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  Founded and formed by Steven Spielberg, David Geffen, and Jeffry Katzenberg creating, Dreamworks SKG
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  DreamWorks signed a co-production deal with Pacific Data Images to form subsidiary PDI, LLC
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  DreamWorks Animations partnered with Aardman Animations, a British stop-motion animation studio, to co-produce and distribute Chicken Run.
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  SKG produced first computer-generated feature film, Antz. That same year, The Prince of Egypt followed.
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  In 2000, DreamWorks SKG created a new business division, DreamWorks Animation, that would regularly produce both types of animated feature films. The following year, Shrek was released.
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  The release of Shrek 2 and Shark Tale made DWA the first studio to produce two CG animated features in a single year
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  On January 31, 2006, DWA entered into a distribution agreement with Paramount Pictures, which acquired DWA's former parent and distribution partner, DreamWorks SKG.
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  DWA's partnership with Aardman ended after the release of Flushed Away in November 2006.
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  On March 13, 2007, DreamWorks Animation announced it would release all of its films, beginning with Monsters vs. Aliens in stereoscopic 3D.
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  In 2008, DWA extended its production into India, where they established a special unit within Technicolor, named DreamWorks Dedicated Unit.