| Pixar awards and nominations | |
| Wins: | 485 |
| Nominations: | 1021 |
Pixar Animation Studios is a CGI animation production company based in Emeryville, California, United States. Created in 1979 as a division of Lucasfilm, it has been a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company since 2006. Feature films produced by Pixar have won numerous awards, including eighteen Academy Awards, ten Golden Globe Awards and eleven Grammy Awards.
The following is a list of all the feature films Pixar has released with the nominations and awards they received.
Toy Story was released in 1995 to be the first feature film in history produced using only computer animation. The film, directed by John Lasseter and starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, went on to gross over $191 million in the United States during its initial theatrical release, and took in more than $373 million worldwide. Reviews were overwhelmingly positive, praising both the technical innovation of the animation and the wit and sophistication of the screenplay.
| Awards | |||||
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| Year | Association | Award Category | Recipient (if any) | Result | |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Animation | Won | |||
| 1996 | ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | Tox Box Office Films of 1995 Award | Randy Newman | ||
| Academy Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Joss Whedon (screenplay), Andrew Stanton (screenplay/story), Joel Cohen (screenplay), Alec Sokolow (screenplay), John Lasseter (story), Pete Docter (story) and Joe Ranft (story) | rowspan="3" | ||
| Best Original Musical or Comedy Score | Randy Newman | ||||
| Best Original Song (for "You've Got a Friend in Me") | |||||
| Special Achievement | John Lasseter | Won | |||
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films | Best Fantasy Film | rowspan="2" | |||
| Best Writing | Joss Whedon, Alec Sokolow, Andrew Stanton and Joel Cohen | ||||
| Annie Awards[1] | Best Animated Feature | Won | |||
| Best Individual Achievement: Animation | Pete Docter | ||||
| Best Individual Achievement: Directing | John Lasseter | ||||
| Best Individual Achievement: Music | Randy Newman | ||||
| Best Individual Achievement: Producing | Bonnie Arnold and Ralph Guggenheim | ||||
| Best Individual Achievement: Production Design | Ralph Eggleston | ||||
| Best Individual Achievement: Voice Acting | Tom Hanks as Woody | ||||
| Best Individual Achievement: Technical Achievement | Won | ||||
| Best Individual Achievement: Writing | Andrew Stanton, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow | ||||
| Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Original Score | Randy Newman | |||
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | rowspan="5" | |||
| Best Original Song – Motion Picture (for "You've Got a Friend in Me") | Randy Newman | ||||
| Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation | ||||
| Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Movie | ||||
| MTV Movie Awards | Best On-Screen Duo | Tim Allen and Tom Hanks | |||
| Motion Picture Sound Editors | Best Sound Editing – Animated Feature | Gary Rydstrom | Won | ||
| Producers Guild of America Award | Special Award of Merit | Bonnie Arnold and Ralph Guggenheim | |||
| Young Artist Awards | Best Family Feature – Musical or Comedy | ||||
| Best Voiceover Performance by a Young Actress | Sarah Freeman | ||||
| BAFTA Awards | Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects | Eben Ostby and William Reeves | rowspan="3" | ||
| 2001 | Online Film Critics Society | Best DVD (The Ultimate Toy Box Edition) | |||
| Best DVD Special Features (The Ultimate Toy Box Edition) | |||||
| AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs | "You've Got a Friend in Me" | Randy Newman | |||
| National Film Preservation Board | Added to the National Film Registry | Won | |||
A Bug's Life (officially trademarked as a bug's life) was released on November 25, 1998, in the United States. It tells the tale of a misfit individualist ant who hires what he thinks are "warrior bugs" (actually circus performers) to protect his colony from greedy grasshoppers. The film was directed by John Lasseter and also marked the last film appearances for Roddy McDowall and Madeline Kahn.
