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Pixar Animation Studios: Leadership Change
Jim Morris, Pixar president for 12 of his 21 years at the studio, moves to president emeritus. Jonathan Garson, a Disney veteran who joined Pixar in 2010, succeeds him as president effective Jan. 4, 2027. Jonas Rivera is elevated to executive vice president of creative, and Pete Docter remains chief creative officer.
Source: The Wrap
- Who
- Pixar Animation Studios · USA
- What happened
- Jim Morris, Pixar president for 12 of his 21 years at the studio, moves to president emeritus. Jonathan Garson, a Disney veteran who joined Pixar in 2010, succeeds him as president effective Jan. 4, 2027. Jonas Rivera is elevated to executive vice president of creative, and Pete Docter remains chief creative officer.
- When
- 2026-11-05
- Source
- The Wrap
- So what
- A change at the top rarely stays at the top.
The leadership read
A change at the top rarely stays at the top. Pixar Animation Studios's move reshapes the layer beneath it in the sector as a new leader sets priorities and the team re-forms. Watch the first two or three appointments that follow; they signal direction more reliably than any statement.
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Pixar Animation Studios: 1 signal in the last 90 days.
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