This was also the first computer-animated film, and with it, Pixar changed the industry forever. Since Disney owns Pixar, the two often share success, but these days, they face the same problems.

Then Pixar came along to give the behemoth a run for its money, beginning with the 1995 release of "Toy Story," the world's first computer-animated film. Pixar continued its ascent with scores of ...

“How about a movie?” Over the next several months, he developed what he believed to be the first computer programming language for computer animation, called BEFLIX (short for “Bell Labs ...

to the first American purveyor of full-length, hand-drawn animated features, to making primarily computer-animated movies. With the release of Land of the Giants: The Disney Dilemma, it’s a fine ...

Phillips contributed to Pixar’s 1988 short film, the RenderMan-powered Tiny Toy, which became the first computer-animated film to win an Academy Award. He also made animated commercials for brands ...

The original Toy Story was actually the first full-length computer-animated film. Not only that, but it was also the first feature film released by Pixar, which is now known as an undisputed ...