Walt Disney Pictures
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The "castle logo" used from 1985 to 2006. |
Walt Disney Pictures is an
American movie studio, with off-shoot studios in
Japan and other sites in the United States. It is the main motion picture producing studio of
The Walt Disney Company, the media conglomerate based in
Burbank, California. Walt Disney Pictures is a subsidiary of the
Walt Disney Studio Entertainment sector of the company. Walt Disney Pictures was established as a Disney division
1983, prior to which Disney films were released under the banner of the parent company, then named
Walt Disney Productions.
Walt Disney Pictures also includes
Walt Disney Feature Animation which in turn includes the
DisneyToon Studios and most recently the
Pixar Animation Studios, and is a part of the
Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group. The logo is a silhouette of
Sleeping Beauty Castle at
Disneyland. The most commonly known iteration of the logo (pictured) was in place from
1985, a new CGI logo, animated by
Weta Digital, was introduced in
2006 with
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. [
1] The new CGI logo can be viewed
here.
Throughout the entire twentieth century, Disney has been the box office leader in animated films and has broken ground in nearly all aspects of animation technique.
Disney historically does
G and
PG rated films, but
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest were rated
PG-13.
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1940s in Disney*
List of notable Disney feature films for both live-action and animated films released under the Disney label
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List of Disney theatrical animated features for the traditional animated "Disney movies"
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A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios, a documentary from 1937
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Walt Disney Pictures website*
UltimateDisney.com - Guide to all Walt Disney Pictures films and DVD releases
