Exclusive: Inside Pixar - A Photo Tour

A rarely-seen glimpse of the company's Emeryville campus.

by Joe Utichi | Tuesday, Jul. 15 2008

From Toy Story to WALL-E, Pixar has produced some of the world's most beloved animated movies of the last decade and a half. From their Emeryville campus, a short hop from the city of San Francisco, Pixar's strive to innovate and passion for story has seen them mine cinematic gold pretty-much consistently since their first feature.

Needless to say, when they invited RT to come and tour the very epicentre of their excellence, we couldn't refuse. On the following pages, enjoy an exclusive glimpse into the heart of Pixar.

Jen Yamato on 07-15-2008 11:07 AM

Cool, inside Pixar!

jimmers_205 on 07-15-2008 11:47 AM

Is this what the Pixar people did with all the money they made from Finding Nemo?? They Bought cereal?

Captain Guy on 08-14-2008 09:24 PM

Cereal is the fuel behind all of their movies. They started there days with a nobody animating company with little cash and a short supply of cereal, their one and only fuel source. So they gathered all the strength they could and made the best animated short possible and made enough money to buy more cereal, and in turn make better animated movie/short which made more money then the first which let them buy MORE cereal and hire more employees.

arendr on 07-15-2008 12:02 PM

The main atrium looks like the one from Monsters Inc.

Floor Man on 07-15-2008 12:43 PM

Yeah, that's exactly what I though, too! :) Haha...the Render Farm is kind of ridiculously awesome, as well. It even has its own neon sign.

I do loves me some Pixar.

Joe Utichi on 07-15-2008 01:00 PM

Hey, don't knock it - a cerealed work force is a happy workforce.

I like to think I ate enough cereal during my visit to account for at least two Finding Nemo admissions...

witherwings on 07-15-2008 01:02 PM

I can't even think about how cool it would be to work there. Dang it!

pooberry on 07-15-2008 02:46 PM

heh... makes my humble desk seem like a little WALL-E unit compared to the Axiom ship that is the Pixar campus

lilafrench on 07-15-2008 02:59 PM

Coyote22 on 07-15-2008 04:54 PM

I'm sending in my application right away...

vaodsi on 07-15-2008 06:32 PM

Yeah....... someday.... i will eat their cereal...... all of it. Then i will die happy.

firecover098 on 07-15-2008 08:06 PM

have you ever had a profile on Richkiss.com? Someone tells me that you're a certi fied millio naire there with many nice photos. .Is it ture? Are you still there?

DiscoDan on 07-15-2008 10:10 PM

omg no wonder their movies are amazing! i'd feel inspired every day if i worked there!

RangerGage on 07-16-2008 08:31 PM

I will work there one day. I won't settle for anything less.

trgdr777 on 07-16-2008 08:53 PM

The cereal room is indeed awesome.
I want some of that WALL-E concept art for my wall.

WDPX on 07-23-2008 11:04 PM

I like this, but I saw once a documentory. The real cool thing is with the artists and how they are allowed to decorate their "Room". This is owesome...! They do so cool stuff and most of them live like a small kid. That�s how they can create those lovable movies.

Jeffrey S. on 01-8-2009 10:32 AM

WOW! The Pixar campus looks quite a bit like the Silicon Graphics (AKA: SGI) corporate campus back in SGI's heyday (now Google's corporate campus).

Ashish C. on 01-1-2010 09:15 AM

One day i became a part of this studio.......................this is really great..............

Racheal T. on 08-17-2010 01:09 AM

Wow,pixar is such a beautiful studio.Only an opportunity to get in there will be great.Thanks for the work.

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