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Return to Disney. Lasseter with George Lucas at the Venice Film Festival in 2009. Disney announced that it would be purchasing Pixar in January 2006, and Lasseter was named the chief creative officer of both Pixar and Walt Disney Feature Animation, the latter of which he renamed Walt Disney Animation Studios. [23]
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John Alan Lasseter is an American animator, director, producer, screenwriter, the former Chief Creative Officer (CCO) of Pixar, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Disneytoon Studios, and former Principal Creative Advisor (PCA) for Walt Disney Imagineering . Lasseter's first job was with the Walt Disney Company, where he became an animator.
On graduating in 1979 John was taken on as an animator at the Disney Studios. In 1983, while working on Mickey's Christmas Carol some friends invited him to see some footage of Tron that they were working on using CGI and he immediately saw the potential of it to enhance animated films.
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May 13, 2024 · May 11, 2024, 5:15 AM ET (Reuters) Skydance hires ousted Disney animation head John Lasseter. 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.
Jul 27, 2022 · Lasseter is a lion in his field. He directed 1995’s groundbreaking Toy Story (the first computer-animated feature film), propelled Pixar to two best picture Oscar nominations (for Up and Toy...
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Jun 17, 2016, 12:04 PM PDT. John Lasseter at the premiere of "Toy Story 3" with Buzz Lightyear and Woody. Kevin Winter/ Getty Images. John Lasseter might not be a household name on the...
John served as executive producer of Walt Disney Animation Studios' films including Bolt, The Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Winnie the Pooh, Wreck-It Ralph, Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet and the Academy Award®-winning features Frozen, Big Hero 6 and Zootopia.
