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 John Lasseter biography: John Alan Lasseter (born January 12, 1957) is an Academy Award-winning American animator, director and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. He is also currently the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering.
Lasseter's father was a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership, while his mother was an art teacher at Medomak Valley High School. John grew up in Whittier, California.
John Lasseter quote:When I was in high school I read this book called 'The Art of Animation', by Bob Thomas. It's all about the Walt Disney studio and the making of Sleeping Beauty. I read this and it dawned on me - wait a minute, people do animation for a living
We make the kind of movies we want to see, we love to laugh, but I also believe what Walt Disney said 'for every laugh there should be a tear'. I love movies that make me cry, because they're tapping into a real emotion in me, and I always think afterwards 'how did they do that?'
From the beginning, I kept saying it's not the technology that's going to entertain audiences, it's the story. When you go and see a really great live-action film, you don't walk out and say 'that new Panavision camera was staggering, it made the film so good'. The computer is a tool, and it's in the service of the story |
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| Career Highlights |
| Non-acting careers: | | Big break:director-Lady and the Lamp (1979) | | Defining characters: | Best movies:- Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) (creative talent)
- The Adventures of André and Wally B. (1984) (character design and animation, models: Andre/Wally)
- Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) (computer animation: ILM)
- Luxo, Jr. (1986) (writer, director, producer, models, animaton)
- Red's Dream (1987) (writer, director, animator)
- Tin Toy (1988) (story, director, animator, modeler)
- Knick Knack (1989) (writer, director)
- Porco Rosso (1992) (executive creative consultant)
- Toy Story (1995) (story, director, modeling & animaton system development)
- Geri's Game (1997) (executive producer)
- A Bug's Life (1998) (story, director, additional voices)
- Toy Story 2 (1999) (story, director, additional voices)
- For the Birds (2000) (executive producer)
- Spirited Away (2001) (executive producer: US)
- Monsters, Inc. (2001) (executive producer)
- Mike's New Car (2002) (executive producer)
- Finding Nemo (2003) (executive producer)
- Boundin' (2003) (executive producer)
- Howl's Moving Castle (2004) (executive producer)
- The Incredibles (2004) (executive producer)
- Jack-Jack Attack (2005) (executive producer)
- Cars (2006) (story, screenplay, director)
- One Man Band (2006) (executive producer)
- Mater and the Ghostlight (2006) (original story, director)
- Meet the Robinsons (2007) (executive producer)
- Ratatouille (2007) (executive producer)
- How to Hook Up Your Home Theater (2007) (executive producer)
- Your Friend the Rat (2007) (executive producer)
- Presto (2008) (executive producer)
- WALL-E (2008) (executive producer)
- BURN-E (2008) (executive producer)
- Bolt (2008) (executive producer)
- Tinker Bell (2008) (executive producer)
- Partly Cloudy (2009) (executive producer)
- Up (2009) (executive producer)
- Ponyo (2009) (executive producer: English version)
- Glago's Guest (2009) (executive producer)
- The Princess and the Frog (2009) (executive producer)
- Toy Story 3 (2010) (executive producer)
- Cars 2 (2011) (executive producer)
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