Pixar Canada

Pixar Canada
Company typeSubsidiary
FoundedApril 2009 (2009-04) (established)
April 20, 2010 (2010-04-20) (opened)
DefunctOctober 27, 2013 (2013-10-27)
FateClosure
Headquarters,
Canada
Key people
Amir Nasrabadi (general manager)
Dylan Brown (creative director)
Darwyn Peachey (chief technical officer)
Number of employees
100 (2013)
ParentPixar

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

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. The former studio space is currently Industrial Light & Magic’s studio in Vancouver.