This past May, the storied Pixar Animation Studios, owned by Disney, was hit with layoffs of about 14 percent of its staff.

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Through the '90s, Disney reigned supreme as animation king. Then Pixar came along to give the behemoth a run for its money, beginning with the 1995 release of "Toy Story," the world's first ...

Click here for a whole lot more. Pete Docter, Pixar's chief creative officer and Oscar-winning director of "Up," "Inside Out," and "Soul," first learned to face his fears on his debut ...