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    John Lasseter

    American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer

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  2. May 13, 2024 · John Lasseter (born January 12, 1957, Hollywood, California, U.S.) is an American animator widely credited with engineering the success of Pixar Animation Studios through a synthesis of cutting-edge computer animation and classic storytelling.

  3. Many believed Lasseter had the talent to make his new positions work as he essentially took over the mantle of Walt Disney himself. President of Animation Guild Local 839 Kevin Koch told Charles Solomon of the New York Times , "John Lasseter is probably the most respected single person in American animation. He's a creative leader without being ...

    • Toy Story may not have existed at all if it wasn’t for Jewish bigwig Jeffrey Katzenberg, who at the time was working for Disney (Katzenberg later went on to start DreamWorks, bringing us the great Prince of Egypt).
    • Lee Unkrich, who was an editor on the first Toy Story and a co-director of Toy Story 2, made his solo directorial debut on Toy Story 3, for which he won an Oscar.
    • The legendary Randy Newman composed the gorgeous, captivating soundtracks of all four of the films. (Who could ever forget “You’ve Got a Friend in Me?”).
    • Woody was almost played by a Jewish actor! The studio approached both Paul Newman and Billy Crystal to play the part. And while the two actors declined, they did go on to star in other Pixar features: Newman in Cars and Crystal as the unforgettable Mike Wazowski in Monsters, Inc.
  4. John Alan Lasseter is an American film director, producer, and animator. He has served as the Head of Animation at Skydance Animation since 2019. Previously, he acted as 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.

    • At the age of five, he submitted a crayon drawing of the Headless Horseman to a competition at the Model Grocery Market in Whittier, California, netting him his first award and $15 in cash.
    • The Art of Animation by Bob Thomas was the book that inspired him to become an animator. I say inspired, it pretty much made him realise that it was possible.
    • Whilst studying a character animation course at the California Institute of the Arts, he worked at Disneyland as a Jungle Cruise skipper as his summer job.
    • Out of 10,000 portfolios submitted to Walt Disney Feature Animation in the late ‘70s, Lasseter was one of only 150 taken on as an apprentice. After finishing his higher education in 1979 he immediately got a job here as an animator against massive odds.
  5. Jun 17, 2016 · John Lasseter was born in Hollywood, California, on January 12, 1957. At the age of five, he won his very first award — $15 from the Model Grocery Market in Whittier, California, for a crayon ...

  6. "The art challenges technology. Technology inspires the art." —John Lasseter John Lasseter is one of the three founding fathers of Pixar Animation Studios. An animator, director, producer, and writer, Lasseter was responsible for most of Pixar's success and oversaw all of the studio's projects. He was the chief creative officer of both Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar until the end of ...

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