Pixar is a CGI animation production company based in Emeryville, California, United States. The studio has earned numerous awards for their feature films and other work, including twenty-two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes, and three Grammys. Pixar is best known for these CGI-animated features created with PhotoRealistic RenderMan, its own implementation of the industry-standard Renderman image-rendering API used to generate high-quality images.

As of 2009, Pixar has released ten CGI films. The company produced its first feature-length film Toy Story in 1995. The film won one Academy Award and was nominated for three others, and set a benchmark in terms of animation to which other film companies have since aspired. The success of the film led Pixar to release a sequel in 1999, following their second CGI production, A Bug's Life in 1998. Monsters, Inc. was the next project to be released, in 2001, and Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, WALL-E and Up have since been released. Each film has garnered critical acclaim for the use of CGI, well-developed storylines and film production. Four films, including a third Toy Story, are slated for release between 2010 and 2012.

Contents 1 Films 1.1 Theatrically released 1.2 In production 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Films

[edit] Theatrically released

Film	Year	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Budget	Worldwide Gross[1]	MC	RT	Length (Mins)	Academy Awards	Refs
Toy Story	1995	John Lasseter	Andrew Stanton Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow Joss Whedon	$30,000,000	$361,996,233	92	100%	80:33	Special Achievement Award Best Original Screenplay Best Original Song Best Original Musical or Comedy Score	[2][3]
A Bug's Life	1998	John Lasseter Andrew Stanton	Andrew Stanton Don McEnery Bob Shaw	$45,000,000	$363,398,565	77	91%	94:47	Best Original Musical or Comedy Score	[2][3]
Toy Story 2	1999	John Lasseter Lee Unkrich Ash Brannon	Andrew Stanton Rita Hsiao Doug Chamberlain Chris Webb	$90,000,000	$485,015,179	88	100%	92:17	Best Original Song	[2][3]
Monsters, Inc.	2001	Pete Docter Lee Unkrich David Silverman	Andrew Stanton Daniel Gerson	$115,000,000	$525,366,597	78	95%	92:03	Best Original Song Best Original Score Best Sound Editing Best Animated Feature	[2][3]
Finding Nemo	2003	Andrew Stanton Lee Unkrich	Andrew Stanton Bob Peterson David Reynolds	$94,000,000	$866,592,978	89	98%	100:26	Best Animated Feature Best Original Screenplay Best Original Score Best Sound Editing	[2][3]
The Incredibles	2004	Brad Bird	Brad Bird	$92,000,000	$631,442,092	90	97%	115:16	Best Animated Feature Best Sound Editing Best Original Screenplay Best Sound Mixing	[2][3]
Cars	2006	John Lasseter Joe Ranft	Dan Fogelman John Lasseter Joe Ranft Kiel Murray Phil Lorin	$120,000,000	$461,982,881	73	75%	116:25	Best Animated Feature Best Original Song	[2][3]
Ratatouille	2007	Brad Bird Jan Pinkava	Brad Bird Jan Pinkava Jim Capobianco	$150,000,000	$621,426,008	96	96%	111:01	Best Animated Feature Best Original Screenplay Best Original Score Best Sound Mixing Best Sound Editing	[2][3]
WALL-E	2008	Andrew Stanton	Andrew Stanton Jim Reardon	$180,000,000	$534,745,866	93	96%	98:12	Best Animated Feature Best Original Screenplay Best Original Song Best Original Score Best Sound Mixing Best Sound Editing	[2][3]
Up	2009	Pete Docter Bob Peterson	Pete Docter Bob Peterson Thomas McCarthy	$175,000,000	$683,004,164	88	98%	96:07

[edit] In production

Film	Release date	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Budget	Refs
Toy Story 3	June 18, 2010	Lee Unkrich	Michael Arndt Andrew Stanton
Cars 2	June 24, 2011	Brad Lewis	N/A	N/A	[4]
The Bear and the Bow	late, 2011	Brenda Chapman	Brenda Chapman	N/A	[4]
Newt	mid, 2012	Gary Rydstrom	Gary Rydstrom Leslie Caveny	N/A	[5]

[edit] See also

• List of Pixar shorts
• List of Pixar awards and nominations
• List of Pixar film references
• List of computer-animated films

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Pixar's official website

v • d • e Pixar Animation Studios Feature films Toy Story (1995) · A Bug's Life (1998) · Toy Story 2 (1999) · Monsters, Inc. (2001) · Finding Nemo (2003) · The Incredibles (2004) · Cars (2006) · Ratatouille (2007) · WALL-E (2008) · Up (2009) · Toy Story 3 (2010) · Cars 2 (2011) · The Bear and the Bow (2011) · Newt (2012) Shorts Original Luxo, Jr. (1986) · Red's Dream (1987) · Tin Toy (1988) · Knick Knack (1989) · Geri's Game (1997) · For the Birds (2000) · Boundin' (2003) · One Man Band (2005) · Lifted (2006) · Presto (2008) · Partly Cloudy (2009) Feature-based Mike's New Car (2002) · Jack-Jack Attack (2005) · Mater and the Ghostlight (2006) · Your Friend the Rat (2007) · BURN-E (2008) · Dug's Special Mission (2009) Related The Adventures of André and Wally B. (1984) Shorts series Cars Toons (2008) Compilations Tiny Toy Stories (1996) · Pixar Short Films Collection - Volume 1 (2007) Documentaries The Pixar Story (2007) · To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios (2007) Products Pixar Image Computer · RenderMan · Marionette People John Lasseter · Edwin Catmull · Steve Jobs · Jim Morris · Pete Docter · Andrew Stanton · Brad Bird · Lee Unkrich · Gary Rydstrom · Brenda Chapman · Brad Lewis · Bob Peterson · Joe Ranft See also Walt Disney Animation Studios · List of Disney theatrical animated features · List of Pixar film references · List of Pixar awards and nominations