John Lasseter
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).
48 acting credits · 28 directing credits
Acting · 48
Toy Story 2
1999
The Oscars
1953
Cars 2
2011
A Bug's Life
1998
Jay Leno's Garage
2015
America: The Story of Us
2010
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
The Pixar Story
2007
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
2022
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
2015
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
2015
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010
Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2015
Fog City Mavericks
2007
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
1996
Imagining Zootopia
2016
Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess
2010
The Art of 'Spirited Away'
2003
These Amazing Shadows
2011
Making 'Toy Story'
1995
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
1999
The Making of 'The Incredibles'
2005
Lasseter-san, Thank You
2003
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic
2014
The Beatles Revolution
2000
Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum
2005
The Pixar Shorts: A Short History
2007
Making 'Nemo'
2003
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'
2004
Geared-Up
2006
The Making of TRON
2002
The Inspiration for 'Cars'
2006
Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation
2009
The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born
1994
Bloomberg Inside: Pixar
2013
Motori Ruggenti
2017
Bozzetto non troppo
2016
Made in Point Richmond
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The Making of Mater's Tall Tales
2010
Tin Toys Knick Knacks & Algorithms
1991
Directing · 28
Toy Story
1995
Toy Story 2
1999
Cars
2006
Cars 2
2011
A Bug's Life
1998
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
Mater and the Ghostlight
2006
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
2008
Tokyo Mater
2008
Knick Knack
1989
Rescue Squad Mater
2008
El Materdor
2008
Luxo Jr.
1986
Monster Truck Mater
2010
Heavy Metal Mater
2010
Unidentified Flying Mater
2009
Red's Dream
1987
Tin Toy
1988
Surprise
1991
Mater the Greater
2008
Mater's Tall Tales
2008
Front and Back
1991
Lady and the Lamp
1979
Tiny Toy Stories
1996
Light and Heavy
1991
Up and Down
1991
Nitemare
1980
Luxo Jr. 3D
1989