Pacific Data Images
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| Industry | CGI animation Motion pictures |
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| Fate | Shut down |
| Founded | January 1, 1980 |
| Founder | Carl Rosendahl |
| Defunct | January 22, 2015 |
| Headquarters |
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United States
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| Owner | DreamWorks Animation |
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Number of employees
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450 (January 2015) |
Pacific Data Images (PDI) was an American computer animation 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
Images for kids
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PDI's founder Carl Rosendahl in 2009
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Former PDI/DreamWorks headquarters at Redwood City's Pacific Shores Center before the company moved in 2012 to larger facilities in another building in the same office complex.
See also
In Spanish: Pacific Data Images para niños
