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Pacific Data Images (PDI) was an American visual effects and computer animation production company based in Redwood City, California, that was bought by DreamWorks SKG in 2000. It was renamed PDI/DreamWorks and was owned by DreamWorks Animation.
Former PDI/DreamWorks headquarters at Redwood City's Pacific Shores Center before the company moved in 2012 to larger facilities in another building in the same office complex.
PDI's founder Carl Rosendahl in 2009
Redwood City, California
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Redwood City is a city on the San Francisco Peninsula in Northern California's Bay Area, approximately 27 miles (43 km) south of San Francisco, and 24 miles (39 km) northwest of San Jose. Redwood City's history spans its earliest inhabitation by the Ohlone people to being a port for lumber and other goods. The county seat of San Mateo County in the heart of Silicon Valley, Redwood City is home to several global technology companies including Oracle, Electronic Arts, Evernote, Box, and Informatica. The city's population was 84,292 according to the 2020 census. The Port of Redwood City is the only deepwater port on San Francisco Bay south of San Francisco.
The skyline of downtown Redwood City
The area of Redwood City was part of Rancho de las Pulgas, granted to Californio politician José Darío Argüello in 1795. Las Pulgas was eventually inherited by María Soledad Ortega de Argüello, who is honored with a bust at Argüello Plaza.
San Mateo County History Museum, formerly the San Mateo County Courthouse, was originally built in 1910.
City Hall