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John Lasseter
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American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer (born 1957)
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John Lasseter is an American figure born on January 12, 1957, who began his professional work period in 1978. His recorded works include *The Art of Zootropolis*, *Toy story 2*, *A bug's life*, *Los Archivos de Walt Disney. Sus películas de animación*, and *Das Walt Disney Filmarchiv. Die Animationsfilme 1921-1968*. Open Library lists a total of 31 works associated with his name, while Crossref records five works.
Lasseter has been recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection and the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. His profile is referenced by 1,298 other encyclopedia articles. On Last.fm, his name is associated with 749 listeners and a playcount of 3007.
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Key facts
- Born
- John Alan Lasseter , ( 1957-01-12 ) January 12, 1957 (age 69) , Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Alma mater
- California Institute of the Arts ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Film director producer screenwriter animator voice actor
- Years active
- 1978–present
- Employers
- Walt Disney Animation Studios (1979–1983, 2006–2018) Lucasfilm (1983–1986) Pixar Animation Studios (1986–2018) Skydance Animation (2019–present)
- Title
- Head of Skydance Animation
- Spouse
- Nancy Lasseter ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1988 )
- Awards
- Academy Award (1989, 1996), Golden Globe Award (2007), Inkpot Award (2009) , Emmy Award (2010–2011)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hollywood
- Occupation
- director
- Employer
- Skydance Media
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Inkpot Award
- Notable work
- Emperor Zurg
- Student of
- Eric Larson
- Image
- Annie Awards John Lasseter with Cars tie.jpg
- Residence
- Glen Ellen
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- date of birth
- 1957-01-12
- Commons category
- John Lasseter
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- influenced by
- Preston Sturges
- topic has template
- Template:John Lasseter
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Encyclopedic overview
John Alan Lasseter (/ˈlæsətər/ LASS-ə-tər; born January 12, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator. 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, and has served as the head of animation at Skydance Animation since 2019.
Lasseter began his career as an animator with the Walt Disney Company. After being fired from Disney for promoting computer animation, he joined Lucasfilm, where he collaborated on the then-groundbreaking usage of CGI animation. The Graphics Group of the Computer Division of Lucasfilm was sold to Steve Jobs and became Pixar in 1986. Lasseter oversaw all of Pixar's films and associated projects. He personally directed Toy Story (1995), A Bug's Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Cars (2006), and Cars 2 (2011), and executive-produced all other Pixar films through 2018. From 2006 to 2018, Lasseter also oversaw all of Walt Disney Animation Studios' (and its division Disneytoon Studios') films and associated projects as executive producer.
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