
John Lasseter
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Born 1957-01-12 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
John Alan Lasseter is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, voice actor, and the head of animation at Skydance Animation. He was previously the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Disneytoon Studios, as well as the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering. Lasseter's first job was with The Walt Disney Company, where he became an animator. Next, he joined Lucasfilm, where he worked on the then-groundbreaking use of CGI animation. After Lucasfilm became Pixar in 1986, Lasseter oversaw all of Pixar's films and associated projects as executive producer and he directed Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Cars, "Toy Story 3" and "Cars 2". He has won two Academy Awards, for Animated Short Film (Tin Toy), as well as a Special Achievement Award (Toy Story).
Filmography

Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
Jun 10, 2022

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Oct 25, 2019

Motori Ruggenti
Jul 25, 2017

Bozzetto non troppo
Oct 14, 2016

Imagining Zootopia
Apr 5, 2016

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Dec 26, 2015

Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Dec 13, 2015

Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Dec 10, 2015

Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
May 8, 2015

The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic
Sep 15, 2014

Bloomberg Inside: Pixar
Feb 8, 2013

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Sep 29, 2012

Cars 2
Jun 11, 2011

These Amazing Shadows
Jan 22, 2011

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Nov 12, 2010

The Making of Mater's Tall Tales
Nov 2, 2010

Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess
Mar 10, 2010

Waking Sleeping Beauty
Sep 5, 2009

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Apr 24, 2009

The Pixar Shorts: A Short History
Nov 6, 2007

Fog City Mavericks
Oct 24, 2007

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Oct 13, 2007

The Pixar Story
Aug 28, 2007

AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Jun 20, 2007

The Inspiration for 'Cars'
Nov 7, 2006

Geared-Up
Nov 7, 2006

Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum
Mar 18, 2005

The Making of 'The Incredibles'
Mar 15, 2005

The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'
Sep 12, 2004

Lasseter-san, Thank You
Nov 19, 2003