John Lasseter

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animator business executive film director film producer human screenwriter

John Lasseter is an American animator, director, and producer best known as a pioneering creative force behind Pixar’s early success and the director of landmark films like Toy Story.

Aliases (3)

Chief Creative Officer of Pixar Animation Studios ×1
John Alan Lasseter ×1
Lasseter ×1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	animator → business executive → film director → film producer → human → screenwriter →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film → Annie Award → Special Achievement Academy Award → Winsor McCay Award →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1957-01-12 →
directed	A Bug's Life → Cars → Cars 2 → Knick Knack → Luxo Jr. → Red's Dream → Tin Toy → Toy Story → Toy Story 2 →
educatedAt	California Institute of the Arts → Whittier High School →
employer	Pixar Animation Studios → Skydance Animation → Walt Disney Animation Studios →
familyName	Lasseter →
fullName	John Alan Lasseter →
genre	computer animation →
givenName	John →
notableAchievement	oversaw creative direction of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios → pioneered computer-animated feature films at Pixar →
notableWork	A Bug's Life → Cars → Cars 2 → Luxo Jr. → Tin Toy → Toy Story → Toy Story 2 →
numberOfChildren	5 →
occupation	animator → film director → film producer → screenwriter → voice actor →
placeOfBirth	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States →
positionHeld	Chief Creative Officer of Pixar Animation Studios → Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios → Head of Animation at Skydance Animation → Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Sonoma County, California, United States →
spouse	Nancy Lasseter →
workedFor	Industrial Light & Magic → Lucasfilm → The Walt Disney Company →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Bug's Life → Toy Story → Toy Story 2 → Toy Story 3 → Toy Story 4 →	storyBy
A Bug's Life → Cars → Toy Story → Toy Story 2 →	director
Toy Story 3 → We Belong Together →	basedOnCharactersBy
Graphics Group → Pixar Animation Studios →	keyPerson
Woody →	createdBy
John Lasseter ("Lasseter") →	familyName
John Lasseter ("John Alan Lasseter") →	fullName
California Institute of the Arts →	hasAlumnus
John Lasseter ("Chief Creative Officer of Pixar Animation Studios") →	positionHeld
A Bug's Life →	voiceActor
A Bug's Life →	writer