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{{Short description|American filmmaker (born 1957)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = John Lasseter
| image              = JohnLasseterOct2011.jpg
| caption            = Lasseter in 2011
| birthname          = John Alan Lasseter
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1957|1|12}}
| birth_place        = [[Hollywood, California]], U.S.
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
*Film director
*producer
*screenwriter
*animator
*voice actor
}}
| alma_mater         = [[California Institute of the Arts]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
| yearsactive        = 1978–present
| title              = {{ubl|Head of Skydance Animation}}
| spouse             = {{marriage|Nancy Lasseter|1988}}<ref name="Guardian3D">{{cite news|last=O'Connor|first=Stuart|title=How to tell a great toy story |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/feb/12/interview-john-lasseter-pixar |access-date=May 11, 2013|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=February 12, 2009|quote=I was doing a lot of amateur 3D photography – in 1988, when I got married to my wife Nancy, we took 3D wedding pictures.|archive-date=March 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324060731/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/feb/12/interview-john-lasseter-pixar|url-status=live}}</ref>
| signature          = John Lasseter signature.svg
| children           = 5<ref name=SFGateGeneration/>
| website            = 
| awards             = [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] (1989, 1996)<br>[[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]] (2007)<br />[[Inkpot Award]] (2009)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot |title=Inkpot Award |date=December 6, 2012 |access-date=September 12, 2020 |archive-date=January 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129155249/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot |url-status=live}}</ref><br />[[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] (2010-2011)
| employer           = {{Plain list|
* [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] (1979–1983, 2006–2018)
* [[Lucasfilm]] (1983–1986)
* [[Pixar|Pixar Animation Studios]] (1986–2018)
* [[Skydance Animation]] (2019–present)<ref name="SkyDAnim" />
}}
}}

'''John Alan Lasseter''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|æ|s|ə|t|ər}} {{respell|LASS|ə|tər}}; born January 12, 1957)<ref name=britannica>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Lasseter |title=John Lasseter: American Animator |first=Anthony G. |last=Craine|access-date=October 27, 2016 |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |archive-date= October 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027195040/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Lasseter |url-status=live}}</ref> is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator. 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]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Grover |first=Ronald |title=The Happiest Place on Earth – Again |url=http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/mar2006/pi20060310_909483.htm|access-date=April 20, 2012|newspaper=Bloomberg Businessweek|date=March 10, 2006|archive-date=June 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625190611/http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/mar2006/pi20060310_909483.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> and has served as the head of animation at [[Skydance Animation]] since 2019.<ref>{{cite web|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|title=Paramount Dates Skydance's 'Spellbound' & 'Luck' For 2022|url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/paramount-skydance-animation-spellbound-luck-2022-scheduled-1202990193/|date=July 20, 2020|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|access-date=June 20, 2020|archive-date=January 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110021052/https://deadline.com/2020/07/paramount-skydance-animation-spellbound-luck-2022-scheduled-1202990193/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Lasseter began his career as an animator with [[The Walt Disney Company]]. After being fired from Disney for promoting [[computer animation]], he joined [[Lucasfilm]], where he collaborated on the then-groundbreaking usage of [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] animation. The Graphics Group of the Computer Division of Lucasfilm was sold to [[Steve Jobs]] and became Pixar in 1986. Lasseter oversaw all of Pixar's films and associated projects. He personally directed ''[[Toy Story]]'' (1995), ''[[A Bug's Life]]'' (1998), ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' (1999), ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' (2006), and ''[[Cars 2]]'' (2011), and executive-produced all other Pixar films through 2018. From 2006 to 2018, Lasseter also oversaw all of Walt Disney Animation Studios' (and its division Disneytoon Studios') films and associated projects as executive producer.

