Pacific Data Images
Pacific Data Images (PDI) was an American Visual effects and computer animation production company based in Redwood City, California, that was bought by DreamWorks SKG in 2000. It was renamed PDI/DreamWorks and was owned by DreamWorks Animation.
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. | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film |
| Founded | August 13, 1980 |
| Founder | Carl Rosendahl |
| Defunct | January 22, 2015 |
| Fate | Closed |
| Successor | DreamWorks Animation |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Number of employees | 450 (January 2015) |
| Parent | DreamWorks Animation |
Founded in 1980 by Carl Rosendahl, PDI was one of the pioneers of computer animation, it produced more than 700 commercials, contributed visual effects to more than 70 feature films, and produced and contributed to many of DreamWorks Animation's films, beginning with DreamWorks's first animated film, Antz. PDI's final animated film before its closure January 22, 2015, was Penguins of Madagascar (2014).
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