Pacific Data Images

PDI/DreamWorks
PDI
FormerlyPacific Data Images (1980–2000)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryFilm
FoundedAugust 13, 1980 (1980-08-13)[1]
FounderCarl Rosendahl
DefunctJanuary 22, 2015 (2015-01-22)
FateClosed
SuccessorDreamWorks Animation
Headquarters
Redwood City, California
,
United States
Number of employees
450 (January 2015)[2]
ParentDreamWorks Animation (2000–2015)

Pacific Data Images (PDI) was an American computer animation and visual effects production company that was bought by DreamWorks SKG in 2000. It was renamed PDI/DreamWorks and was owned by DreamWorks Animation.

Founded in 1980 by Carl Rosendahl, PDI was one of the pioneers of computer animation. It produced over 700 commercials, contributed visual effects to more than 70 feature movies, and produced and contributed to many DreamWorks Animation's movies, including the second computer-animated movie ever, Antz, and movies from the Shrek and Madagascar franchises

References

  1. ↑ Rosendahl, Carl (August 13, 2020), PDI 40th Anniversary Message
  2. ↑ "PDI/DreamWorks Closing; Half Of Staff Laid Off". Deadline Hollywood. January 22, 2015.
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