| Awards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Association | Award Category | Recipient (if any) | Result |
| 1998 | Kansas City Film Critics Circle | Best Animated Film | Won | |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Animation – Feature-Length | |||
| 1999 | Academy Awards | Best Original Musical or Comedy Score | Randy Newman | rowspan="6" |
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films | Best Fantasy Film | |||
| Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature | |||
| Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production | John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton | |||
| Outstanding Individual Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production | William Cone | |||
| Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production | John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Don McEnery and Bob Shaw | |||
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | Favorite Animated Family Movie | Won | ||
| Bogey Awards | Bogey Award in Silver | |||
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Animated Film | John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton | Won (tied with The Prince of Egypt) | |
| Best Family Film | Won | |||
| Casting Society of America | Best Casting for Animated Voiceover | Ruth Lambert | ||
| Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Original Score | Randy Newman | rowspan="2" | |
| Golden Globes | Best Original Score | |||
| Golden Screen Awards | Golden Screen | Won | ||
| Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Movie | |||
| Motion Picture Sound Editors | Best Sound Editing – Animated Feature | Gary Rydstrom, Tim Holland, Pat Jackson, Michael Silvers, Mary Helen Leasman, and Marian Wilde | Won | |
| Best Sound Editing, Music – Animated Feature | Unknown | |||
| Satellite Awards | Best Motion Picture – Animated or Mixed Media | Darla K. Anderson and Kevin Reher | Won | |
| Young Artist Awards | Best Family Feature – Animated | rowspan="3" | ||
| Best Performance in a Voice Over in a Feature or TV – Best Young Actress | Hayden Panettiere | |||
| 2000 | BAFTA Awards | Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects | William Reeves, Eben Ostby, Rick Sayre, and Sharon Callahan | |
| Grammy Awards | Best Instrumental Composition | Randy Newman | Won | |
| Best Song (for the song "The Time of Your Life") | ||||
Toy Story 2 was released in 1999, directed by John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich and Ash Brannon. The movie keeps most of the original characters and voices from Toy Story, including Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, Annie Potts, and John Ratzenberger. They are joined by new characters voiced by Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Wayne Knight, and Estelle Harris.
Monsters, Inc. was released in 2001 written by Jack W. Bunting, Jill Culton, Peter Docter, Ralph Eggleston, Dan Gerson, Jeff Pidgeon, Rhett Reese, Jonathan Roberts and Andrew Stanton. It was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Lee Unkrich, and David Silverman. Monsters, Inc. premiered in the United States on October 28, 2001, and went into general release on November 2, 2001, and was a commercial and critical success, grossing over $525 million worldwide during its initial theatrical release. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes also reported extremely positive reviews with a fresh 96% approval rating.
| Awards | ||||
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| Year | Association | Award Category | Recipient (if any) | Result |
| 2002 | ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | Top Box Office Films of 2002 Award | Randy Newman | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Animated Feature | Pete Docter and John Lasseter | rowspan="2" | |
| Best Original Score | Randy Newman | |||
| Best Original Song (for "If I Didn't Have You") | Won | |||
| Best Sound Editing | Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers | rowspan="4" | ||
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films | Best animated Film | |||
| Best film | Robert L. Baird and Daniel Gerson | |||
| American Cinema Editors | Best animated Feature Film – Comedy or Musical | Jim Stewart | ||
| BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Children's Award - Best Feature Film | Darla K. Anderson, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton and Daniel Gerson | Won | |
| Bogey Awards | Bogey Award in Silver | |||
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Animated Film | |||
| Golden Trailer Awards | Best Animation/Family (for "Trailer #1") | Won | ||
| Best Comedy | ||||
| Hochi Film Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | Pete Docter, David Silverman and Lee Unkrich | Won | |
| Hugo Awards | Best animated cinema | rowspan="6" | ||
| Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie | Billy Crystal | ||
| Motion Picture Sound Editors | Best Sound Editing – Animated Feature Film, Domestic and Foreign | Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers, Karen G. Wilson, Jonathan Null, Tom Myers, Shannon Mills, Teresa Eckton, Stephen Kearney and Lindakay Brown | ||
| Best Sound Editing, Music – Animated Feature | Bruno Coon | |||
| Online Film Critics Society | Best Animated Feature | |||
| Satellite Awards | Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media | |||
| World Soundtrack Awards | Best Original Song Written for a Film (for "If I Didn't Have You") | Randy Newman, Billy Crystal and John Goodman | Won | |
| Best Original Soundtrack of the Year - Orchestral | Randy Newman | rowspan="5" | ||
| Soundtrack Composer of the Year | ||||
| Young Artist Awards | Best Family Feature Film – Animation | |||
| 2003 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films | Best DVD Special Edition Release | ||
| Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature | |||
| Outstanding Character Animation | Doug Sweetland | Won | ||
| John Kahrs | rowspan="6" | |||
| Outstanding Character Design in an Animated Feature Production | Ricky Nierva | |||
| Outstanding Directing in an Animated Feature Production | Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich and David Silverman | |||
| Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Production | Randy Newman | |||
| Outstanding Production Design in an Animated Feature Production | Harley Jessup | |||
| Outstanding Writing in an Animated Feature Production | Andrew Stanton and Daniel Gerson | |||
| Grammy Awards | Best Song (for "If I Didn't Have You") | Randy Newman | Won | |
| Best Score Soundtrack Album | ||||
| Satellite Awards | Best Youth DVD | Won | ||
Finding Nemo was released in 2003, written by Andrew Stanton, directed by Stanton and Lee Unkrich. It tells the story of the overly protective clownfish Marlin (Albert Brooks), who along with a regal tang called Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), searches for his son Nemo (Alexander Gould). Along the way he learns to take risks and that his son is capable of taking care of himself.
