John Lasseter

John Lasseter's biography

John Alan Lasseter is 65 years old film director born at Hollywood. He was born on Saturday 12th of January 1957. According to year of birth 1957 he belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 12th of January means John is Capricorn. These people are stable in nature. As the sign lord is “Saturn”, the person will be judgemental in his approach.

John is white american. John is citizen of United States of America. John´s primary profession is to be film director. You can know John also as film producer, screenwriter, animator, executive producer. John is recently known as film editor.

John Lasseter's family

John has 1 son.

John Lasseter's son: Sam Lasseter

John Lasseter's son's name is Sam Lasseter. He is known as film director. His son was born on Wednesday 2nd of September 1992 in Whittier.

John Lasseter's schools

We found 3 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: Pepperdine University, California Institute of the Arts, Whittier High School.

Detailed informations about John´s schools

John studied high school - Whittier High School (1975).

John studied university - Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA.

John Lasseter's career

His main focus is to be film director. He is famous thanks to Toy Story, Pixar. He is also a member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Is John Lasseter gay ?

John is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

John Lasseter's Awards

• He won his first award at the age of five when he won $15.00 from the Model Grocery Market in Whittier, California, for a crayon drawing of the Headless Horseman.
• While attending California Institute of the Arts, he produced two animated films, both winners of the Student Academy Award for Animation, Lady and the Lamp in 1979 and Nitemare in 1980.
• In 2004, he was honored by the Art Directors Guild with its prestigious "Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery" award, and received an honorary degree from the American Film Institute.
• He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on November 1, 2011.

John Lasseter's Rankings

• Ranked #1 in Premiere magazine's 2004 annual Power 100 list with Pixar CEO Steve Jobs. They had ranked #23 in 2003 and #31 in 2002.
• Ranked #3 on Premiere magazine's 2005 Power 50 List with Pixar founder Steve Jobs. They had ranked #1 in 2004.
• Ranked #1 on Premiere magazine's 2006 "Power 50" list with Pixar/Disney executive Steve Jobs. They had ranked #3 in 2005 and #1 in 2004.

John Lasseter's Nominations

• John was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
• He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
• He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
• He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
• He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
• John was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

What John Lasseter has done for a first time

• He won his first award at the age of five when he won $15.00 from the Model Grocery Market in Whittier, California, for a crayon drawing of the Headless Horseman.
• His first job at the Disney Animation studio was the introduction of Copper in The Fox and the Hound (1981). He even collaborated with Glen Keane on the climactic fight scene.

John Lasseter's quotes

• When I was in high school, I read this book called The Art of Animation by Bob Thomas. It's all about the Walt Disney studio and the making of Sleeping Beauty (1959). I read this and it dawned on me - wait a minute, people do animation for a living?
• Andrew Stanton always said that 2-D animation became the scapegoat for bad storytelling. But you can make just as bad of a movie in 3-D.
• [on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)] The animation of the dwarfs themselves is something pretty much impossible to achieve in computer animation. That fluidity, that squash and stretch, that kind of stuff - it just works in hand-drawn animation.
• Everything I do in my life is because of Walt Disney, and how he entertained me as a child and as a young adult growing up.
• Every technology that comes into filmmaking is first a gimmick. Think about sound with The Jazz Singer (1927) or the first colour or surround sound - it takes a while for filmmakers to understand how to use it.
• I loved animation and cartoons, even when it was not cool when you were in high school. I raced home to see the Bugs Bunny cartoons.
• One of the big moments of my life was watching Star Wars (1977) on its opening weekend in Hollywood. I was watching all these people enjoy this film, and I thought: animation can do this.
• My father pulled into Pearl Harbor four days after the bombing, and he said, everything was still burning. He said they never told the public how bad it was. It was really bad.
• The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art.
• Pixar is not about computers, it's about people.
• I was born in 1957, so when I was a kid, there wasn't anything called a video game. When Pong (1972) came out, it was awesome.
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John Lasseter's height, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how John Lasseter looks. We will focus on John´s height, body shape, eye color and hair color. John is tall as 5' 7" (170 cm). Body build is large. John´s eyes are tinted blue. John´s hair is shade of brown - dark.