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Basic Information:

Address: Pixar Animation Studios
1200 Park Avenue
Emeryville, California 94608

Phone: 510-752-3000

Fax: 510-752-3151

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Profile:
Pixar Animation Studios primarly makes animation films. Pixar is a conglomerate with Disney. Although Disney and Pixar seem to be rivals, each split the responsibilities of creating a film. Different Pixar films have been translated into different languages, in order for those around the world to enjoy the great movies.

Financial Data:

Annual Income: $161,000,000

Revenue: $315,000,000

Number of Employees: 730

Ticker Symbol: PIXR

Stock Exchange: The Nasdaq Stock Market

Current: Updates

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History: Through the Years

Pixar was created in 1984 by founder John Lasseter, after leaving his animation position at Disney. Pixar was founded as an independent company from the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm, Ltd. Red's Dream was the first film created by Pixar and was showcased at the Siggraph convention, a computer graphics organization. In 1989, Pixar uses it's program Renderman® for the first time. After five years of creating commercials, Pixar releases the award winning Toy Story in 1995. Three years later, Pixar releases their second film A Bug's Life which was followed by Toy Story 2 shortly after. Pixar has created a total of five films, with the latest release being Finding Nemo.

Officers:
Steve Jobs Dr. Ed Catmull John Lasseter Sarah McArthur Simon Bax Lois Scali

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Chairman             President             Executive Vice-       Executive Vice-       Executive Vice-      Executive Vice-
Chief Executive                               President, Creative President, Production President; Chief    President; Generl
Producer                                                                Financial Officer      Counsel

Plans:
Pixar Animation Studios future plans include the upcoming release of The Incredibles. The release date is planned for November 5, 2004. Pixar also has plans to release another movie called Cars. The release of Cars won't be until 2005.

Key Competitors:

DreamWorks Animation, Inc.

Lucasfilm Ltd.

Walt Disney Studio Entertainment