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John Lasseter

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John Lasseter

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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).

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Coco posterCocoMovie • 2017Inside Out posterInside OutMovie • 2015Swapped posterSwappedMovie • 2026Toy Story 2 posterToy Story 2Movie • 1999Cars 2 posterCars 2Movie • 2011Toy Story posterToy StoryMovie • 1995Finding Nemo posterFinding NemoMovie • 2003Monsters, Inc. posterMonsters, Inc.Movie • 2001WALL·E posterWALL·EMovie • 2008Big Hero 6 posterBig Hero 6Movie • 2014Zootopia posterZootopiaMovie • 2016Toy Story 3 posterToy Story 3Movie • 2010Up posterUpMovie • 2009Ratatouille posterRatatouilleMovie • 2007Toy Story 4 posterToy Story 4Movie • 2019The Incredibles posterThe IncrediblesMovie • 2004Frozen posterFrozenMovie • 2013Wreck-It Ralph posterWreck-It RalphMovie • 2012Cars 3 posterCars 3Movie • 2017Tangled posterTangledMovie • 2010Monsters University posterMonsters UniversityMovie • 2013The Good Dinosaur posterThe Good DinosaurMovie • 2015Cars posterCarsMovie • 2006Ralph Breaks the Internet posterRalph Breaks the InternetMovie • 2018