His works have grossed more than {{US$|link=yes}}19 billion, making him one of the most financially successful filmmakers of all time. Of the ten animated films that have grossed over US$1 billion, five of them were executive produced by Lasseter: ''[[Toy Story 3]]'' (2010)—the first animated film to surpass $1 billion—and ''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]'' (2013)—the third-highest-grossing animated film of all time—as well as ''[[Zootopia]]'' (2016), ''[[Finding Dory]]'' (2016), and ''[[Incredibles 2]]'' (2018). ''Frozen'' also held the title of the highest-grossing animated film of all time until 2019, and was the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time at the end of its theatrical run. He has won two [[Academy Awards]], for [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film|Best Animated Short Film]] (for ''[[Tin Toy]]''), as well as a [[Special Achievement Academy Award|Special Achievement Award]] (for ''Toy Story'').<ref name="imdb-awards">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005124/awards |title=John Lasseter – Awards |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=July 1, 2018|archive-date=February 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210101235/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005124/awards|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2017, Lasseter took a six-month [[sabbatical]] from Pixar and Disney Animation when uncomfortable interactions with employees were made public, behaviors that he apologized for and recognized as unintentional "missteps".<ref name="hollywoodreporter_20171121B">{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-lasseter-taking-leave-absence-pixar-missteps-1057113 |title=John Lasseter Taking Leave of Absence From Pixar Amid 'Missteps'|last=Masters|first=Kim|date=November 21, 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=November 21, 2017|archive-date=November 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121210233/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-lasseter-taking-leave-absence-pixar-missteps-1057113|url-status=live}}</ref> According to various news outlets, Lasseter had a history of alleged [[sexual misconduct]] toward employees.<ref name="hollywoodreporter_20171121A" /><ref name="washingtonpost_20171121A" /> In June 2018, it was announced that he would be leaving the company at the end of the year when his contract expired; he took on a consulting role until then.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/lee-unkrich-leaving-pixar/|title='Toy Story 3', 'Coco' Director Lee Unkrich Is Leaving Pixar |first=Adam |last=Chitwood |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date=January 18, 2019|access-date=January 20, 2019|archive-date=January 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120144224/http://collider.com/lee-unkrich-leaving-pixar/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Barnes" /> Following his departure from Disney and Pixar, Lasseter was later hired by [[Skydance Media|Skydance]] founder and CEO [[David Ellison]] to run the animation division [[Skydance Animation]].<ref name="SkyDAnim" />

==Early life==
John Alan Lasseter was born on January 12, 1957, in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], [[California]].<ref name=britannica /> His mother, Jewell Mae (née Risley; 1918–2005), was an art teacher at [[Bell Gardens High School]], and his father, Paul Eual Lasseter (1924–2011), was a parts manager at a [[Chevrolet]] dealership.<ref>{{cite news|last=Baillie|first=Russell|title=John Lasseter king of Toon town|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10384751&pnum=3|access-date=April 20, 2012|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|date=June 3, 2006|archive-date=February 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214193551/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10384751&pnum=3|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Graduating Class" /><ref name="ref1">{{cite news|title=Jewell Risley Lasseter|publisher=The Whittier Daily News|date=November 1, 2005|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WDNB&p_theme=wdnb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10DA5CE4612FE920&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|access-date=December 15, 2009|archive-date=October 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021111435/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WDNB&p_theme=wdnb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10DA5CE4612FE920&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|url-status=live}}</ref>

Lasseter is a [[fraternal twin]]; his sister Johanna Lasseter-Curtis, who became a baker based in the [[Lake Tahoe]] area, is six minutes older.<ref name="Schlender" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Siig|first=Melissa|title=Bake Me a Cupcake: Cake Tahoe brings the cupcake craze to Truckee|url=http://www.moonshineink.com/food/bake-me-cupcake|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508132707/http://www.moonshineink.com/food/bake-me-cupcake|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 8, 2014|access-date=May 8, 2014|newspaper=Moonshine Ink|date=January 11, 2013}}</ref>

Lasseter grew up in [[Whittier, California]]. His mother's profession contributed to his growing preoccupation with animation. He often drew cartoons during services at the [[Churches of Christ|Church of Christ]]{{clarify|date=January 2021}} church his family regularly attended. As a child, Lasseter would race home from school to watch [[Chuck Jones]] cartoons on television. While in high school, he read ''The Art of Animation'' by [[Bob Thomas (reporter)|Bob Thomas]]. The book covered the history of Disney animation and explored the making of Disney's 1959 film ''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'', which made Lasseter realize he wanted to do animation himself. When he saw a screening of Disney's 1963 film ''[[The Sword in the Stone (1963 film)|The Sword in the Stone]]'' at the Wardman Theater, he knew early in his youth that he wanted to become an animator.<ref>{{cite news|last=McCracken|first=Harry|title=Luxo Sr. – An Interview with John Lasseter|url=http://www.harrymccracken.com/luxo.htm|access-date=April 20, 2012|newspaper=Animato|year=1990|archive-date=May 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520045719/http://www.harrymccracken.com/luxo.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> He then read [[Preston Blair]]'s book about animation, and made flipbooks based on Blair's walk cycles. One of his friends had a Super 8 camera that shot single frames, which was used to shoot some of his earlier animation efforts.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=UPCyDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Preston+Blair+book%22+%22Preston+Blair+walk+cycles%22&pg=PA71 On Animation: The Director's Perspective Vol 1]</ref>

