Pixar Canada

Pixar Canada
Company typeSubsidiary
FoundedApril 2009; 15 years ago (2009-04) (established)
April 20, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-04-20) (opened)
DefunctOctober 27, 2013 (2013-10-27)
FateClosed
Headquarters
Vancouver, British Columbia
,
Canada
Key people
Amir Nasrabadi (general manager)[1]
Dylan Brown (creative director)[1]
Darwyn Peachey (chief technical officer)[1]
Number of employees
100 (2013)[2]
ParentPixar

Pixar Canada was a short-lived, wholly owned subsidiary of Pixar Animation Studios. It was located in Vancouver, British Columbia.[3] The studio was tasked to produce short films based on Pixar’s feature film characters.[4]

Pixar Animation Studios permanently closed Pixar Canada in October 2013, and laid off its approximately 100 employees to refocus Pixar’s efforts at its main headquarters in Emeryville, California.[2] The former studio space is currently Industrial Light & Magic’s studio in Vancouver.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference ProvinceOpen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Pixar Canada shuts its doors in Vancouver". The Province. October 8, 2013. Archived from the original on April 24, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  3. ^ Sciretta, Peter (April 20, 2010). "Pixar Canada Officially Opens". Slash Film. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
  4. ^ Valiquette, Mike (April 5, 2010). "jobby: Animator, Supervising Animator, Pixar Canada, Vancouver". Canadian Animation Resources. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
  5. ^ Takeuchi, Craig. "Industrial Light and Magic opens permanent studio in Vancouver". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 17 March 2014.