The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the first Pixar feature to do so. It was a financial blockbuster as it grossed over $867 million worldwide during its initial theatrical release. It is the best-selling DVD of all time, with over 40 million copies sold as of 2006[2] and is the third highest-grossing G-rated film of all time, behind Toy Story 3 and The Lion King. In 2008, the American Film Institute named it the 10th greatest American Animated film ever made during their 10 Top 10.[3]
| Awards | ||||
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| Year | Association | Award Category | Recipient (if any) | Result |
| 2003 | DVD Exclusive Awards | Best Behind-the-Scenes Program (New for DVD), (for "Making Nemo") | Rick Butle and Bill Kinder | |
| Best Deleted Scenes, Outtakes and Bloopers | Bill Kinder, Andrew Stanton and Roger Gould | Won (tied with The Osbournes: The First Season—Uncensored) | ||
| Best Games and Interactivities | Bill Kinder and David Jessen | Won | ||
| Best Menu Design | ||||
| Best New Movie Scenes (Finished-Edited Into Movie or Stand-Alone), for "Exploring the Reef with Jean-Michel Cousteau" | Roger Gould | rowspan="3" | ||
| Best Overall DVD, New Movie (Including All Extra Features) | Bill Kinder and Jeffrey Lerner | |||
| European Film Awards | Favorite International Animated movie Award | Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich | ||
| Hollywood Film Festival | Hollywood Film Award - Animation | Andrew Stanton | Won | |
| National Board of Review | Best Animated Feature | |||
| Toronto Film Critics Association | Best Animated Film | |||
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Screenplay, Original | Bob Peterson, David Reynolds and Andrew Stanton | rowspan="2" | |
| 2004 | Academy Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Andrew Stanton (screenplay/story), Bob Peterson (screenplay) and David Reynolds (screenplay) | |
| Andrew Stanton | Won | |||
| Best Original Score | Thomas Newman | rowspan="5" | ||
| Best Sound Editing | Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers | |||
| Amanda Awards | Best Foreign Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm) | Andrew Stanton | ||
| American Cinema Editors | Best Animated Feature Film – Comedy or Musical | David Ian Salter and Lee Unkrich | ||
| The American Screenwriters Association | Best animation Award | Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds | ||
| Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature | Won | ||
| Outstanding Character Animation | David Devan | |||
| Doug Sweetland | Won | |||
| Gini Santos | ||||
| Outstanding Character Design in an Animated Feature Production | Ricky Nierva | Won | ||
| Outstanding Directing in an Animated Feature Production | Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich | |||
| Outstanding Effects Animation | Justin Paul Ritter | |||
| Martin Nguyen | Won | |||
| Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Production | Thomas Newman | |||
| Outstanding Production Design in an Animated Feature Production | Ralph Eggleston | |||
| Outstanding Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production | Ellen DeGeneres | |||
| Outstanding Writing in an Animated Feature Production | Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds | |||
| BAFTA Awards | Best Screenplay, Original | |||
| BMI Film & TV Awards | BMI Film Music Award | Thomas Newman | Won | |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Animated Feature | |||
| Best Picture | rowspan="3" | |||
| Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Picture | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Ellen DeGeneres | |||
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | Best Animated Film | Won | ||
| European Film Awards | Screen International Award | Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich | ||
| Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Animation | Won | ||
| Genesis Awards | Feature Film – Animated | |||
| Golden Globes | Best Picture Musical or Comedy | rowspan="4" | ||
| Golden Trailer Awards | Best Animation/Family | |||
| Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form | |||
| Humanitas Prize | Feature Film Category Award | Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds | ||
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Animated Film | Won | ||
| Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Movie | |||
| Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie | Ellen DeGeneres | |||
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | Best Animated Film | |||
| MTV Movie Awards | Best Comedic Performance | Ellen DeGeneres | rowspan="2" | |
| Best Movie | ||||
| Motion Picture Sound Editors | Best Sound Editing in Animated Features - Music | Bill Bernstein | Won | |
| Best Sound Editing in Feature Film, Animated - Sound | Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers, Al Nelson, Shannon Mills, Teresa Eckton, E.J. Holowicki, Dee Selby and Steve Slanec | |||
| Online Film Critics Society | Best Animated Feature | Won | ||
| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Animated Film | |||
| Best Picture | rowspan="4" | |||