Lasseter heard of a new [[character animation]] program at the [[California Institute of the Arts]] (often abbreviated as 'CalArts') and decided to follow his dream of becoming an animator. His mother further encouraged him to take up a career in animation, and, after graduating from [[Whittier High School]] in 1975, he enrolled as the second student ([[Jerry Rees]] was the first)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://calarts.edu/about/institute/history/calarts-presidents|title=CalArts Presidents - CalArts|website=CalArts|access-date=June 9, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141720/https://calarts.edu/about/institute/history/calarts-presidents|url-status=live}}</ref> in the CalArts Character Animation program created by Disney animators [[Jack Hannah]] and [[T. Hee]]. Lasseter was taught by three members of [[Disney's Nine Old Men]] team of veteran animators—[[Eric Larson]], [[Frank Thomas (animator)|Frank Thomas]] and [[Ollie Johnston]]—and his classmates included future animators and directors like [[Brad Bird]], [[John Musker]], [[Henry Selick]], [[Tim Burton]], and [[Chris Buck]].<ref name=ft>{{cite news|last=Garrahan|first=Matthew|title=Lunch with the FT: John Lasseter|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d65cc760-e35a-11dd-a5cf-0000779fd2ac.html|access-date=April 20, 2012|newspaper=Financial Times|date=January 17, 2009|archive-date=May 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531082855/https://www.ft.com/content/d65cc760-e35a-11dd-a5cf-0000779fd2ac|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Day">{{cite news|last=Day|first=Aubrey|title=Interview: John Lasseter|url=http://www.totalfilm.com/features/interview-john-lasseter/page:5|access-date=April 20, 2012|newspaper=Total Film|date=June 3, 2009|archive-date=July 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724025103/http://www.totalfilm.com/features/interview-john-lasseter/page:5|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=King|first1=Susan|title=Walt Disney Animation Studios turns 90 in colorful fashion|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-disney-anniversary-20131210-story.html|access-date=September 2, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 10, 2013|archive-date=September 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920050619/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/dec/10/entertainment/la-et-mn-disney-anniversary-20131210|url-status=live}}</ref> During his time there, he produced two animated shorts—''Lady and the Lamp'' (1979) and ''Nitemare'' (1980)—which each won the student Academy Award for Animation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pixar Filmmaker John Lasseter To Receive "Contribution To Cinematic Imagery Award" From Art Directors Guild |url=http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/press_box/news/20040115-126701.htm |access-date=April 20, 2012 |newspaper=Pixar |date=January 12, 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205135942/http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/press_box/news/20040115-126701.htm |archive-date=December 5, 2010}}</ref>

While at CalArts, Lasseter first started working for the Walt Disney Company at [[Disneyland]] in [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]] during summer breaks and got a job as a [[Jungle Cruise]] skipper, where he learned the basics of comedy and comic timing to entertain captive audiences on the ride.<ref name="Schlender" /><ref>{{cite news|title=John Lasseter does AM Radio, too?|url=http://www.theblueparrot.info/wabacmachine/The_Blue_Parrots_perch/Entries/2007/2/2_John_Lasseter_does_AM_Radio,_too.html|access-date=April 20, 2012|newspaper=The Blue Parrot's perch|date=February 2, 2007|archive-date=December 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211125932/http://www.theblueparrot.info/wabacmachine/The_Blue_Parrots_perch/Entries/2007/2/2_John_Lasseter_does_AM_Radio,_too.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career==
===First years at Disney===
Upon graduating in 1979, Lasseter immediately obtained a job as an animator at [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]] mostly due to his success with his student project, ''Lady and the Lamp''.<ref name="Getlin">{{cite news|last1=Getlin|first1=Josh|title=Fate Of Next 'Snow White' Rests In CalArts' Hands|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 21, 1979|pages=V1–V4}} (Available through [[ProQuest]] Historical Newsstand.)</ref> The studio had reviewed approximately 10,000 portfolios in the late 1970s in search of talent, then selected only about 150 candidates as apprentices, of which only about 45 were kept on permanently.<ref name="Getlin" /> In the fall of 1979, Disney animator [[Mel Shaw]] told the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' that "John's got an instinctive feel for character and movement and shows every indication of blossoming here at our studios ... In time, he'll make a fine contribution."<ref name="Getlin" /> At that same time, Lasseter worked on a sequence titled "The Emperor and the Nightingale" (based on ''[[The Nightingale (fairy tale)|The Nightingale]]'' by [[Hans Christian Andersen]]) for a Disney project called ''[[List of unproduced Disney animated shorts and feature films#1981|Musicana]]''. ''Musicana'' was never released but eventually led to the development of ''[[Fantasia 2000]]'' (1999).<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title= Musiciana — Walt's Inspiration for a Sequel to Fantasia |publisher= Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment |year=2010 |type= Bonus feature, Blu-Ray}}</ref>

