PIXAR

Juan Manuel Romero

11B
1976-1989:
background and
first animations
Pixar's history dates back to 1974 when Alexander
Schure, founder of the New York Institute of Technology
and owner of an animation studio, created the
Computer Graphics Lab with the aim of producing the
first computer-animated film in cinema history. His first
employees were Ed Catmull, Malcolm Blanchard, Alvy
Ray Smith, and David DiFrancesco.
 In April 1990, Pixar sold its hardware division to Vicom Systems,
and that same year the studios were moved to the Point Richmond
Tech Center science park in Richmond, California. During that
period, the first conversations with Walt Disney arose. Feature
Animation, which was interested in making a film based on the
successful Tin Toy. In order to reduce the studio's operating costs
and improve its financial situation, Jobs made massive staff cuts in
early 1991. By March 1991 the number of employees at Pixar was the
same as it had in its first years of operation.

1990-2000:
First computer-
animated feature films
2001-2004:
Conflict with Disney
The production of Toy Story 2 deteriorated the relationship maintained by both studios until then. Pixar
felt that the profits were not equitable, since Disney was in charge only of marketing and distribution
while they were in charge of all the creative work. Although production costs were now borne equally,
the deal still gave Disney the rights and licenses to any of its feature films, plus a 10-15% distribution
fee for each film.
In March 2005, Robert Iger replaced Eisner as president of Disney and
reestablished relations with Pixar. After analyzing Disney's financial situation
in recent years and aware of the popularity achieved by Pixar productions,
Iger submitted for consultation the possible acquisition of Pixar before the
studio's board of directors and shareholders. Finally, on January 26, 2006,
Disney announced the purchase of Pixar for $7.4 billion, the closure of Circle 7,
and the appointments of Catmull and Lasseter as president and chief creative
officer of Walt Disney Feature Animation, respectively (later renamed to Walt
Disney Feature Animation). Walt Disney Animation Studios). The acquisition did
not imply the merger between these companies, so Pixar would continue to
function as a separate entity and would keep intact from the name and
headquarters to certain internal policies. Likewise, Catmull would continue to
lead the presidency of Pixar.

2005–2015:
Acquisition, subsidiary, and
sequel production
 2016-present:
organizational changes and
productions for the Internet

Stanton directed the studio's next film, Finding Dory, which after its June 2016
release broke multiple box office records including the highest-grossing
animated film on its opening day in the US and Canada. The following was
released Cars 3, which received better reviews than Cars 2 due to the quality
of its animation and the emotional nature of its plot, as well as being the first
film directed by Brian Fee for the studio. Pixar's first original production since
The Good Dinosaur, as well as the first film inspired by a foreign culture, Coco,
had its premiere at the end of 2017 and had the direction of Unkrich, with a plot
based on the Mexican holiday of the Day of Dead. In its first two weeks of
exhibition in Mexico, it grossed more than 36 million USD, with which it became
the highest grossing in the history of that country.
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