| Satellite Awards | Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media | |||
| Best Original Score | Thomas Newman | |||
| Best Youth DVD | ||||
| Best DVD Extras | Won | |||
| Saturn Awards | Best Animated Film | |||
| Best DVD Special Edition Release | rowspan="2" | |||
| Best Music | Thomas Newman | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Ellen DeGeneres | Won | ||
| Best Writing | Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds | rowspan="3" | ||
| Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | Best Script | |||
| Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture (for "Inside the Whale") | Andrew Gordon and Brett Coderre | ||
| Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture (for "Speaking Whale") | David DeVan and Gini Santos | Won | ||
| Young Artist Awards | Best Family Feature Film – Animation | |||
| Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Young Actor | Alexander Gould | |||
| Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Young Actress | Erica Beck | |||
The Incredibles was released in November 2004, written and directed by Brad Bird, who was one of the original directors and executive consultants of The Simpsons and the screenwriter/director of the critically acclaimed 1999 animated film The Iron Giant. The Incredibles was originally developed as a traditionally-animated film for Warner Bros., but after the studio shut down its division for fully animated theatrical features, Bird went to Pixar, where he pitched the story and reunited with John Lasseter. The Incredibles is the first Pixar film to win more than one Academy Award.
| Awards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Association | Award Category | Recipient (if any) | Result |
| 2004 | Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Animation | Won | |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Animation | |||
| Best Score | Michael Giacchino | |||
| National Board of Review | Best Animated Feature | |||
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Animated Film | |||
| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | ||||
| San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | ||||
| Seattle Film Critics Awards | Best Animated Feature | |||
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Animated Film | |||
| 2005 | ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | Top Box Office Films of 2005 Award | Michael Giacchino | |
| Academy Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Brad Bird | ||
| Best Animated Feature | Won | |||
| Best Sound Editing | Randy Thom and Michael Silvers | |||
| Best Sound Mixing | Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo and Doc Kane | |||
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films | Best Animated Film | Won | ||
| Best Music | Michael Giacchino | rowspan="3" | ||
| Best Writer | Brad Bird | |||
| American Cinema Editors | Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical | Stephen Schaffer | ||
| Annie Awards | Animated Effects | Martin Ngyuen | Won | |
| Best Animated Feature | ||||
| Character Animation | Angus MacLane | |||
| John Kahrs | rowspan="4" | |||
| Peter Sohn | ||||
| Kureha Yokoo | ||||
| Character Design in an Animated Feature Production | Teddy Newton | |||
| Tony Fucile | Won | |||
| Directing in an Animated Feature Production | Brad Bird | |||
| Music in an Animated Feature Production | Michael Giacchino | |||
| Production Design in an Animated Feature Production | Lou Ramano | |||
| Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production | Kevin O'Brien | |||
| Ted Mathot | ||||
| Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production | Brad Bird | Won | ||
| Samuel L. Jackson | ||||
| Writing in an Animated Feature Production | Brad Bird | Won | ||
| Art Directors Guild | Feature Film – Period or Fantasy Film | Lou Ramano and Ralph Eggleston | ||
| BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Children's Award – Best Feature Film | John Walker and Brad Bird | Won | |
| BET Comedy Awards | Best Performance in an Animated Theatrical Film | Samuel L. Jackson | ||
| BMI Film & TV Awards | BMI Film Music Award | Michael Giacchino | ||
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Animated Feature | |||
| Best Composer | Michael Giacchino | rowspan="3" | ||
| Best Popular Movie | ||||
| Cinema Writers Circle Awards of Spain | Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) | |||
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | Best Animated Film | Won | ||
| Empire Awards | Best Film | rowspan="2" | ||
| Golden Globes | Best Picture – Musical or Comedy | |||
| Golden Trailer Awards | Best Animation/Family (for "Buckle Up") | Won | ||
| Best Comedy (for "Buckle Up") | ||||
| Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form | Won | ||
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Animated Film | |||
| Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Movie | |||
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | Best Animated Film | |||
| Best Score | Michael Giacchino | |||
| MTV Movie Awards | Best Movie | rowspan="3" | ||
| Best On-Screen Team | Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Spencer Fox and Sarah Vowell | |||