However, after ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians|One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]'' (1961), which in Lasseter's opinion was the film where Disney had reached its highest plateau, he felt that the studio had lost momentum and was often repeating itself.<ref name="awm-lasseter">{{cite web |last=Lyons |first=Mike |title=Toon Story: John Lasseter's Animated Life |url=http://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.8/3.8pages/3.8lyonslasseter.html |work=Animation World Magazine |access-date=October 13, 2010 |date=November 1998 |archive-date=June 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629/http://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.8/3.8pages/3.8lyonslasseter.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lazarus|first=David|title=A deal bound to happen|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/25/BUGA6GSFUO1.DTL&type=printable|access-date=April 20, 2012|newspaper=SFGate.com|date=January 25, 2006|archive-date=April 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427081443/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2006%2F01%2F25%2FBUGA6GSFUO1.DTL&type=printable|url-status=live}}</ref>  Between 1980 and 1981, he coincidentally came across some video tapes from one of the then new computer-graphics conferences, who showed some of the very beginnings of computer animation, primarily floating spheres and such, which he experienced as a revelation.<ref name="Schlender" /> But it was not until shortly after, when he was invited by his friends [[Jerry Rees]] and [[Bill Kroyer]], while working on ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' (1983), to come and see the first light cycle sequences for an upcoming film entitled ''[[Tron]]'' (1982), featuring state-of-the-art [[computer-generated imagery]] (CGI), that he saw the huge potential of this new technology in animation. Up to that time, the studio had used a [[multiplane camera]] to add depth to its animation. Lasseter realized that computers could be used to make films with three-dimensional backgrounds where traditionally animated characters could interact to add a new level of visually stunning depth that had not been possible before. He knew adding dimension to animation had been a longtime dream of animators, going back to [[Walt Disney]].<ref name="Schlender" />

Later, he and [[Glen Keane]] talked about how great it would be to make an animated feature where the background was computer-generated, and then showed Keane the book ''[[The Brave Little Toaster (novel)|The Brave Little Toaster]]'' by [[Thomas Disch]], which he thought would be a good candidate for the film. Keane agreed, but first, they decided to do a short test film to see how it worked out and chose ''[[Where the Wild Things Are]]'', a decision based on the fact that Disney had considered producing a feature based on the works of [[Maurice Sendak]]. Satisfied with the result, Lasseter, Keane and executive Thomas L. Wilhite went on with the project, especially Lasseter who dedicated himself to it, while Keane eventually went on to work with ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' (1986).<ref>{{cite news|last=Ghez|first=Didier|title=Interview with Glen Keane|url=http://www.pizarro.net/didier/_private/interviu/Keane.html|access-date=April 20, 2012|newspaper=The Ultimate Disney Books Network|date=May 2, 1997|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206025856/http://www.pizarro.net/didier/_private/interviu/Keane.html|archive-date=February 6, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Lasseter and his colleagues unknowingly stepped on some of their direct superiors' toes by circumventing them in their enthusiasm to get the ''Where the Wild Things Are'' project into motion. The project was canceled while being pitched to two of Lasseter's supervisors, animation administrator Ed Hansen, and head of Disney studios, [[Ron W. Miller]], due to lack of perceived cost benefits for the mix of traditional and computer animation.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hill|first=Jim|title="To Infinity and Beyond!" is an entertaining look back at Pixar's first two decades|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2007/11/29/to-infinity-and-beyond-is-an-entertaining-look-back-at-pixar-s-first-two-decades.aspx|access-date=April 20, 2012|newspaper=Jim Hill Media|date=November 28, 2007|archive-date=July 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711192206/http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2007/11/29/to-infinity-and-beyond-is-an-entertaining-look-back-at-pixar-s-first-two-decades.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> A few minutes after the meeting, Lasseter was summoned by Hansen to his office. As Lasseter recalled, Hansen told him, "Well, John, your project is now complete, so your employment with the Disney Studios is now terminated."<ref name="Paik">{{cite book|last=Paik|first=Karen|title=To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios|date=2007|publisher=Chronicle Books|location=San Francisco|isbn=9780811850124|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uDAGknVpUwgC&pg=PA40|access-date=November 1, 2015|archive-date=June 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610144912/https://books.google.com/books?id=uDAGknVpUwgC&pg=PA40|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|40}} Wilhite, who was part of Disney's live-action group and therefore had no obligations to the animation studio, was able to arrange to keep Lasseter around temporarily until the ''Wild Things'' test project was complete in January 1984, but with the understanding there would be no further work for Lasseter at Disney Animation.<ref name="Paik" />{{rp|40}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2008/more/reviews/inventing-the-movies-1200470938/|title=Inventing the Movies|first=Scott|last=Kirsner|date=September 6, 2008|access-date=June 9, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144228/https://variety.com/2008/more/reviews/inventing-the-movies-1200470938/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Brave Little Toaster'' would later become [[The Brave Little Toaster|a 2D animated feature film]] directed by one of Lasseter's friends, [[Jerry Rees]], and co-produced by Wilhite (who had, by then, left to start [[Hyperion Pictures]]), and some of the staff of Pixar would be involved in the film alongside Lasseter.

