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John Lasseter
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).
As director
Cars 2
Heavy Metal Mater
Monster Truck Mater
Unidentified Flying Mater
Tokyo Mater
El Materdor
Rescue Squad Mater
Mater the Greater
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
Cars
Mater and the Ghostlight
Toy Story 2
A Bug's Life
Tiny Toy Stories
Toy Story
Front and Back
Up and Down
Surprise
Light and Heavy
Knick Knack
Luxo Jr. 3D
Tin Toy
Red's Dream
Luxo Jr.
Nitemare
Lady and the Lamp
As actor
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Motori Ruggenti
Imagining Zootopia
Bozzetto non troppo
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic
Bloomberg Inside: Pixar
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
These Amazing Shadows
Cars 2
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess
The Making of Mater's Tall Tales
Waking Sleeping Beauty
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation
The Pixar Story
Fog City Mavericks
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
The Pixar Shorts: A Short History
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
The Inspiration for 'Cars'
Geared-Up
Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum
The Making of 'The Incredibles'
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'