| MTV Movie Awards, Mexico | Favorite Voice in an Animated Film | Víctor Trujillo | ||
| Motion Picture Sound Editors | Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Animated | Michael Silvers, Randy Thom, Sue Fox, Teresa Eckton, Kyrsten Mate Comoglio, E.J. Holowicki, Steve Slanec, Al Nelson and Stephen M. Davis | Won | |
| Online Film Critics Society | Best Animated Feature | |||
| Best Score | Michael Giacchino | |||
| Best Picture | rowspan="5" | |||
| Best Original Screenplay | Brad Bird | |||
| PGA Awards | Motion Picture Producer of the Year | |||
| People's Choice Awards | Favorite Animated Movie | |||
| Favorite Motion Picture | ||||
| Satellite Awards | Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media | Won | ||
| Best Score | Michael Giacchino | rowspan="2" | ||
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Animated/Computer Generated | |||
| Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture (for "Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible") | Craig T. Nelson, Bill Wise, Bill Sheffler and Bolhem Bouchiba | Won | |
| World Soundtrack Awards | Discovery of the Year | Michael Giacchino | ||
| Young Artist Awards | Best Family Feature Film – Animation | |||
| Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Young Artist | Spencer Fox | rowspan="2" | ||
| 2006 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films | Best DVD Special Edition Release | ||
| Grammy Awards | Best Instrumental Arrangement | Gordon Goodwin (for "The Incredits") | Won | |
| Michael Giacchino | ||||
Cars was released in 2006, directed by both John Lasseter and Joe Ranft. It was the seventh Disney/Pixar feature film, and Pixar's last film before the company was bought by Disney. Set in a world populated entirely by anthropomorphic cars and other vehicles, it features the voices of Owen Wilson, Paul Newman (in his final acting film role), Larry the Cable Guy, Bonnie Hunt, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Michael Wallis, George Carlin, Paul Dooley, Jenifer Lewis, Guido Quaroni, Michael Keaton, Katherine Helmond, and John Ratzenberger as well as voice cameos by several celebrities including Jeremy Piven, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Bob Costas, Darrell Waltrip, Jay Leno, Michael Schumacher, and Mario Andretti.
| Awards | ||||
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| Year | Association | Award Category | Recipient (if any) | Result |
| 2006 | Golden Trailer Awards | Best Animation/Family | rowspan="2" | |
| Best Voice Over | ||||
| Hollywood Film Festival | Best Animation of the Year | John Lasseter | Won | |
| National Board of Review | Best Animated Feature | |||
| Satellite Awards | Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media | rowspan="2" | ||
| Best Youth DVD | ||||
| Southeastern Film Critics Association | Best Animated Film | Won | ||
| World Soundtrack Awards | Best Original Song Written for Film (for "Our Town") | Randy Newman and James Taylor | ||
| 2007 | Academy Awards | Best Animated Feature | John Lasseter | rowspan="2" |
| Best Original Song (for "Our Town") | Randy Newman | |||
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films | Best Animated Film | Won | ||
| Annie Awards | Best Animated Effects | Keith Klohn | rowspan="2" | |
| Erdem Taylan | ||||
| Best Animated Feature | Won | |||
| Best Character Animation in a Feature Production | Carlos Baena | rowspan="3" | ||
| Bobby Podesta | ||||
| Best Directing in an Animated Feature Production | John Lasseter | |||
| Best Music in an Animated Feature Production | Randy Newman | Won | ||
| Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production | William Cone | rowspan="2" | ||
| Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production | Dan Fogelman | |||
| Austin Film Critics Association | Best Animated Film | Won | ||
| BAFTA Awards | Best Animated Feature Film | John Lasseter | ||
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Animated Feature | Won | ||
| Best Soundtrack | ||||
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Animated Film | Won | ||
| Golden Globes | ||||
| Grammy Awards | Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | Best Song (for "Our Town") | Randy Newman | |
| Best Compilation Soundtrack Album | Chris Mountain and Randy Newman | rowspan="2" | ||
| Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Animated Movie | |||
| Motion Picture Sound Editors | Best Sound Editing Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film Animation | Tom Myers, Michael Silvers, Jonathan Null, Bruno Coon, Teresa Eckton, Shannon Mills, Dee Selby, Steve Slanec, Christopher Barrick, Jana Vance, Dennie Thorpe and Ellen Heuer | Won | |
| Online Film Critics Society | Best Animation | |||
| PGA Awards | Motion Picture Producer of the Year, Animated Motion Picture | Darla K. Anderson | Won | |
| People's Choice Awards | Favorite Family Movie | |||
| Favorite Movie | ||||
| Favorite Song from a Movie (for "Life Is a Highway") | Rascal Flatts | Won | ||
| Favorite Song from a Movie (for "Real Gone") | Sheryl Crow | rowspan="2" | ||
| Satellite Awards | Best Youth DVD (2nd nomination) | |||
| Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture (for "Mater") | Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Krummhoefener, Tom Sanocki and Nancy Kato | Won | |
Ratatouille is an animated film produced by Pixar and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was released on June 29, 2007, in the United States as the eighth movie produced by Pixar. It was directed by Brad Bird, who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005. The plot follows Remy, a rat who dreams of becoming a chef and tries to achieve his goal by forming an alliance with a Parisian restaurant's garbage boy. Ratatouille was released to both critical acclaim and box office success, opening in 3,940 theaters domestically and debuting at No. 1 with $47 million,[4] grossing further $206 million in North America and a total of $620 million worldwide. The film is on the 2007 top ten lists of multiple critics, including Michael Sragow of The Baltimore Sun as number one, A.O. Scott of The New York Times, Carina Chocano of the Los Angeles Times and Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal as number two.
WALL-E (promoted with an interpunct as WALL·E) was released in 2008 and directed by Andrew Stanton. It follows the story of a robot named WALL-E who is designed to clean up a polluted Earth far in the future. He eventually falls in love with another robot named EVE, and follows her into outer space on an adventure.
After directing Finding Nemo, Stanton felt Pixar had created believable simulations of underwater physics and was willing to direct a film set in space. Most of the characters do not have actual human voices, but instead communicate with body language and robotic sounds, designed by Ben Burtt, that resemble voices. In addition, it is the first animated feature by Pixar to have segments featuring live-action characters.
Walt Disney Pictures released it in the United States and Canada on June 27, 2008. The film grossed $23.1 million on its opening day, and $63 million during its opening weekend in 3,992 theaters, ranking #1 at the box office. This ranks the third highest-grossing opening weekend for a Pixar film as of July 2008. Following Pixar tradition, WALL-E was paired with a short film, Presto, for its theatrical release. WALL-E has achieved highly positive reviews with an approval rating of 96% on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. It grossed $533 million worldwide, won the 2009 Best Animated Film Golden Globe Award and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. It was nominated for a total of six Academy Awards, making it the most nominated Pixar film.
It was nominated for the 2009 Kids' Choice Awards.
Up is a 2009 animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The film premiered on May 29, 2009, in North America, and opened the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first animated and 3D film to do so. It was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Bob Peterson, and produced by Jonas Rivera. The film centers on an elderly widower, named Carl Fredricksen, and a young Wilderness Explorer, named Russell, who fly to South America in a house suspended by helium balloons. The film was released with both critical acclaim and box office success, opening in 3,766 theaters domestically, debuting at #1 with $68.1 million, and grossing $735 million worldwide. and receiving the Golden Tomato, from the website Rotten Tomatoes, for highest rating feature in 2009, with an approval of 98% from film critics, based on 259 reviews.
It garnered various awards and nominations, most of them for the "Best Animated Picture" category and for the film's score. Up was nominated for five Academy Awards at the 2010 Ceremony, winning two of them, for Best Animated Feature and for Best Original Score. It is the second fully animated film to be nominated for Best Picture, the other being Beauty and the Beast, and also become the third consecutive Pixar film to win the Academy Award for Animated Feature, after Ratatouille and WALL-E. The film also won the Golden Globe for Best Original Score and the Best Animated Feature Film at the 67th Golden Globe Awards. The movie received nine nominations for the Annie Awards in eight categories, winning two awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Directing in a Feature Production. It also was selected as the Summer Movie Comedy at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, and was also nominated for three Grammys at 52nd Grammy Awards, winning two of them. Rivera received the Motion Pictures Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award, for Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures, given by the Producers Guild of America, while Docter and Peterson were honored by the British Academy Film Awards with the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, and Giacchino the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. Furthermore, the film was nominated at the 2009 Satellite Awards in the categories "Best Animated or Mixed Media Film," "Best Original Screenplay" and "Best Original Score." It also won Favorite Animated Movie at the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards.
