Pacific Data Images
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Pacific Data Images is an American computer animation and visual effects studio best known as a key division of DreamWorks Animation, contributing to numerous major animated films.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pacific Data Images canonical | 10 |
| Pacific Data Images, Inc. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7918113 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pacific Data Images Context triple: [Bee Movie, animationStudio, Pacific Data Images]
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A.
The Image Bank
The Image Bank was a major stock photography agency known for its extensive collection of professional images, later incorporated into Getty Images’ global visual media archive.
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B.
Phoenix Pictures
Phoenix Pictures is an American film production company known for producing critically acclaimed movies such as "Black Swan" and "The Thin Red Line."
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C.
USGS EarthExplorer
USGS EarthExplorer is an online search, discovery, and download platform operated by the U.S. Geological Survey that provides public access to a wide range of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets.
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D.
Photolibrary
Photolibrary was a stock photography agency and image licensing company later incorporated into Getty Images’ global visual media portfolio.
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E.
Himawari Standard Data
Himawari Standard Data is the primary digital data format used to distribute and analyze observations from Japan’s Himawari series of geostationary meteorological satellites.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pacific Data Images Target entity description: Pacific Data Images is an American computer animation and visual effects studio best known as a key division of DreamWorks Animation, contributing to numerous major animated films.
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A.
The Image Bank
The Image Bank was a major stock photography agency known for its extensive collection of professional images, later incorporated into Getty Images’ global visual media archive.
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B.
Phoenix Pictures
Phoenix Pictures is an American film production company known for producing critically acclaimed movies such as "Black Swan" and "The Thin Red Line."
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C.
USGS EarthExplorer
USGS EarthExplorer is an online search, discovery, and download platform operated by the U.S. Geological Survey that provides public access to a wide range of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets.
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D.
Photolibrary
Photolibrary was a stock photography agency and image licensing company later incorporated into Getty Images’ global visual media portfolio.
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E.
Himawari Standard Data
Himawari Standard Data is the primary digital data format used to distribute and analyze observations from Japan’s Himawari series of geostationary meteorological satellites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer animation studio
ⓘ
visual effects company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
DreamWorks SKG
ⓘ
linked to:
DreamWorks Pictures
|
| acquisitionDate | 2000 ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | DreamWorks Animation ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dissolutionDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| fate | studio operations shut down ⓘ |
| formerName |
Pacific Data Images, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Data Images
|
| foundedBy |
Carl Rosendahl
ⓘ
Glenn Entis ⓘ Richard Chuang ⓘ |
| hasFormerEmployee |
Andrew Adamson
ⓘ
Conrad Vernon ⓘ Eric Darnell ⓘ Ken Bielenberg ⓘ Phil Tippett ⓘ Raman Hui ⓘ Rex Grignon ⓘ Tim Johnson ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Redwood City, California ⓘ |
| inception | 1980 ⓘ |
| industry |
computer animation
ⓘ
film production ⓘ visual effects ⓘ |
| locationFounded |
Sunnyvale, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Sunnyvale, California, United States
|
| notableAchievement |
co-produced the Academy Award-winning film Shrek
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co-produced the first DreamWorks Animation CG feature film Antz ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Antz
ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ Megamind ⓘ Over the Hedge ⓘ Shrek ⓘ Shrek 2 ⓘ The Penguins of Madagascar ⓘ
linked to:
Penguins of Madagascar
various DreamWorks Animation feature films ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
DreamWorks Animation
ⓘ
NBCUniversal ⓘ Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| partOf | DreamWorks Animation feature production pipeline ⓘ |
| reasonForDissolution | corporate restructuring at DreamWorks Animation ⓘ |
| shortName | PDI ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
character animation
ⓘ
computer-generated imagery ⓘ digital visual effects ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Pacific Data Images Description of subject: Pacific Data Images is an American computer animation and visual effects studio best known as a key division of DreamWorks Animation, contributing to numerous major animated films.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Pacific Data Images