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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.
Oct 27, 2020 · Forty years ago, Richard Chuang, Glenn Entis, and Carl Rosendahl began building what would later become a crucial piece in the creation of the computer graphics/animation industry: Pacific Data Images, or PDI. At SIGGRAPH 2020, the trio presented a Panel on how they built the impossible from scratch.
Jan 23, 2015 · PDI, which was founded by Carl Rosendahl in 1980 as Pacific Data Images, started as a visual effects studio, producing computer-generated graphics for broadcast networks, TV shows and...
Pacific Data Images ( PDI ) Incorporated on August 11th 1980 by Carl Rosendahl, PDI originally began in a small office in Los Altos. Carl grew up in LA and graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford in 1979. Wanting to combine entertainment with his technical experience, computer graphics seemed a natural solution.
The industry has acknowledged that their employee-focused approach to business helped them succeed where others failed. PDI always had a history of letting their animators pursue individual projects and shorts, and they produced award winners in this category, including: Opera Industrial (86), Chromosaurus, Cosmic Zoom and Burning Love (88 ...
- Wayne E. Carlson
- 2017
Jan 17, 2012 · Information on acquisition, funding, investors, and executives for Pacific Data Images. Use the PitchBook Platform to explore the full profile.
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PDI (originally an initialism for Pacific Data Images and also known as PDI/DreamWorks) was an American computer animated production company that was bought by DreamWorks SKG in 2000. and became half of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., the public company formed by uniting PDI and the feature...
