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John Lasseter

American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer (born 1957)

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Born: John Alan Lasseter , ( 1957-01-12 ) January 12, 1957 (age 69) , Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater: California Institute of the Arts ( BFA )
Occupations: Film director producer screenwriter animator voice actor
Years active: 1978–present
Employers: Walt Disney Animation Studios (1979–1983, 2006–2018) Lucasfilm (1983–1986) Pixar Animation Studios (1986–2018) Skydance Animation (2019–present)
Title: Head of Skydance Animation
Spouse: Nancy Lasseter ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1988 )
Awards: Academy Award (1989, 1996), Golden Globe Award (2007), Inkpot Award (2009) , Emmy Award (2010–2011)

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John Alan Lasseter (/ˈlæsətər/ LASS-ə-tər; born January 12, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator. 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, and has served as the head of animation at Skydance Animation since 2019.

Lasseter began his career as an animator with the Walt Disney Company. After being fired from Disney for promoting computer animation, he joined Lucasfilm, where he collaborated on the then-groundbreaking usage of CGI animation. The Graphics Group of the Computer Division of Lucasfilm was sold to Steve Jobs and became Pixar in 1986. Lasseter oversaw all of Pixar's films and associated projects. He personally directed Toy Story (1995), A Bug's Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Cars (2006), and Cars 2 (2011), and executive-produced all other Pixar films through 2018. From 2006 to 2018, Lasseter also oversaw all of Walt Disney Animation Studios' (and its division Disneytoon Studios') films and associated projects as executive producer.