===Lucasfilm and Pixar===
[[File:John Lasseter 2002.jpg|thumb|left|Lasseter in 2002]]
While putting together a crew for the planned feature, Lasseter had made some contacts in the computer industry, among them [[Alvy Ray Smith]] and [[Edwin Catmull|Ed Catmull]] at [[Pixar|Lucasfilm Computer Graphics Group]]. After being fired, and feeling glum knowing his employment with Disney was to end shortly,<ref name="Paik" />{{rp|40}} Lasseter visited a computer graphics conference in November 1983 at the ''[[RMS Queen Mary|Queen Mary]]'' in [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], where he met and talked to Catmull again.<ref name="Price">{{cite book|last=Price|first=David A.|title=The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company|date=2009|publisher=Vintage Books|location=New York|isbn=9780307278296|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ium9aok5yMC&pg=PA45|access-date=April 11, 2016|archive-date=February 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224111338/https://books.google.com/books?id=6ium9aok5yMC&pg=PA45|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|45}} Catmull inquired about ''The Brave Little Toaster'', which Lasseter explained had been shelved.<ref name="Schlender" /><ref name="Paik" />{{rp|40}} From his experience at Lucasfilm, Catmull assumed Lasseter was simply between projects since Hollywood studios have traditionally laid off employees when they lack enough productions to keep them busy.<ref name="Price" />{{rp|45}} Still devastated at being forced out of the only company he had ever wanted to work for, Lasseter could not find the strength to tell Catmull that he had been fired.<ref name="Schlender" /><ref name="Price" />{{rp|45}}

Catmull later telephoned Smith that day and mentioned that Lasseter was not working at Disney. Smith told Catmull to put down the phone and hire Lasseter right away.<ref name="Price" />{{rp|45}} Lasseter agreed instantly to work freelance with Catmull and his colleagues and joined them for a week of December 1983 on a project that resulted in their first computer-animated short: ''[[The Adventures of André & Wally B.]]'', meant to prove it was possible to do [[character animation]] on a computer. After his work on the ''Where the Wild Things Are''-test, Lasseter assumed hand-drawn characters in a CGI environment was the only way, but Catmull insisted it could be done, it was just that nobody had given it an attempt before. Because Catmull was not allowed to hire animators, he was given the title "Interface Designer";<ref>{{cite book|last=M. Buckley|first=A.|title=Pixar: The Company and Its Founders|year=2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YenH2ahvGvcC&pg=PA27|access-date=April 20, 2012|page=27|isbn=9781617148101|archive-date=March 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324060656/https://books.google.com/books?id=YenH2ahvGvcC&pg=PA27|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Schlender" /><ref>{{cite interview |interviewer=Jo Jürgens|title=John Lasseter - an interview, part 1 |url=http://www.norskanimasjon.no/pub/index.php/ffaf/john_lasseter_et_intervju_del_1|language=no| year=1996}}</ref> "Nobody knew what that was but they didn't question it in budget meetings".<ref name="Day" /> Lasseter spent a lot of time at Lucasfilm in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] in the spring of 1984, where he worked together closely with Catmull and his team of computer science researchers.<ref name="Paik" />{{rp|40–41}} Lasseter learned how to use some of their software, and in turn, he taught the computer scientists about filmmaking, animation, and art.<ref name="Paik" />{{rp|40–41}}  The short turned out to be more revolutionary than Lasseter first had visualized before he came to Lucasfilm. His original idea had been to create only the backgrounds on computers, but in the final short everything was computer-animated, including the characters.<ref name="Schlender">{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/05/15/magazines/fortune/pixar_futureof_fortune_052906/index.htm|last=Schlender|first=Brent|title=What will Pixar's John Lasseter do at Disney - May. 17, 2006|website=money.cnn.com|access-date=June 14, 2019|archive-date=July 15, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715081233/http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/15/magazines/fortune/pixar_futureof_fortune_052906/index.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Ive Lasseter.jpg|thumb|Lasseter with [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] CDO [[Jony Ive]] at [[Macworld/iWorld]] in 2008]]