Toy Story 3 is an animated film produced by Pixar and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was produced by Darla K. Anderson and directed by Lee Unkrich. The film stars Tom Hanks as Sheriff Woody and Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear. The film also stars Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Estelle Harris, Blake Clark, Ned Beatty, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, and Michael Keaton.
The film opened on June 18, 2010, to receive universal acclaim and box office success, grossing $1.067 billion; it is the 30th highest-grossing film of all time, the fifth highest-grossing animated film of all time, and Pixar's second highest-grossing film of all time.
Cars 2 is an animated film produced by Pixar and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The films produced by Denise Ream and directed by John Lasseter and Brad Lewis. The film stars Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Eddie Izzard, John Turturro, and Jason Isaacs.
The film released on June 24, 2011. Despite being the first and so far the only Pixar film to receive mixed reviews from critics, it was a commercial success, earning a total of $562 million.
Cars 2 was the first Pixar film not to be nominated for any Academy Awards.
It was nominated for the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards.
Brave is an animated film produced by Pixar and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The films produced by Katherine Sarafian and directed by Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman and Steve Purcell. The film stars Kelly Macdonald, Julie Walters, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson, and Robbie Coltrane.
The film released on June 22, 2012. The film received positive reviews from critics, and was a box office success, earning a total of $540 million.
It was nominated for the 2013 Kids' Choice Awards.
Monsters University is an animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Dan Scanlon and produced by Kori Rae. It is the fourteenth film produced by Pixar and is a prequel to 2001's Monsters, Inc., marking the first time Pixar has made a prequel film.
Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Bob Peterson, and John Ratzenberger reprise their roles as Mike Wazowski, James P. Sullivan, Randall Boggs, Roz, and the Abominable Snowman, respectively. Bonnie Hunt, who played Ms. Flint in the first film, voices Mike's grade school teacher, Ms. Karen Graves. Monsters University premiered on June 5, 2013, at the BFI Southbank in London, United Kingdom and was released on June 21, 2013, in the United States.
The film received positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing $744 million against its estimated budget of $200 million.
It is the second Pixar film not to have been nominated for any Academy Awards, after Cars 2. Monsters University was nominated for the 2014 Kids' Choice Awards.
Inside Out is an animated comedy-drama adventure film, co-written and directed by Pete Docter. The film was released at 2015 Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2015, and on June 19, 2015, in United States by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Inside Out opened across 3,946 theaters in the United States and Canada, of which 3,100 showed the film in 3D, and grossed $90.4 million on its opening weekend, ranking #2 at the box office, behind Jurassic World. The film has accumulated over $857 million in worldwide box office revenue.
Inside Out was critically acclaimed, with an approval rating of 98% on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, as well as being included in many critics' Top Ten Films of 2015 lists. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 88th Academy Awards. It received ten Annie Award wins at 43rd Annie Awards, including Outstanding Achievement in Directing in an Animated Feature Production for Pete Docter, Outstanding Achievement in Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production for Phyllis Smith and Best Animated Feature. The American Film Institute selected Inside Out as one of the Top Ten Films of the year. The film received a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards. It received three Critics' Choice Movie Award nominations including Best Animated Feature.
The Good Dinosaur is an animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Peter Sohn from a screenplay by Meg LeFauve. Set in a world in which dinosaurs never became extinct, the film follows a young Apatosaurus named Arlo, who meets an unlikely human friend while traveling through a harsh and mysterious landscape. The film stars Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Sam Elliott, Anna Paquin, A. J. Buckley, Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand and Steve Zahn. The Good Dinosaur had its premiere on November 10, 2015, in Paris, and was released in the United States on November 25, 2015.
The film, along with Inside Out, marks the first time that Pixar has released two feature films in the same year. The Good Dinosaur received positive reviews from critics, but underperformed at the box office, grossing $332 million against a budget of $175–200 million.
It is the third Pixar film not to have been nominated for any Academy Awards, after Cars 2 and Monsters University.
Finding Dory is an animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Angus MacLane in his feature debut, the screenplay was co-written by Victoria Strouse and Stanton. The film is a sequel to 2003's Finding Nemo. The film features the returning voices of Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks, with Hayden Rolence (replacing Alexander Gould), Ed O'Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Diane Keaton, and Eugene Levy joining the cast.
The film premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on June 8, 2016, and was released in the United States on June 17, 2016. It received positive reviews and has grossed over $1 billion worldwide.
