- "The art challenges technology. Technology inspires the art."
- —John Lasseter
John Lasseter (born January 12, 1957) 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 2018. On June 8, 2018, Lasseter announced he would be stepping down from his roles at both Disney and Pixar on December 31, 2018[1]. Before then, he served as a consultant to the company without an assigned office.
Biography[]
Other Work[]
John Lasseter owns the "Marie E." steam locomotive, which is an H.K. Porter engine. The "Marie E." was once owned by Ollie Johnston, who was one of Walt Disney's "Nine Old Men." In May 2007, the locomotive visited, and was run by Lasseter at, the Pacific Coast Railroad in Santa Margarita, CA, in May of 2007, alongside the original Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad "Retlaw 1" coaches.
Filmography[]
- Lady and the Lamp (1978): director, writer, animator
- Nitemare (1979): director, writer, animator
- The Adventures of André & Wally B. (1984): character designer, animator, modeling artist
- Luxo Jr. (1986): director, story, animator, modeling artist
- Red's Dream (1987): director, writer, animator, modeling artist
- Tin Toy (1988): director, writer, animator, modeling artist
- Knick Knack (1989): director, writer, animator
- Toy Story (1995): director, storywriter, software developer, voice of Commercial Chorus #1
- Geri's Game (1997): executive producer
- A Bug's Life (1998): director, storywriter, voice of Bug Zapper Bug #1, voice of Singing Grasshopper
- Toy Story 2 (1999): director, storywriter, voice of Blue Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robot
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000): based on the characters created by (61 episodes)
- For the Birds (2000): executive producer
- Monsters, Inc. (2001): executive producer
- Mike's New Car (2002): executive producer
- Finding Nemo (2003): executive producer
- Exploring the Reef (2003): executive producer
- Boundin' (2003): executive producer
- The Incredibles (2004): executive producer
- Jack-Jack Attack (2005): executive producer
- One Man Band (2005): executive producer
- Cars (2006): director, storywriter, screenwriter
- Mater and the Ghostlight (2006): director, storywriter
- Lifted (2006): executive producer
- Ratatouille (2007): executive producer
- Your Friend the Rat (2007): executive producer
- Presto (2008): executive producer
- WALL•E (2008): executive producer
- Mater's Tall Tales (2008-2012):
- Rescue Squad Mater (2008): director, story artist
- Mater the Greater (2008): director, story artist
- El Materdor (2008): director, story artist
- Tokyo Mater (2008): director, story artist
- Unidentified Flying Mater (2009): director, story artist
- Monster Truck Mater (2010): director, story artist
- Heavy Metal Mater (2010): director, story artist
- Moon Mater (2010): executive producer, story artist
- Mater Private Eye (2010): executive producer, story artist
- Air Mater (2011): executive producer, story artist
- Time Travel Mater (2012): executive producer, story artist
- BURN•E (2008): executive producer
- Partly Cloudy (2009): executive producer
- Up (2009): executive producer
- Dug's Special Mission (2009): executive producer
- Day & Night (2010): executive producer
- Toy Story 3 (2010): executive producer, storywriter
- La Luna (2011): executive producer
- Toy Story Toons (2011-2012):
- Hawaiian Vacation (2011): executive producer
- Small Fry (2011): executive producer, story artist
- Partysaurus Rex (2012): executive producer, story artist
- Cars 2 (2011): director, storywriter, additional voice
- Brave (2012): executive producer
- The Legend of Mor'du (2012): executive producer
- Tales from Radiator Springs (2013-2014):
- The Blue Umbrella (2013): executive producer
- Monsters University (2013): executive producer
- Toy Story OF TERROR! (2013): executive producer
- Party Central (2014): executive producer
- Lava (2014): executive producer
- Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014): executive producer
- Sanjay's Super Team (2015): executive producer
- Inside Out (2015): executive producer
- Riley's First Date? (2015): executive producer
- The Good Dinosaur (2015): executive producer
- Piper (2016): executive producer
- Finding Dory (2016): executive producer
- Lou (2017): executive producer
- Cars 3 (2017): executive producer
- Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool (2017): executive producer
- Coco (2017): executive producer
- Bao (2018): executive producer
- Incredibles 2 (2018): executive producer
- Toy Story 4 (2019): storywriter
Trivia[]
- Lasseter owns an extensive collection of toys in his office, many of which are from Pixar films such as Toy Story and Cars.
- Al McWhiggin from Toy Story 2 is loosely based on Lasseter himself. Whenever his youngest sons were little, they'd always wanted to go into his office and play with his toy collection. The toys that Lasseter owns are antiques or one-of-a-kind toys. And whenever his sons would want to play with them, he'd freak out and try to get them to leave them alone and get them newer toys to play with.
- Lasseter was team captain on his high school swim team.
- Two toys which were owned by Lasseter were a Casper the Friendly Ghost doll which had a pull string, and a G.I. Joe. These two toys inspired Woody and Buzz Lightyear.
- In Toy Story 2, an airline at the Tri-County International Airport is named "LassetAir", a pun on his surname.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ John Lasseter Will Exit Disney at the End of the Year, Variety, Gene Maddaus, June 8, 2018.