After the short CGI film was presented at [[SIGGRAPH]] in the summer of 1984, Lasseter returned to Los Angeles with the hope of directing ''The Brave Little Toaster'' at Hyperion Pictures.<ref name="Paik" />{{rp|45}}  He soon learned that funding had fallen through and called Catmull with the bad news.<ref name="Paik" />{{rp|45}}  Catmull called back with a job offer, and Lasseter joined Lucasfilm as a full-time employee in October 1984 and moved to the Bay Area.<ref name="Paik" />{{rp|45}} After that, he worked with [[Industrial Light & Magic|ILM]] on the special effects on ''[[Young Sherlock Holmes]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.listal.com/list/the-history-of-cgi |title=The history of CGI list |publisher=Listal.com |date=2010-12-22 |access-date=2013-11-10 |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719045821/https://www.listal.com/list/the-history-of-cgi |url-status=live }}</ref> where he made the first fully [[Computer-generated imagery|computer-generated]] photorealistic animated character, a knight composed of elements from a stained glass window.<ref name="milestones">{{cite web |url=http://www.filmsite.org/visualeffects12.html |title=Visual and Special Effects Film Milestones |publisher=Filmsite.org |access-date=2013-11-10 |archive-date=September 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919221010/https://www.filmsite.org/visualeffects12.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This effect was the first CGI character to be scanned and painted directly onto film using a laser.<ref name="milestones"/> Lasseter and Catmull's collaboration, which has since lasted over thirty years, would ultimately result in ''[[Toy Story]]'' (1995), which was the first-ever computer-animated [[feature film]]. Additionally, Lasseter created [[THX]]'s robot mascot Tex. He made his first appearance in 1996 with the original theatrical release of ''[[Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day]]''. Since then, Tex has appeared in some THX trailers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinenow.fr/articles/5258-the-ultimate-toy-box|title=THE ULTIMATE TOY BOX: - CineNow}}</ref>

Due to [[George Lucas]]'s financially crippling divorce, he was forced to sell off Lucasfilm Computer Graphics, by this time renamed the Pixar Graphics Group, founded by Smith and Catmull, with Lasseter as one of the founding employees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fxguide.com/featured/alvy-ray-smith-rgba-the-birth-of-compositing-the-founding-of-pixar/|title=Alvy Ray Smith: RGBA, the birth of compositing & the founding of Pixar|date=July 5, 2012|access-date=June 9, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140415/https://www.fxguide.com/featured/alvy-ray-smith-rgba-the-birth-of-compositing-the-founding-of-pixar/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was spun off as a separate corporation with [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] co-founder [[Steve Jobs]] as its majority shareholder in 1986. Over the next 10 years, Pixar evolved from a computer company that did animation work on the side into an animation studio. Lasseter oversaw all of Pixar's films and associated projects as executive producer. As well as ''Toy Story'', he also personally directed ''[[A Bug's Life]]'' (1998), ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' (1999), ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' (2006), and ''[[Cars 2]]'' (2011).

He has won two [[Academy Awards]], for [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film|Animated Short Film]] (''Tin Toy''), as well as a [[Special Achievement Academy Award|Special Achievement Award]] (''Toy Story'').<ref name="imdb-awards"/> Lasseter has been nominated on four other occasions—in the category of [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature|Animated Feature]], for both ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' (2001) and ''Cars'', in the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Original Screenplay]] category for ''Toy Story'' and in the Animated Short category for ''[[Luxo, Jr.]]'' (1986)—while the short ''[[Knick Knack]]'' (1989) was selected by [[Terry Gilliam]] as one of the ten best animated films of all time.<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news | last=Gilliam | first=Terry | title=Terry Gilliam Picks the Ten Best Animated Films of All Time | newspaper=The Guardian | date=April 27, 2001 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/apr/27/culture.features1 | access-date=June 7, 2008 | archive-date=October 10, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010091214/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/apr/27/culture.features1/ | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2008, he was honored with the [[Winsor McCay Award]], the lifetime achievement award for animators.

