What is Pacific Data Images?
{{Infobox company | name=Pacific Data Images | logo=File:Pacific Data Images PDI logo.svg | logo_size=200px | type= | founder = Carl Rosendahl | num_employees=450 (January 2015)<ref>{{cite news|title=PDI/DreamWorks Closing; Half Of Staff Laid Off|url=http://deadline.com/2015/01/pdidreamworks-closing-dreamworks-animation-layoffs-1201356039/|newspaper=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 22, 2015}}</ref> | fate = Shut down | foundation = {{start date and age|1980|1|1}} | defunct= {{end date and age|2015|1|22}} | location_city = [[Redwood City, California]] | location_country = United States | locations= | key_people= | industry=[[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] animation <br />[[Film industry|Motion pictures]] | traded_as= | subsid= | owner=[[DreamWorks Animation]] | website= }} '''Pacific Data Images''' ('''PDI''') was an American computer animation and visual effects production company that was bought by [[DreamWorks|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. It produced over 700 commercials, contributed visual effects to more than 70 feature movies, and produced and contributed to many DreamWorks Animation's movies, including the second computer-animated movie ever, ''Antz'', and movies from the ''Shrek'' and ''Madagascar'' franchises == References == {{reflist}} {{NBCUniversal}} [[Category:American animation studios]] [[Category:1980 establishments in California]] [[Category:2015 disestablishments in the United States]] [[Category:2010s disestablishments in California]] [[Category:Defunct companies of the United States]] [[Category:Companies based in California]]