Pixar is offering an exciting opportunity geared towards students interested in pursuing a career on animated feature films as Characters Model/Rigging Technical Director. In this role, you will work closely with our Technical Directors (TDs) to construct and shape the character’s 3D geometry, and the delivery of a well-designed set of animation controls for manipulating that geometry. Responsibilities: Construct organic looking models and environments, using both manual and procedural techniques. Work with technical leads, reviewing and revising work as necessary to gain …
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Pixar Animation Studios Software R&D Department is accepting resumes for our Summer 2025 internships at our Emeryville, CA location in the following areas: SOFTWARE ENGINEER INTERN, FOUNDATION TEAM supports Pixar’s artists across the production pipeline, both in content creation and software development, building tools that increase productivity and artistic reach. Engineers on Foundation Teams build software in a wide variety of domains: Production management (Web, JavaScript/Vue/React) Media browsing and playback (Python, Linux/MacOS) Story & editorial departments (Python/C++/Swift, MacOS/iOS) Production asset …
Pixar offers an exciting 12-week classroom-based Story internship in which you employ your drawing skills during an intensive program focused on the visual storytelling process. You will work in collaboration with other story interns and story department mentors to do the following: • Learn about Pixar’s visual story development process and production pipeline• Work closely with story artists to learn about consistency, versatility, and speed throughout the drawing process• Challenge your drawing and storyboarding skills to strengthen your draftsmanship while …
The Pixar Undergraduate Program (PUP) is an education packed, 12-week classroom-based course, taught by our Technical Directors (TDs).* At the beginning of the program, you will learn and complete individual projects focused on various technical aspects of our animation pipeline including modeling, set dressing, shading, characters, layout (camera & staging), lighting, and effects. This all culminates in the final month where you’ll implement your learnings in a group project and have a chance for elective individual exploration projects. You’ll have …
Are you passionate about audio and video (A/V) technology? Do you love setting up your multimedia systems at home, school, or work, and find the world of A/V captivating? If so, Pixar’s Media Systems team wants to hear from you! Pixar’s Systems department offers an exciting internship program designed for students eager to build a career in media systems. The incredible Media Systems team manages the A/V and videoconferencing (VC) infrastructure across the studio, including theaters, screening rooms, recording studios, …
Pixar offers an exciting internship program intended to give students valuable “hands on” experience and exposure to our animated film production environment. This is an excellent opportunity for students to experience firsthand “The day in the life of a Pixar Editor.” Through our 12-week internship, editorial interns work in collaboration with the Editing Department to do the following:• Gain knowledge about our editorial process and the entire production pipeline.• Work closely with our editors to learn consistency, versatility and speed …
Pixar offers an exciting internship program intended to give students valuable “hands on” experience and exposure to our production environment. This is an excellent opportunity for students to learn from working professionals — to experience firsthand “a day in the life of a Pixar Animator.” Through our extensive 12-week, classroom-based animation training course, animation interns will work in collaboration with mentors to do the following: • Using our proprietary animation software, your acting skills and animation abilities will be supported …
Please read through this job description thoroughly before applying. There are submission requirements that will knock you out of the candidate pool if not included. Imagine getting a script page with a description of a decrepit old house in the midst of a charming neighborhood. What type of architecture conveys the spooky mood of the house? What colors show its age and what the house once was before all of the decay? What type of lighting will make the audience …
