Pixar Logo — Pixar Animation Studios is a leading computer animation specialized in producing graphics 3D and based in Emeryville , California (United States ). Throughout his successful history has earned numerous awards for his short films, feature films and technical achievements, like 22 Oscars the Academy , 4 Golden Globes or 3 Grammys .
Pixar was the creator of the first commercial feature fully animated by computer, Toy Story , whose premiere took place on November 22 of1995 in the United States. After Toy Story has 13 other movies: A Bug’s Life Bug’s Life ( 1997 ), 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 ), Brave ( 2012 ) and Monsters University ( 2013 ).
On January 24th of 2006 , the Walt Disney Company agreed to buy Pixar for 7,400 million dollars with a compromise on all shares (all-stock). The acquisition was completed on May 5 of 2006 (trading at Pixar by 2.3 parts of Disney ), making Pixar a wholly-owned subsidiary of Disney . Production managers come to establish what the look of the characters, sets, colors and everything to be encouraged, since the main character to a simple chair. It is now really begin the production phase, which involved over a thousand computers with a total of 2 Terabytes of RAM memory and 60 disk space.
The final step is the rendering , a 6-hour operation that may even last up to 90. In closing and as in any other film added sound effects and soundtrack, composed mostly of Randy Newman , Oscar winner for Best Original Song for Monsters, Inc . and nominated several times for best score. With over 2,500 million dollars in sales worldwide, 150 million in DVD and 16 Academy Awards, the company committed to the public has earned a special place.