John Lasseter
John Lasseter
John Alan Lasseteris an American animator and film director, who is the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and DisneyToon Studios. He is also the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth12 January 1957
CountryUnited States of America
children sitting stories
If you're sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation that's entertaining you as you drive and listen? No, it's the storytelling. That's why we put so much importance on story. No amount of great animation will save a bad story.
journey people family-and-friends
You can achieve all the things you want to do, but it's much better to do it with loved ones around you; family and friends, people that you care about that can help you on the way and can celebrate you, and you can enjoy the journey.
art technology inspire
The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art.
movie trust-no-one actors
Every single Pixar film, at one time or another, has been the worst movie ever put on film. But we know. We trust our process. We don't get scared and say, 'Oh, no, this film isn't working.'
character memorable successful
You have to do three things really well to make a successful film. You have to tell a compelling story that has a story that is unpredictable, that keeps people on the edge of their seat where they can't wait to see what happens next. You then populate that story with really memorable and appealing characters. And then, you put that story and those characters in a believable world, not realistic but believable for the story that you're telling.
character drawing slow-motion
Every animator is really an actor performing in slow motion, living the character a drawing at a time.
dear simply
'Cars' is simply near and dear to my heart.
core emotional gotta learning lives people
'Cars 2' is about a character learning to be himself. There's times in our lives where people always say, 'Well, you've gotta act differently. You should always be yourself.' That's the emotional core of the story.
believe involves particular pixar professors subject taking trips
I believe in research. Each movie at Pixar involves research with college professors or taking trips to learn as much as we can about a particular subject matter.
believe
I believe once you watch a Miyazaki film, you'll get hooked.
believe
I believe that, by directing, it makes me a better executive as well.
car father manager parts
I'm a car nut. My father was a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership.
I'm a big fan of pantomime storytelling, being an animator.
full love
I love working for a company full of geeks.