John Lasseter

Biography

John Lasseter is an American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Los Angeles and raised in Whittier, California, he started as an animator at Walt Disney before moving to Lucasfilm, where he helped pioneer computer animation. After Pixar was formed, he directed Toy Story (1995), the first computer-animated feature, as well as A Bug's Life (1998) and Toy Story 2 (1999). Later directing credits include Cars (2006) and Cars 2 (2011). He oversaw all of Pixar's films and executive produced many others, including Toy Story 3 (2010) and Frozen (2013). From 2006 to 2018 he also led Walt Disney Animation Studios. His honors include two Academy Awards, for the short Tin Toy and a Special Achievement Award for Toy Story. He has headed Skydance Animation since 2019.

69years old

Turns 70 on January 12in 92 days

Born January 12, 1957Hollywood
Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Also credited as John Alan Lasseter and John A. Lasseter

Movie Career

Films: 8
Career span: 17 years1999 to 2016

Genres

Documentary88%, 7 films
History13%, 1 film
Music13%, 1 film
Musical13%, 1 film

First and latest

John Lasseter movies on Netflix

Imagining Zootopia2016IMDb rating 8.6as Himself
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman2015IMDb rating 7.5as Self - Pixar Chief Creative Officer
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman2015IMDb rating 7.6as Himself
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible2010IMDb rating 7.5as Himself
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story2009IMDb rating 7.7as Himself
The Pixar Story2007IMDb rating 7.7as Himself
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation2000IMDb rating 7.7as Himself
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story1999IMDb rating 7.7as Himself

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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The Pixar Story2007 Documentaryas Himself
IMDb rating 7.77.5K votes
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story1999 Documentaryas Himself
IMDb rating 7.7289 votes
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story2009as Himself
IMDb rating 7.71.5K votes
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman2015as Self - Pixar Chief Creative Officer
IMDb rating 7.5874 votes
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible2010as Himself
IMDb rating 7.5566 votes
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman2015as Himself
IMDb rating 7.6997 votes
Imagining Zootopia2016as Himself
IMDb rating 8.670 votes
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation2000as Himself
IMDb rating 7.7310 votes

Most often with

Leslie Iwerks directed three of these films. Eleven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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George Lucas

Ron Howard

Leonard Maltin

Matt Groening

Brad Bird

Glen KeaneLeslie IwerksDirector, 3 films

Films together

George Lucas2 films together, 2007 to 2010
George Lucas's page
- Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible2010IMDb rating 7.5Lasseter as HimselfLucas as Himself
- The Pixar Story2007IMDb rating 7.7Lasseter as HimselfLucas as Himself
Ron Howard2 films together, 2000 to 2010
Ron Howard's page
- Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible2010IMDb rating 7.5Lasseter as HimselfHoward as Himself
- Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation2000IMDb rating 7.7Lasseter as HimselfHoward as Himself
Leonard Maltin2 films together, 1999 to 2000
Leonard Maltin's page
- Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation2000IMDb rating 7.7Lasseter as HimselfMaltin as Himself
- The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story1999IMDb rating 7.7Lasseter as HimselfMaltin as Himself
Matt Groening2 films together, 2000 to 2015
Matt Groening's page
- A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman2015IMDb rating 7.5Lasseter as Self - Pixar Chief Creative OfficerGroening as Self - Creator of 'The Simpsons'
- Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation2000IMDb rating 7.7Lasseter as HimselfGroening as Himself
Brad Bird2 films together, 2007 to 2015
Brad Bird's page
- A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman2015IMDb rating 7.5Lasseter as Self - Pixar Chief Creative OfficerBird as Self - Director 'The Incredibles' and 'Ratatouille'
- The Pixar Story2007IMDb rating 7.7Lasseter as HimselfBird as Himself
Glen Keane2 films together, 2000 to 2007
Glen Keane's page
- The Pixar Story2007IMDb rating 7.7Lasseter as HimselfKeane as Himself
- Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation2000IMDb rating 7.7Lasseter as HimselfKeane as Himself
Leslie IwerksDirector, 3 films, 1999 to 2010
All films by Leslie Iwerks
- Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible2010IMDb rating 7.5Lasseter as Himself
- The Pixar Story2007IMDb rating 7.7Lasseter as Himself
- The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story1999IMDb rating 7.7Lasseter as Himself
Also two films together5 more actors
- Roy Edward DisneyThe Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009) and The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (1999)
- Chuck JonesChuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000) and The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (1999)
- Ollie JohnstonThe Pixar Story (2007) and The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (1999)
- Richard EdlundIndustrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible (2010) and The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (1999)
- Ed CatmullIndustrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible (2010) and The Pixar Story (2007)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.

Awards

Five awards and honors from 1989 to 2009, one of them major.

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John Lasseter's awards and nominations, grouped by award
Year	Award	Film	Result
Academy Awards
1989	Best Animated Short Film	Tin Toy	Won
Other honors
2009	Inkpot Award		Won
1996	Special Achievement Academy Award		Won
	Annie Award		Won
	Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame		Honored

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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