=== Return to Disney ===
[[File:George Lucas 66ème Festival de Venise (Mostra).jpg|thumb|Lasseter with [[George Lucas]] at the [[Venice Film Festival]] in [[66th Venice International Film Festival|2009]]]]
Disney announced that it would be purchasing Pixar in January 2006, and Lasseter was named the chief creative officer of both Pixar and Walt Disney Feature Animation, the latter of which he renamed [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]].<ref name="Day" /> Lasseter was also named principal creative adviser at [[Walt Disney Imagineering]], where he helped design attractions for [[Disney Experiences|Disney Parks]]. He oversaw all of Walt Disney Animation Studios' films and associated projects as executive producer. He reported directly to Disney Chairman and CEO [[Bob Iger]], bypassing Disney's studio and theme park executives. He also received green-light power on films with [[Roy E. Disney]]'s consent.

In December 2006, Lasseter announced that Disney Animation would start producing animated shorts – 2D, CGI, or a combination of both – that would be released theatrically. Lasseter said he sees this medium as an excellent way to train and discover new talent in the company as well as a testing ground for new techniques and ideas.<ref>{{cite news|last=Solomon|first=Charles|title=Disney tries out new talent in an old form, the cartoon short – Business – International Herald Tribune|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/business/worldbusiness/03iht-disney.3755522.html|access-date=April 20, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 3, 2006|archive-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501181233/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/business/worldbusiness/03iht-disney.3755522.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2007, Catmull and Lasseter were given control of [[Disneytoon Studios]], a division of Walt Disney Animation Studios housed in a separate facility in Glendale. As president and chief creative officer, respectively, they have supervised three separate studios for Disney, each with its own production pipeline: Pixar, Disney Animation, and Disneytoon. While Disney Animation and Disneytoon are located in the Los Angeles area, Pixar is located over 350 miles (563 kilometers) northwest in the Bay Area, where Catmull and Lasseter both live. Accordingly, they appointed a [[general manager]] for each studio to manage day-to-day business affairs, then established a routine of spending at least two days per week (usually Tuesdays and Wednesdays) in Southern California.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lev-Ram|first1=Michal|title=A candid conversation with Pixar's philosopher-king, Ed Catmull|url=http://fortune.com/2014/12/31/pixar-head-ed-catmull/|access-date=January 11, 2015|work=Fortune|publisher=Time Inc.|date=December 31, 2014|archive-date=January 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111141945/http://fortune.com/2014/12/31/pixar-head-ed-catmull/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Lasseter is a close friend and admirer of Japanese animator [[Hayao Miyazaki]], whom he first met when [[TMS Entertainment]] sent a delegation of animators to the Disney studio in 1981 and showed a clip from Miyazaki's first feature film, ''[[The Castle of Cagliostro]]'' (1979).<ref name="Brzeski">{{cite news|last1=Brzeski|first1=Patrick|title=John Lasseter Pays Emotional Tribute to Hayao Miyazaki at Tokyo Film Festival|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-lasseter-pays-emotional-tribute-743635|access-date=November 10, 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=October 24, 2014|archive-date=May 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509210432/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-lasseter-pays-emotional-tribute-743635|url-status=live}}</ref> Lasseter was so deeply moved that in 1985 he insisted on showing that clip and other examples of Miyazaki's work after dinner to a woman he had just met (who would become his wife).<ref name="Brzeski" />  He visited Miyazaki during his first trip to Japan in 1987 and saw drawings for ''[[My Neighbor Totoro]]'' (1988).<ref name="Brzeski" />  After Lasseter became a successful director and producer at Pixar, he went on to serve as executive producer on several of Miyazaki's films for their release in the United States and oversaw the translation and [[dubbing]] of their English language soundtracks.<ref name="Brzeski" /> In addition, the forest spirit Totoro from ''My Neighbor Totoro'' makes an appearance as a plush toy in ''[[Toy Story 3]]'' (2010).

