history. Randy Newman, composer of the song “If I Didn’t Have You” in Monsters, Inc. was awarded the Oscar for Best Song. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Animated Feature Film, Best Sound Editing, and Best Score.

11. Finding Nemo The film broke domestic opening weekend box office records for an animated film with a $70.2 million revenue. It became the highest grossing animated film in history, and the 8th highest grossing film ever. The film swept the Annie Awards, and won the Oscar for Best Animated Film. The film was nominated for the Oscar for Original Screenplay, and Score and Sound Editing. The Film was nominated by the Hollywood Foreign Press for Best Film: Musical or Comedy.

12. The Incredibles The Incredibles won the Academy Awards for Best Animated Film, and for Best Sound Editing. The film won 10 of the ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Awards, setting a record. These awards included Best Animated Feature, Directing, Writing, Animation, and Storyboarding. The film received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Musical or Comedy.

13. Cars The film was nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Animated Feature. It won the Golden Globe Award for best Animated Feature Film. The film grossed $463 million world wide.

14. Ratatouille Ratatouille took in more than $623 million in world wide box office receipts, and was the sixth-highest grossing movie of 2006. Though its opening weekend debut of $47 million was relatively low for a Pixar film, it broke the debut record for an animated film in France where the movie is set. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards and won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film.

15. Wall-E Wall-E received six Academy Award Nominations, more than any other Pixar film has received. Wall-E received the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film, as well as a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film, and was named Best Picture by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

16. Up The film was given the honor of opening for the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on May 13th, 2009. The film grossed more than $731 million in world wide box office receipts. The film was nominated for five Oscars, which included Best Picture, and was only the second animated film to ever be nominated for the award. It won Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Score.

17. Works Cited • Hutton, David and Nicole Baute. “Toy Stories and Other Tales.” Green & White. 2010. Web. 31 Jan. 2011. <http://www.usask.ca/greenandwhite/issues/2007/winter2007/features/cover_story.php> • Pixar.com. Web. Jan 31. 2011. <http://www.pixar.com/index.html> • Hormby, Tom. “The Pixar Story: Dick Shoun, Alex Schure, George Lucas, Steve Jobs, and Disney.” Tom Hornby’s Orchard. Jan 22. 2007. Web. Jan 31. 2011.<http://lowendmac.com/orchard/06/pixar-story-lucas-disney.html> • “Pixar”. Wikipedia. Jan 11. 2011. Web. 31 Jan. 2011.

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