Pixar

**Pixar Animation Studios** () or simply **Pixar**, is an American animation studio. It is known for its advanced CGI productions. It has been a partner of Disney for many years. In 2006, Disney bought the company. The company’s studio lot is located in Emeryville, California.

Pixar started as a division of George Lucas' Lucasfilm in early 1979. In 1986, Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs bought it for $10 million. He worked as a chairman and CEO until 2011.

The company has made a total of 28 movies and short films based on the characters, starting with _Toy Story_ which was released on November 22, 1995, _Toy Story 2_ was premiered in 1999 and _Toy Story 3_ was made in 2010. The fourth film of the franchise is _Toy Story 4_ which released in 2019. The _Toy Story_ franchise has globally become the highest-grossing animated films of all time and has also released several short films and several television series.

### Released

|rowspan="2"|Title|rowspan="2"|Release date|rowspan="2"|Director(s)|colspan="2"|Writer(s)|rowspan="2"|Producer(s)|rowspan="2"|Release by|rowspan="2"|Composer(s)|rowspan="2"|Note(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|November 22, 1995|John Lasseter|John Lasseter Pete Docter Andrew Stanton Joe Ranft|Joss Whedon Andrew Stanton Joel Cohen Alec Sokolow|Bonnie Arnold Ralph Guggenheim|rowspan="23"|Theatrical|rowspan="4"|Randy Newman|Second Pixar in 3D.|||||||
|November 25, 1998|John Lasseter|John Lasseter Andrew Stanton Joe Ranft|Andrew Stanton Donald McEnery Bob Shaw|Darla K. Anderson Kevin Reher||||||||||||
|November 24, 1999|John Lasseter|John Lasseter Pete Docter Ash Brannon Andrew Stanton|Andrew Stanton Rita Hsiao Doug Chamberlin Chris Webb|Helene Plotkin Karen Robert Jackson|Third Pixar in 3D.|||||||||||
|November 2, 2001|Pete Docter|Pete Docter Jill Culton Jeff Pidgeon Ralph Eggleston|Andrew Stanton Dan Gerson|Darla K. Anderson|Eighth Pixar in 3D.|||||||||||
|May 30, 2003|colspan="2"|Andrew Stanton|Andrew Stanton Bob Peterson David Reynolds|Graham Walters|Thomas Newman|Seventh Pixar in 3D.||||||||||
|November 5, 2004|colspan="3"|Brad Bird|John Walker|Michael Giacchino|Seventh Pixar in IMAX.|||||||||||
|June 9, 2006|John Lasseter|John Lasseter Joe Ranft Jorgen Klubien|Dan Fogelman John Lasseter Joe Ranft Phil Lorin Kiel Murray Jorgen Klubien|Darla K. Anderson|Randy Newman|Tenth Pixar in 3D.||||||||||
|June 29, 2007|Brad Bird|Jan Pinkava Jim Capobianco Brad Bird|Brad Bird|Brad Lewis|Michael Giacchino|Eleventh Pixar in 3D.||||||||||
|June 27, 2008|Andrew Stanton|Andrew Stanton Pete Docter|Andrew Stanton Jim Reardon|Jim Morris|Thomas Newman|||||||||||
|May 29, 2009|Pete Docter|Pete Docter Bob Peterson Tom McCarthy|Bob Peterson Pete Docter|Jonas Rivera|Michael Giacchino|First Pixar in 3D.||||||||||
|June 18, 2010|Lee Unkrich|John Lasseter Andrew Stanton Lee Unkrich|Michael Arndt|Darla K. Anderson|Randy Newman|Forth Pixar in 3D. First Pixar in IMAX.||||||||||
|June 24, 2011|John Lasseter|John Lasseter Brad Lewis Dan Fogelman|Ben Queen|Denise Ream|Michael Giacchino|co-production with Ellipsanime; Fifth Pixar in 3D. Second Pixar in IMAX.||||||||||
|June 22, 2012|Mark Andrews Brenda Chapman|Brenda Chapman|Mark Andrews Steve Purcell Brenda Chapman Irene Mecchi|Katherine Sarafian|Patrick Doyle|Sixth Pixar in 3D.||||||||||
|June 21, 2013|Dan Scanlon|Dan Scanlon Dan Gerson Robert L. Baird|Dan Gerson Robert L. Baird Dan Scanlon|Kori Rae|Randy Newman|Ninth Pixar in 3D.||||||||||
|June 19, 2015|Pete Docter|Pete Docter Ronnie del Carmen|Pete Docter Meg LeFauve Josh Cooley|Jonas Rivera|Michael Giacchino|Twelve Pixar in 3D. Third Pixar in IMAX.||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|November 25, 2015|rowspan="2"|Peter Sohn|colspan="2"|Bob Peterson|rowspan="2"|Denise Ream|rowspan="2"|Mychael Danna Jeff Danna|rowspan="2"|Thirteenth Pixar in 3D.|||||
|Peter Sohn Erik Benson Meg LeFauve Kelsey Mann Bob Peterson|Meg LeFauve|||||||||||||||
|June 17, 2016|colspan="2"|Andrew Stanton|Andrew Stanton Victoria Strouse|Lindsey Collins|Thomas Newman|co-production with Ellipsanime; Fourteenth Pixar in 3D. Fourth Pixar in IMAX.||||||||||
|June 16, 2017|Brian Fee|Brian Fee Ben Queen Eyal Podell Jonathan E. Stewart|Kiel Murray Bob Peterson Mike Rich|Kevin Reher|Randy Newman|Fifteenth Pixar in 3D. Fifth Pixar in IMAX.||||||||||
|November 22, 2017|Lee Unkrich|Lee Unkrich Jason Katz Matthew Aldrich Adrian Molina|Adrian Molina Matthew Aldrich|Darla K. Anderson|Michael Giacchino|Sixteenth Pixar in 3D. First Pixar’s Musical.||||||||||
|June 15, 2018|colspan="3"|Brad Bird|John Walker Nicole Paradis Grindle|Michael Giacchino|Seventeenth Pixar in 3D. Sixth Pixar in IMAX.|||||||||||
|June 21, 2019|Josh Cooley|John Lasseter Andrew Stanton Josh Cooley Valerie LaPointe Rashida Jones Will McCormack Martin Hynes Stephany Folsom|Andrew Stanton Stephany Folsom|Mark Nielsen Jonas Rivera|Randy Newman|Eighteenth Pixar in 3D. Eighth Pixar in IMAX.||||||||||
|March 6, 2020|Dan Scanlon|Dan Scanlon Keith Bunin Jason Headley|Dan Scanlon Jason Headley Keith Bunin|Kori Rae|Mychael Danna Jeff Danna|Nineteenth Pixar in 3D. Ninth Pixar in IMAX.||||||||||
|December 25, 2020|Pete Docter|colspan="2"|Pete Docter Mike Jones Kemp Powers|Dana Murray|rowspan="3"|Disney+|Trent Reznor Atticus Ross|Twentieth Pixar in 3D.||||||||
|June 18, 2021|Enrico Casarosa|Enrico Casarosa Jesse Andrews Simon Stephenson|Jesse Andrews Mike Jones|Andrea Warren|Dan Romer|Twenty First Pixar in 3D.||||||||||
|March 11, 2022|Domee Shi|Domee Shi Julia Cho Sarah Streicher|Julia Cho Domee Shi|Lindsey Collins|Ludwig Göransson|Twenty Second Pixar in 3D.||||||||||
|June 17, 2022|Angus MacLane|Angus MacLane Matthew Aldrich Jason Headley|Jason Headley Angus MacLane|Galyn Susman|rowspan="4"|Theatrical|Michael Giacchino|Twenty Third Pixar in 3D. Tenth Pixar in IMAX.||||||||
|June 16, 2023|Peter Sohn|John Hoberg, Brenda Hsueh, Kat Likkel & Sohn|Hoberg, Hsueh & Likkel|Denise Ream|Thomas Newman|Twenty Fourth Pixar in 3D.||||||||||
|June 14, 2024|Kelsey Mann|Meg LeFauve & Mann|Dave Holstein & Meg LeFauve|Mark Nielsen|Andrea Datzman|Twenty Fifth Pixar in 3D||||||||||
|June 20, 2025|Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi & Adrian Molina|Molina, Sharafian, Shi & Julia Cho|Cho, Mark Hammer & Mike Jones|Mary Alice Drumm|Rob Simonsen|Twenty Sixth Pixar in 3D.||||||||||

