Pixar co-founder John Lasseter is somewhat of a legend in the eyes of Pixar fans like myself. He directed Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, and Cars and is responsible for so much of what makes ...

"The Pixar Touch" could have more honestly been called "Pixar Through Alvy Ray Smith's Eyes." Though others occasionally pipe in, the co-founder who left in the early '90s is quite obviously the ...

The former chief financial officer of Pixar Animation Studios may face charges that she mishandled stock options, the latest fallout in the legal troubles that have plagued high-tech companies. A ...

With the release of Disney and Pixar's complete animation line-up through 2012 last week, it seems the biggest concerns lies with the fact that Pixar's schedules includes numerous sequels. I hate to ...

For all its state-of-the-artiness, Pixar Animation has always been about imposing the better human qualities on nonhuman entities. In other words, friendship, loyalty and family, as portrayed by toys, ...

Jimmy HAYWARD wanted to direct movies for as long as he can remember, and when he started working at Pixar Animation Studios more than a decade ago, it looked like the self-taught animator was well on ...

From what Steve Jobs has said recently, it doesn't look like Apple designer Jonathan Ive will become the CEO of Apple anytime soon. That may not be a bad thing, since Ive seems to have plenty to keep ...

Toil in any industry for a while, and you develop a sixth sense about bad omens. If you're a film critic, for instance, and a studio won't return your calls about a movie, you assume that movie is a ...

Andrew Stanton shares secrets about the original version of his 2008 Pixar favorite, Wall-E. (Photo: Getty/Everett Collection) "It wasn't for lack of trying, and we certainly had fun doing it," ...

In “Toy Story,” children’s playthings come alive and even kind of fly. In “Finding Nemo,” civilizations of sea creatures are ...

LITTLE ROCK — The late Stanley Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey) used to say that if you can turn off the sound and still follow the story, you've made a film, but if you black out the picture and can ...