Name
John Lasseter
Known For
Production
Birthday
1957-01-12 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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).
Known For
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- 2006 The Inspiration for 'Cars' as Self - Director
- 2003 Making 'Nemo' as Self - Executive Producer
- 2007 The Pixar Story as Self
- 1991 Tin Toys Knick Knacks & Algorithms as Self
- 2011 These Amazing Shadows as Self
- 2010 Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible as Self
- 2007 Fog City Mavericks as Self
- 2000 The Beatles Revolution as Self
- 2022 Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic as Self
- 1994 The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born as Self - Director & Exec. VP, Pixar Animation
- 1999 The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story as Himself
- 1999 Toy Story 2 as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2007 AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition as Self
- 2006 Geared-Up
- 2013 Bloomberg Inside: Pixar as Self - Walt Disney & Pixar Chief Creative Officer
- 2007 The Pixar Shorts: A Short History
- 2015 A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman as Self - Pixar Chief Creative Officer
- 2016 Imagining Zootopia as Self
- 2016 Bozzetto non troppo as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self
- 2011 Cars 2 as Additional Voices (voice)
- 1996 The Story Behind 'Toy Story' as Self
- 2017 Motori Ruggenti as Self
- 1998 A Bug's Life as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2009 The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story as Self
- 2012 Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan as Self
- 2002 The Making of TRON as Himself
- 1999 From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic as Self
- 2019 Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound as Self
- 2000 Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation as Self
- 2003 The Art of 'Spirited Away' as Self
- 2003 Lasseter-san, Thank You as Self
- 2005 Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum as Self
- 2015 Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as Himself
- 2010 Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess as Self
- 1995 The Making of Toy Story as Self
- 2015 Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond as Self
- 2005 The Making of 'The Incredibles' as Self
- Soon Made in Point Richmond
- 2010 The Making of Mater's Tall Tales as Self
- 2004 The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars' as Self
- 2015 Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman as Self
- 2011 A Day in the Life of John Lasseter as Self
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2010 America: The Story of Us ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 2015 Jay Leno's Garage ( 1 episode ) as Self
