Disney

includes Disney Animation

10 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 14, 2026 by Ed Catmull · said 3 times in 2 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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Everything said about Disney, oldest first

Jun 14, 2026 positive
Opinion
Catmull: Disney theme parks prevented company from being broken up
“The thing that actually, in my opinion, that kept Disney together from, kept them being broken up, was the theme parks itself.”
Ed Catmull Jun 14, 2026 ▶ 57:04 Building Pixar, Working With Steve Jobs, and Cultivating Creativity | Ed Catmull
Jun 14, 2026 negative
Assertion Supported
Catmull: Jobs refused to renew Pixar deal while Eisner ran Disney
“Michael Eisner was still the CEO, and he would not have continued with Michael Eisner. So, since we were getting into the contract, he started discussions with other studios which would mean, you know, them doing the distribution.”
Ed Catmull Jun 14, 2026 ▶ 34:11 Building Pixar, Working With Steve Jobs, and Cultivating Creativity | Ed Catmull
Jun 14, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Catmull: Pixar completed 21 of 22 films started; Disney completed 10 of 11
“Before I left, we completed 21 of the 22 films we started. So, but it's just bizarre in that world, and at Disney we completed, by the time I left, 10 of the 11 that we'd started.”
Ed Catmull Jun 14, 2026 ▶ 42:40 Building Pixar, Working With Steve Jobs, and Cultivating Creativity | Ed Catmull
Jun 14, 2026 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Catmull: Disney signed initial Pixar deal expecting small boutique films
“Our contract with Disney, an initial contract, was to make three movies. And at the time it was signed Disney perceived that Pixar was going to produce boutique films, their word, much as they would consider A Nightmare Before Christmas, a stop motion animated…”
Ed Catmull Jun 14, 2026 ▶ 22:13 Building Pixar, Working With Steve Jobs, and Cultivating Creativity | Ed Catmull
Jun 14, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Catmull: Disney never inspected Pixar's processes despite contractual rights
“That contract gave them the right To look at everything we did and all of our processes. As we started to become successful, nobody from Disney ever came and said, what are you guys doing?”
Ed Catmull Jun 14, 2026 ▶ 38:11 Building Pixar, Working With Steve Jobs, and Cultivating Creativity | Ed Catmull
Jun 14, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Catmull: Bob Iger visited Pixar completely alone after becoming CEO
“Bob, Decided to come up as soon as, you know, he was made the CEO. He came up to Pixar, and, ah, the idea was to spend a day with us, ah, seeing what we were doing, how we thought about things, and what we had in the works. And when he came, he walked up our w…”
Ed Catmull Jun 14, 2026 ▶ 40:19 Building Pixar, Working With Steve Jobs, and Cultivating Creativity | Ed Catmull
Jun 14, 2026
Assertion Supported
Catmull: Roy Disney initiated contact with Pixar to modernize studio
“Roy, when he, when now he came in, because he's part of the rescue of Disney as this possible takeover, He's the one who said we need to bring some technology into the studio because we're stayed. He's the one that initiated the contact with us at Pixar.”
Ed Catmull Jun 14, 2026 ▶ 57:17 Building Pixar, Working With Steve Jobs, and Cultivating Creativity | Ed Catmull
Jun 14, 2026 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bob Iger Won Steve Jobs Over by Admitting Disney's Weak Hand
“Bob Iger starts the conversation by saying, I've got a crappy hand, can we talk? And for him, it's like, that's a show of honesty that's unusual. David Senra: Usually you don't start a negotiation by saying, hey, other party, you have all the leverage here. …”
Ed Catmull Jun 14, 2026 ▶ 37:11 Building Pixar, Working With Steve Jobs, and Cultivating Creativity | Ed Catmull
Jun 14, 2026
Assertion Supported
Catmull: The Rescuers Down Under was first feature where every frame went through computers
“It is the first motion picture where every frame went through the computer. Was using the paint system that we had developed under contract for Disney.”
Ed Catmull Jun 14, 2026 ▶ 26:22 Building Pixar, Working With Steve Jobs, and Cultivating Creativity | Ed Catmull
Jun 14, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Steve Jobs Considered Pixar's Initial Disney Contract His Worst Deal Ever
“Steve walked away feeling like it was one of the worst deal he's ever struck.”
Ed Catmull Jun 14, 2026 ▶ 23:21 Building Pixar, Working With Steve Jobs, and Cultivating Creativity | Ed Catmull
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