PIXAR-皮克斯动画工作室.ppt

Introduction Pixar Animation Studios, or simply?Pixar,?is an American?computer animation?film studio based in California. The studio is best known for its?CGI-animated feature films. Pixar began in 1979, part of the computer division of Lucasfilm(卢卡斯影业)?before its spin-out as a corporation in 1986 with funding by?Apple Inc. co-founder?Steve Jobs, who became its majority shareholder(大股东). The Walt Disney Company?bought Pixar in 2006 at a valuation of $7.4?billion, a transaction which made Jobs Disneys largest shareholder. Pixar has produced?fourteen feature films(故事片), beginning with?Toy Story?in 1995. The studio has also produced several?short films. As of July 2013, its feature films have made over $8.3?billion worldwide, with an average worldwide gross of $597?million per film.? Both?Finding Nemo?and?Toy Story 3?are among the?50 highest-grossing films?of all time, and all of Pixars films are among the?50 highest-grossing animated films, with?Toy Story 3?being the all-time highest, grossing over $1?billion worldwide. Awards The studio has earned 27?Academy Awards, 7?Golden Globe Awards, and 11?Grammy Awards, among many?other awards and acknowledgments. Since the award’s inauguration(开创) in 2001, most of Pixar’s films have been nominated for the?Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, with seven winning.? 1995 Toy Story 1999 Toy Story 2 2010 Toy Story 3 1998 A Bug’s Life 2001 Monsters Inc. 2013 Monsters University 2003 Finding Nemo 2004 The Incredibles 2006 Cars 2011 Cars 2 2007 Ratatouille 2008 WALL-E 2009 Up