John Lasseter
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- January 12, 1957 (age 69) · 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".
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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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- 2026Ray Gunn Producer
- 2026Swapped Producer
- 2025Flink's Pigeon Problems Producer
- 2024Spellbound Producer
- 2023Toy Story Funday Football Writer
- 2023Bad Luck Spot! Executive Producer
- 2022Luck Producer
- 2021Pixar Remix: Cars "Rules of the Road" Original Story
- 2021Blush Executive Producer
- 2019Toy Story 4 Original Story, Storyboard Assistant
