Ed Catmull

Pixar 25 Magic Moments

Mackenzie Crook, Tim Allen

The BBC documentary takes a look into the Pixar studios as they celebrate their 25th birthday and at the creative process involved in creating the animation classics that we love.

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

Leslie Iwerks

Tom Cruise, George Lucas

Leslie Iwerks' documentary takes audiences behind the scenes at ILM with in depth interviews with some of the company's top talent and showcases never before seen footage highlighting many of their pioneering milestones. From creating the first ever computer generated character in a feature film to the latest advancements in visual effects for film franchises like Transformers and Iron Man, ILM has created some of the most memorable movie moments in recent history.

The Pixar Shorts: A Short History

Tony Kaplan, Erica Milsom

Eben Ostby, Ralph Guggenheim

The story of Pixar's early short films illuminates not only the evolution of the company but also the early days of computer animation, when a small group of artists and scientists shared a single computer in a hallway, and struggled to create emotionally compelling short films.

Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond

Brad Lachman

Tim Allen, Tom Hanks

Retrospective looking at the revolutionary computer-animated feature film Toy Story.

The Making of 'Toy Story'

Mike Bonifer

John Lasseter, Ed Catmull

Documentary of the making of the groundbreaking Disney/Pixar animated hit movie.

A Computer Animated Hand

Frederic Parke, Fred Parke

Archive film showing possibly the first example of digital rendering, made by Pixar co-founders Ed Catmull and Fred Parke in 1972, was stumbled upon by the son of Robert B Ingebretsen, who also set up the world-famous U.S. studio. A six minute version shows additional CGI animation of an artificial heart valve, and human heads.