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
develop films
Short films really helped me develop as a story teller, animator, and as a director.
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I love 3-D. I have been a big fan of 3-D for a long, long time. I took my 1988 wedding pictures in 3-D!
inanimate life love object
I love bringing the inanimate object to life.
debut event loved perfect personal premiere racing time
I have loved automobiles and the world of racing for a long time and 'Cars' is a very personal story to me. This premiere event is the perfect way to debut our film to racing and movie enthusiasts.
I have motor oil running through my veins.
captures met truly
I have met a lot of top chefs around the world during my travels. Each one of them has said 'Ratatouille' is their favorite movie and the only movie that truly captures what they do.
audience gives grow likes situation
When you can have a character that the audience likes from the beginning, but then you put them in a situation where they grow - I think that gives it a lot of heart.
appealed disney films walt
When Walt Disney was making his films, he trusted his instincts and made films for himself, but they appealed to everybody, not just kids.
nature people power
It's the nature of Hollywood that there are the people in power and the people who tell them what they want them to hear.
appear breathing life move special
When you take something that's inert, and through motion, give it life, make it appear to be alive, living, breathing thinking and having emotions, that's animation. But when you take something that's live-action, and move a part of it, that's a special effect.
art beauty considered freshman high paid people revelation weird
When I was a freshman in high school, I read a book about the making of Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' called 'The Art of Animation.' It was this weird revelation for me, because I hadn't considered that people actually get paid to make cartoons.
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I promise you we will make films that entertain you the moment the lights go down. We're making Disney the one place you have to work (as an animator).
If you think something's stupid, it probably is.
flag japanese main seen
If you've seen 'Spirited Away', 'Spirited Away' is set in a very, very Japanese sensibility. And so, to Japanese audiences, when Sen would walk up, the main character, and look at this big building with a flag on it with Japanese writing on it, everyone in Japan would know what that is.