In the early stages of Pixar, John Lasseter was hired to create an animated character using simple shapes. What Animated studio did he work for before this?
Walt Disney Animation Studios
What was the first film from Pixar to win an Oscar for Best Animated Feature?
Finding Nemo
What 3 Films didn't get a theatrical release until later on?
Soul, Luca, Turning Red
A Lunch would occur in 1994 where John Lasseter, Joe Ramft, Pete Docter, and Andrew Stanton discussed film ideas. Besides Toy Story what were the other 4 movies that were discussed as ideas?
A Bug's Life, Monster's Inc., Finding Nemo, WALL-E
What film created a group of people in a single frame of animation without the computer blowing up?
A Bug's Life
What type of product did Pixar sell in order to get funds for longer animated projects?
Computers
What Animated short from Pixar was the first Computer Animated Short film to be nominated for an Oscar?
Luxo Jr.
John Lasseter in 2017 announced a six month leave of absence and eventually left Pixar in 2018 due to what?
Sexual Misconduct with Employees
The original design for what character?
Sulley
Pixar in the beginning would collab with Disney to create a system to digitally add in the color and ink to the animation frames. What Disney film incorporated this system first?
Beauty and the Beast/Rescuers Down Under
In 1979, this famous filmmaker would hire Ed Campnell for a computer Division at his studio.
George Lucas
What two Animated Features to be nominated for Best Overall Pitcure?
Up and Toy Story 3
This film went through some development hell and was nearly lost.
Toy Story 2
What product did they want to sell in promotion for Ratatouille?
Wine
The hardest thing to animate in Monster's Inc. was fur, The program called Fizt would help render the fur. How many Individual hairs had to be put on Sulley?
Over 2 Million
Originally Pixar made a deal to make an animated film on a well-known Chinese Fairy Tale.
Journey to the West
This film is the highest grossing Pixar film and the highest grossing Animated film as of 2024
Circle 7 Animation studios was created by Disney after Pixar failed to negotiate a new deal. In what year was Circle 7 shut down?
2005
What film was this character originally going to be in?
Incredibles
The Rix Integration Subsystem (RIS) allowed the animator to have the animation and rendering process occur at the same time. What Pixar film incorporated this system?
Finding Dory/Cars 3
Steve Jobs
What Pixar film had the most Oscar nominations?
WALL-E
What Pixar Film was almost scrapped because of a lackluster work in progress version of the film?
Toy Story
How many emotions were considered for Inside out?
27
Pixar would create Global Illumination which was an overhaul their previous rendering system and a new lighting system. What film was this system used for first?
Monsters university