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John Lasseter

John Alan Lasseter is an American animator, director and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. He is also currently 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).


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Born:
Jan 12, 1957 In Hollywood, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
42
First Appeared:
In the series The Oscars 1953-03-19
Latest Project:
Movie Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear 2022-06-10
Known For
Poster of Motori Ruggenti
Poster of The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
Poster of Bloomberg Inside: Pixar
Poster of The Pixar Shorts: A Short History
Filmography
Movie Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear Self (archive footage) 2022-06-10
Movie Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound Self 2019-10-25
Movie Motori Ruggenti Self 2017-07-25
Movie Imagining Zootopia Self 2016-04-05
Movie Bozzetto non troppo 2016-10-14
Series Jay Leno's Garage Himself 2015-10-07
Movie Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond Self 2015-12-10
Movie A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman Self - Pixar Chief Creative Officer 2015-12-26
Movie The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic Self 2014-09-15
Movie Bloomberg Inside: Pixar Self - Walt Disney & Pixar Chief Creative Officer 2013-02-08
Movie The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness Self 2013-11-16
Movie Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan Self 2012-09-29
Movie These Amazing Shadows Self 2011-01-22
Movie Cars 2 Additional Voices (voice) 2011-06-11
Movie Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess Self 2010-03-10
Movie Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible Self 2010-11-12
Movie The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story Self 2009-04-24
Movie Waking Sleeping Beauty Himself (archive footage) 2009-09-05
Movie The Pixar Story Himself 2007-08-28
Movie AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition Self 2007-06-20
Movie Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project Self 2007-10-13
Movie Fog City Mavericks Self 2007-10-24
Movie The Pixar Shorts: A Short History 2007-11-06
Movie Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Self 2007-12-11
Movie The Inspiration for 'Cars' Self - Director 2006-11-07
Movie Cars Wal-Mart Exclusive Geared UP 2006-11-07
Movie Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum Self 2005-03-18
Movie Making 'Nemo' Self - Executive Producer 2003-12-04
Movie The Art of 'Spirited Away' Himself 2003-04-15
Movie Lasseter-san, Thank You Himself 2003-11-19
Movie The Making of TRON Himself 2002-01-15
Movie Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation Self 2000-11-08
Movie The Beatles Revolution Self 2000-11-17
Movie From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic Self 1999-06-15
Movie The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story Himself 1999-10-08
Movie Toy Story 2 Blue Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robot (voice) 1999-10-30
Movie A Bug's Life Bug Zapper Bug #1 (voice) 1998-11-25
Movie The Story Behind 'Toy Story' Self 1996-12-18
Movie Making 'Toy Story' Himself 1995-12-02
Movie Toy Story Commercial Chorus #1 (voice) (uncredited) 1995-10-30
Movie The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born Self - Director & Exec. VP, Pixar Animation 1994-06-02
Series The Oscars Unknown 1953-03-19