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Pixar Premieres
Short Film For The Birds
RICHMOND, Calif., - June 5, 2000 -- Pixar Animation Studios (NASDAQ: PIXR)
today announced that the world premiere of its newest short film, For
the Birds, will take place at the Annecy Film Festival in France this
evening. The film will premiere in the U.S. at the 27th annual Siggraph
Conference in New Orleans on July 24, 2000. For the Birds is directed
by Ralph Eggleston and produced by Karen Dufilho. John Lasseter is executive
producer.
For the Birds is a
story about a flock of small birds perched on a telephone wire and a larger
bird that tries to join them. The unwelcome bird upsets the flock, and
they decide to get rid of him. For the Birds continues the Pixar
tradition of creating short films that explore the creative and technical
possibilities of animation.
Ralph Eggleston makes his
directorial debut at Pixar with For the Birds. Ralph joined Pixar
in 1992 as the Art Director of Toy Story, for which he won an Annie Award
for Best Art Direction. He currently serves as Production Designer for
one of Pixar's future feature length films.
"It's exciting that Pixar
continues to actively produce and support short films," said Eggleston.
"Making For the Birds was hard work and a lot of fun, and
our crew's amazing creative collaboration has resulted in a film we believe
everyone will truly enjoy."
"Pixar sees immense value
in preserving the short film as an art form and using it as a development
tool for our creative and technical teams," said Dr. Edwin Catmull,
Pixar's Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer. "The
skills these professionals learn and polish are invaluable as we move
toward our goal of creating one feature film a year."
About Pixar Animation
Studios
Pixar Animation Studios (Nasdaq: PIXR) combines creative and technical
artistry to create original characters and stories in the medium of computer
animation. Pixar created and produced the first computer-animated feature
film, the Academy Award winning Toy Story, released in 1995. Pixar
has since released two more animated features: A Bug's Life, the
highest grossing animated film released in 1998; and Toy Story 2,
the highest grossing animated film released in 1999. The studio is currently
in production on its fourth animated feature, Monsters, Inc., scheduled
for release in November 2001.
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