Studio of the Week: PIXAR

Mix Up Theatre (Stewart)
Nov 1, 2020
3 min read

Updated: Jul 15, 2024

Pixar Animation Studios, known simply as Pixar is an American animation studio based in Emeryville, California, known for its critically and commercially successful computer-animated feature films. Since 2006, Pixar has been a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, a segment of the Walt Disney Company.

Pixar started in 1979 as part of the Lucasfilm computer division. It was known as the Graphics Group before its spin-off as a corporation in 1986, with funding from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs who became its majority shareholder. Pixar is best known for its feature films. The studio's mascot is Luxo Jr., a desk lamp from the studio's 1986 short film of the same name.

Pixar has produced 28 feature films, starting with Toy Story (1995), which is the first fully computer-animated feature film; its most recent film was Inside Out 2 (2024). The studio has also produced many short films. Toy Story 3 (2010), Finding Dory (2016), Incredibles 2 (2018), Toy Story 4 (2019) and Inside Out 2 (2024) are among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time. Moreover, 15 of Pixar's films are in the 50 highest-grossing animated films of all time.

Pixar has earned 23 Academy Awards, 10 Golden Globe Awards, and 11 Grammy Awards, along with numerous other awards and acknowledgments. Since its inauguration in 2001, eleven Pixar films have won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, including Finding Nemo (2003), The Incredibles (2004), Ratatouille (2007), WALL-E (2008), Up (2009), the aforementioned Toy Story 3 and Toy Story 4, Brave (2012), Inside Out (2015), Coco (2017), and Soul (2020). Toy Story 3 and Up were also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

MIX UP THEATRE TOP 10 PIXAR MOVIES...

1. COCO (2017)

2. INSIDE OUT 2 (2014)

Amelia-Rose (Age 9) - ★★★★★

"I would give this movie 5 stars!

I loved this film, the new emotions are so cool, lots of parts of the film were funny and made me laugh alot.

I really enjoyed the first film but this one was my favourite."

3. ONWARD (2020)

4. SOUL (2020)

5. LIGHTYEAR (2022)

Sandy (Age 9) - ★★★★★

"Ok, let me get this straight; LIGHTYEAR WAS AMAZING (not boring). My favourite character was Sox, Buzz’s personal companion robot (he is a cat). Lightyear was about Buzz Lightyear and his crew crash land on a newplanet. Buzz tries to get hyperspeed, but something happened (you will have to find out in the movie). Also there is a post credit scene, but you will have to see it to find out what it is."

6. MONSTERS, INC. (2001)