Pacific Data Images

Pacific Data Images
	Logo used from 2000 to 2015
	Former PDI/DreamWorks headquarters at Redwood City's Pacific Shores Center before the company moved in 2012 to larger facilities in another building in the same office complex.
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Film
Founded	August 13, 1980
Founder	Carl Rosendahl
Defunct	January 22, 2015
Fate	Closed
Successor	DreamWorks Animation
Headquarters	Redwood City, California, United States
Number of employees	450 (January 2015)
Parent	DreamWorks Animation (2000–2015)

Pacific Data Images (PDI) was an American visual effects and computer animation production company based in Redwood City, California, that was bought by 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,^[3] it produced more than 700 commercials, contributed visual effects to more than 70 feature films, and produced and contributed to many of DreamWorks Animation's films, beginning with DreamWorks's first animated film, Antz. PDI's final animated film before its closure on January 22, 2015, was Penguins of Madagascar (2014).^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ Rosendahl, Carl (August 13, 2020), PDI 40th Anniversary Message
^ "PDI/DreamWorks Closing; Half Of Staff Laid Off". Deadline Hollywood. January 22, 2015.
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^ McCracken, Harry (January 23, 2015). "R.I.P. PDI, The Company That Helped Turn Computer Graphics Into Art". Fast Company. Retrieved April 27, 2020.

[1] Rosendahl, Carl (August 13, 2020), PDI 40th Anniversary Message

[2] "PDI/DreamWorks Closing; Half Of Staff Laid Off". Deadline Hollywood. January 22, 2015.

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[6] McCracken, Harry (January 23, 2015). "R.I.P. PDI, The Company That Helped Turn Computer Graphics Into Art". Fast Company. Retrieved April 27, 2020.

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