
John Lasseter
Production
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

1999
Toy Story 2
1999 · movie

1998
A Bug's Life
1998 · movie

1953
The Oscars
1953 · tv

2011
Cars 2
2011 · movie

2015
Jay Leno's Garage
2015 · tv

2010
America: The Story of Us
2010 · tv

2007
The Pixar Story
2007 · movie

2022
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
2022 · movie

2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009 · movie

2015
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015 · movie

2019
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019 · movie

2015
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
2015 · movie

2009
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009 · movie

2000
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000 · movie

2005
Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum
2005 · movie

2007
Fog City Mavericks
2007 · movie

2011
These Amazing Shadows
2011 · movie

2013
Bloomberg Inside: Pixar
2013 · movie

1999
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999 · movie

2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007 · movie

1996
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
1996 · movie

2012
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012 · movie

2014
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic
2014 · movie

1995
Making 'Toy Story'
1995 · movie

2003
The Art of 'Spirited Away'
2003 · movie

2010
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010 · movie

2003
Making 'Nemo'
2003 · movie

2015
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
2015 · movie

2010
Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess
2010 · movie

2007
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007 · movie