A Pixel Story

PIXAR - Pixar Animation Studios, or simply PIXAR, is an American computer-animated film studio based in Emeryville, California. The studio is best known for its CGI-animated feature films created with PhotoRealistic RenderMan, its own implementation of the industry-standard RenderMan image-rendering application programming interface used to generate high-quality images. Pixar began in 1979 as the Graphics Group, part of the computer division of Lucasfilm before its spinout as a corporation in 1986 with funding by Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs. The Walt Disney Company bought Pixar in 2006 at a valuation of $7.4 billion. Pixar's first feature film was Toy Story in 1995, followed by A Bug's Life (1998), 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), and Brave (2012). Twelve of the films have received both critical and financial success. The studio has also produced several short films. As of February 2012, its feature films have made over $7 billion worldwide. The studio has earned 26 Academy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and eleven Grammy Awards, among many other awards and acknowledgments. Since the award's inauguration in 2001, most of Pixar's films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, with six winning: Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, WALL-E, Up and Toy Story 3. Up and Toy Story 3 are two of only three animated films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. On September 6, 2009, executives John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich were presented with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement by the Biennale Venice Film Festival. The award was presented by Lucasfilm founder George Lucas.

Suggested FILMS by PIXAR:

Toy Story in 1995, followed by A Bug's Life (1998), 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), and Brave (2012)

• GOLDEN LION for Best Film to "Lebanon" by Samuel Maoz (Israel)
• SILVER LION for Best Director to Shirin Neshat, for Donne senza uomini
• SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to "Soul Kitchen" by Fatih Akin - Italy
• Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Film-maker award: Sylvester Stallone for "Rambo"
• COPPA VOLPI for Best Actor to Colin Firth (UK) (nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor) in "A Single Man" by Tom Ford
• COPPA VOLPI for Best Actress Kseniya Rappoport (Russia) in "La Doppia Ora - The Double Hour" by Giuseppe Capotondi
• MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD for Best New Young Actor or Actress to Jasmine Trinca for "Il grande sogno"
• Luigi De Laurentiis Award: Engkwentro by Pepe Diokno

2009 Venice Film Festival Films in Competition

• Questione di punti di vista: Jacques Rivette
• A Single Man: Tom Ford
• Ahasin Wetei: Vimukthi Jayasundara
• Al Mosafer: Ahmed Maher
• Baarìa: Giuseppe Tornatore
• Il cattivo tenente - Ultima chiamata New Orleans: Werner Herzog
• Capitalism: A Love Story: Michael Moore
• Il grande sogno: Michele Placido
• La doppia ora: Giuseppe Capotondi
• Lei wangzi: Yonfan
• Perdona e dimentica: Todd Solondz
• Lo spazio bianco: Francesca Comencini
• Lola: Brillante Mendoza
• Lourdes: Jessica Hausner
• Mr. Nobody: Jaco Van Dormael
• My son, my son, what have ye done: Werner Herzog
• Persécution: Patrice Chéreau
• Soul Kitchen: Fatih Akin
• Survival of the dead - L'isola dei sopravvissuti: George A. Romero
• Tetsuo: The Bullet Man: Shin'ya Tsukamoto
• The Road: John Hillcoat
• White Material: Claire Denis
• Accident: Pou-Soi Cheang
• Donne senza uomini: Shirin Neshat