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Pixar Animation Studios
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c. 1970 - present
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Pixar, motion-picture studio, from 2006 a wholly owned subsidiary of the Disney Company, that was instrumental in the development and production of computer-animated films in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Pixar’s feature-length releases, which consistently achieved worldwide commercial success, were lauded not only for their visual innovations but for their intelligent and emotional storytelling. Its headquarters are located in Emeryville, California. Pixar originated in the 1970s at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), where a team of computer scientists, including Ed Catmull, contributed to the emerging field of computer graphics. In 1979 Catmull was hired by Lucasfilm ...(100 of 667 words)

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