### Upcoming

|rowspan="2" width="10%"|Film|rowspan="2" width="15%"|Release date|width="13%" rowspan="2"|Director(s)|width="20%" colspan="2"|Writer(s)|width="15%" rowspan="2"|Producer(s)|width="10%" rowspan="2"|Composer(s)|width="15%" rowspan="2"|Production status|width="5%" rowspan="2"||
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||colspan="3"|Daniel Chong|Nicole Paradis Grindle|Mark Mothersbaugh|Post-production|||||||||||
||Andrew Stanton<hr><small>_Co-directed by:_</small> McKenna Harris|colspan="2"|Stanton|Jessica Choi|rowspan="4"|rowspan="2"|In production|||||||||
||Enrico Casarosa|colspan="2"|Andrea Warren|||||||||||||
||Peter Sohn|colspan="2"|Brad Bird|Dana Murray|rowspan="2"|Pre-production||||||||||
||Lee Unkrich<hr><small>_Co-directed by:_</small> Adrian Molina|colspan="2"|Mark Nielsen|||||||||||||

## Short Films

|Title|Year|Director(s)|
| --- | --- | --- |
|The Adventures of André & Wally B.|1984|Alvy Ray Smith|
|Luxo Jr.|1986|John Lasseter|
|Red's Dream|1987|John Lasseter|
|Tin Toy|1988|John Lasseter|
|Knick Knack|1989|John Lasseter|
|Geri's Game|1997|Jan Pinkava|
|For The Birds|2000|Ralph Eggleston|
|Boundin'|2003|Bud Luckey|
|One Man Band|2006|Andrew Jimenez & Mark Andrews|
|Lifted|2007|Gary Rydstrom|
|Presto|2008|Doug Sweetland|
|Partly Cloudy|2009|Peter Sohn|
|Day & Night|2010|Teddy Newton|
|La Luna|2011|Enrico Casarosa|
|The Blue Umbrella|2013|Saschka Unseld|
|Lava|2014|James Ford Murphy|
|Sanjay's Super Team|2015|Sanjay Patel|
|Piper|2016|Alan Barillaro|
|Lou|2017|David Mullins|
|Bao|2018|Domee Shi|

## Infobox (company)

- **name**: Pixar Animation Studios
- **logo**: Pixar logo.svg
- **logo size**: 250px
- **image**: Pixaranimationstudios.jpg
- **logo caption**: Logo used since 1995
- **image caption**: Pixar’s headquarters in Emeryville, California.
- **type**: Subsidiary
- **industry**: Animation industry, Animation
- **founded**: in Richmond, California
- **hq location**: 1200 Park Avenue
- **hq location city**: Emeryville, California
- **hq location country**: U.S.
- **area served**: Worldwide
- **products**: Feature Films
Theatrical Short Films
Short Length-Television Series Shows
- **parent**: Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios (2006–present)