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Pacific Data Images
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Industry
| CGI
animation
Motion pictures
|
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Founded
| January 1, 1980
; 44 years ago
(
1980-01-01
)
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Founder
| Carl Rosendahl
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Defunct
| January 22, 2015
; 9 years ago
(
2015-01-22
)
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Fate
| Shut down
|
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Headquarters
| ,
United States
|
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Owner
| DreamWorks Animation
|
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Number of employees
| 450 (January 2015)
[1]
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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