John Lasseter

Production · Born 1957-01-12 in 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),…

Filmography

• The Inspiration for 'Cars' as Self - Director
• The Pixar Story as Self
• Tin Toys Knick Knacks & Algorithms as Self
• These Amazing Shadows as Self
• Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible as Self
• Fog City Mavericks as Self
• Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear as Self (archive footage)
• Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
• The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic as Self
• The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story as Himself