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 Final logo, used from 2000 to 2015. | |
 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. | |
| PDI | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Film |
| Founded | August 13, 1980[1] |
| Founder | Carl Rosendahl |
| Defunct | January 22, 2015 |
| Fate | Closed |
| Successor | DreamWorks Animation |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Number of employees | 450 (January 2015)[2] |
| Parent | DreamWorks Animation (2000–2015) |
Pacific Data Images (PDI) was an American computer animation and visual effects 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.
Founded in 1980 by Carl Rosendahl, PDI was one of the pioneers of computer animation,[3] 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 on January 22, 2015, was Penguins of Madagascar, released on November 26, 2014.[4][5][6]
- ^ Rosendahl, Carl (August 13, 2020), PDI 40th Anniversary Message
- ^ "PDI/DreamWorks Closing; Half Of Staff Laid Off". Deadline Hollywood. January 22, 2015.
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