Another big win for Canada in the CG Animation field, as Pixar has opened a new studio in Vancouver for a quick invitation-only sneak peek. They join Digital Domain and Sony Pictures Imageworks, both of whom are in the progress of opening studios there.
The reasons for the boom appear to be three-fold: Vancouver’s talent base, its proximity to – and shared time zone with – Los Angeles and the digital-animation or visual-effects tax credit offered by the B.C. government.
“We felt that Canada and Vancouver specifically offered the right blend of advantages that we were looking for,” says Amir Nasrabadi, general manager of Pixar Canada’s Vancouver studio. “We felt that we could not get all three of those things anywhere else.”
