John Lasseter
An image from Inside Out, one of the productions that also features John Lasseter.
John Lasseter

John Lasseter

January 12, 1957 — Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

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).

Inside Out

Inside Out

2015

Coco

Coco

2017

WALL·E

WALL·E

2008

Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo

2003

Toy Story

Toy Story

1995

Monsters, Inc.

Monsters, Inc.

2001

The Incredibles

The Incredibles

2004