It is the fourth Pixar film not to have been nominated for any Academy Awards, after Cars 2, Monsters University and The Good Dinosaur.
Cars 3 is an animated sports comedy-drama film produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Brian Fee in his directorial debut, the screenplay was written by Kiel Murray, Bob Peterson and Mike Rich. The returning voices of Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt, and Larry the Cable Guy are joined by Cristela Alonzo, Chris Cooper, Armie Hammer, Nathan Fillion, Kerry Washington, and Lea DeLaria.
It is the fifth Pixar film not to have been nominated for any Academy Awards, after Cars 2, Monsters University, The Good Dinosaur, and Finding Dory.
Coco is a 2017 American animated fantasy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Lee Unkrich and was based on an original idea by Unkrich with the screenplay written by Adrian Molina (who also co-directed) and Matthew Aldrich.
Incredibles 2 is a 2018 American animated superhero film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Written and directed by Brad Bird, it is a sequel to The Incredibles (2004) and the second full-length installment of the franchise. The film features the returning voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Samuel L. Jackson, and Brad Bird with Huckleberry Milner (replacing Spencer Fox), Bob Odenkirk, Catherine Keener, and Jonathan Banks (replacing Bud Luckey) joining the cast.
Toy Story 4 is a 2019 American animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the fourth installment in Pixar's Toy Story series and the sequel to Toy Story 3 (2010). It was directed by Josh Cooley (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Andrew Stanton and Stephany Folsom; the three also conceived the story alongside John Lasseter, Rashida Jones, Will McCormack, Valerie LaPointe, and Martin Hynes. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Joan Cusack, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Estelle Harris, Blake Clark, Bonnie Hunt, Jeff Garlin, and Timothy Dalton reprise their character roles from the first three films. They are joined by Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, and Ally Maki.
Onward is a 2020 American animated urban fantasy-adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film is directed by Dan Scanlon, produced by Kori Rae and written by Scanlon, Jason Headley, and Keith Bunin, and stars the voices of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Octavia Spencer.
Soul is a 2020 American animated fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Pete Docter and co-directed by Kemp Powers, the film stars the voices of Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Rachel House, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Phylicia Rashad, Donnell Rawlings, Questlove, and Angela Bassett.
Luca is a 2021 American animated coming-of-age fantasy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film was directed by Enrico Casarosa (in his feature-length directorial debut), written by Jesse Andrews and Mike Jones, from a story by Casarosa, Andrews, and Simon Stephenson, produced by Andrea Warren, and features the voices of Jacob Tremblay and Jack Dylan Grazer, with Emma Berman, Saverio Raimondo, Marco Barricelli, Maya Rudolph, Jim Gaffigan, Peter Sohn, Lorenzo Crisci, Marina Massironi, and Sandy Martin in supporting roles.
Turning Red is a 2022 American animated fantasy comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It was directed by Domee Shi (in her feature directorial debut) and produced by Lindsey Collins, from a screenplay written by Shi and Julia Cho, and a story by Shi, Cho, and Sarah Streicher. The film marks the first Pixar feature film solely directed by a woman. It stars the voices of Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse, Hyein Park, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Orion Lee, Wai Ching Ho, Tristan Allerick Chen, and James Hong. Set in Toronto, Ontario in 2002, the film follows Meilin "Mei" Lee (Chiang), a 13-year-old Chinese-Canadian student who transforms into a giant red panda when she experiences any strong emotion, due to a hereditary curse.
Lightyear is an animated sports comedy-drama film produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures.The film is a spin-off of the Toy Story film series, but does not take place in the same fictional universe as them; rather, it is presented as a film that some of the characters in the main Toy Story films have seen. Lightyear centers on the character Buzz Lightyear, who in this film is human and not a toy. Directed by Angus MacLane in his directorial debut the screenplay was written by the director himself, MacLane, and Jason Headley. The film stars Chris Evans as the voice of the titular character, with Keke Palmer, Peter Sohn, Taika Waititi, Dale Soules, James Brolin, and Uzo Aduba in supporting roles.
It is the sixth Pixar film not to have been nominated for any Academy Awards, after Cars 2, Monsters University, The Good Dinosaur, Finding Dory and Cars 3.
is a 2023 American animated romantic comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Directed by Peter Sohn and produced by Denise Ream, it was written by Sohn, John Hoberg, Kat Likkel, and Brenda Hsueh.