Lasseter is a member of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] and served nine consecutive years on its board of governors from 2005 to 2014 when he had to relinquish his seat due to term limits.<ref name="Kilday">{{cite news|last1=Kilday|first1=Gregg|title=Academy: Cheryl Boone Isaacs Reelected as President|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/academy-cheryl-boone-isaacs-reelected-723649|access-date=August 11, 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Prometheus Global Media LLC|date=August 5, 2014|archive-date=August 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812053858/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/academy-cheryl-boone-isaacs-reelected-723649|url-status=live}}</ref>  His last position on the board was as first vice president.<ref name="Kilday" />

Lasseter received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in Hollywood in 2011, located at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sperling|first=Nicole|title=John Lasseter receives star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/11/john-lasseter-receives-star-on-the-walk-of-fame.html|access-date=April 20, 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=November 1, 2011|archive-date=April 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401030611/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/11/john-lasseter-receives-star-on-the-walk-of-fame.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Allegations of sexual misconduct and exit from Disney and Pixar===
{{See also|Weinstein effect}}
In November 2017, Lasseter took a six-month leave of absence when allegations surfaced that he had made interactions with employees that made them uncomfortable, which he apologized for and acknowledged as "missteps". In a memo to staff, Lasseter stated, "It’s been brought to my attention that I have made some of you feel disrespected or uncomfortable. That was never my intent. Collectively, you mean the world to me, and I deeply apologize if I have let you down."<ref name="hollywoodreporter_20171121B" /> Lasseter went on in the memo to emphasize his commitment to fixing his missteps and his hope to return to working with them in the new year.<ref name="hollywoodreporter_20171121B" /> The alleged sexual misconduct toward multiple employees over a number of years included "grabbing, kissing, [and] making comments about physical attributes".<ref name="hollywoodreporter_20171121A">{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-lasseters-pattern-alleged-misconduct-detailed-by-disney-pixar-insiders-1059594|title=John Lasseter's Pattern of Alleged Misconduct Detailed by Disney/Pixar Insiders|last=Masters|first=Kim|date=November 21, 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=November 24, 2017|archive-date=November 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121205514/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-lasseters-pattern-alleged-misconduct-detailed-by-disney-pixar-insiders-1059594|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="washingtonpost_20171121A">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/11/21/disney-animation-guru-john-lasseter-takes-leave-after-sexual-misconduct-allegations/|title=Disney animation guru John Lasseter takes leave after sexual misconduct allegations|last=Zeitchik|first=Steven|date=November 21, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=November 21, 2017|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143555/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/11/21/disney-animation-guru-john-lasseter-takes-leave-after-sexual-misconduct-allegations/|url-status=live}}</ref> The behavior was alleged to have been so well-known that, according to ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', at various times, Pixar had "minders who were tasked with reining in his impulses".<ref name="ExitDisney">{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/disney-john-lasseter-harassment-bob-iger-1202734060/|title=John Lasseter Will Exit Disney at the End of the Year|work=Variety|access-date=2018-07-01|archive-date=January 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129171352/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/disney-john-lasseter-harassment-bob-iger-1202734060/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2018, Disney and Lasseter announced that he would be leaving the company at the end of the year, taking a consulting role until then.<ref name="Barnes">{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/08/pixar-co-founder-john-lasseter-to-leave-disney-after-missteps.html|title=Pixar co-founder to leave Disney after 'missteps'|last=Barnes|first=Brooks|date=2018-06-08|work=CNBC|access-date=2018-06-09|archive-date=June 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610011948/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/08/pixar-co-founder-john-lasseter-to-leave-disney-after-missteps.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=2018-06-09 |title=Pixar's John Lasseter steps down from Disney in wake of #MeToo |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/09/pixars-john-lasseter-steps-down-from-disney-in-wake-of-metoo |access-date=2024-12-30 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

===Skydance Animation===
On January 9, 2019, Lasseter was hired to head [[Skydance Animation]], a new animation division of [[Skydance Media]] formed in 2017.<ref name="SkyDAnim">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/john-lasseter-lead-animation-skydance-1174878|title=John Lasseter to Head Animation for Skydance|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 9, 2019|access-date=January 9, 2019|archive-date=January 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110011111/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/john-lasseter-lead-animation-skydance-1174878|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=McNary |first1=Dave |title=David Ellison's Skydance Launching Animation Division With Spain's Ilion |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/david-ellison-skydance-animation-division-spain-ilion-1202009938/ |access-date=March 3, 2024 |work=Variety |date=March 16, 2017}}</ref> In a statement, Lasseter said "I have spent the last year away from the industry in deep reflection, learning how my actions unintentionally made colleagues uncomfortable, which I deeply regret and apologize for. It has been humbling, but I believe it will make me a better leader."<ref name="SkyDAnim" /> An investigation conducted prior to his hiring found that no previous claims of sexual assault, propositioning or harassment had been filed against Lasseter,<ref name="SkydanceMeeting">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/john-lasseter-skydance-town-hall-apology-sexual-harassment-1202534949/|title=John Lasseter Expresses Deep Sorrow & Shame About Past Actions At Emotional Skydance Animation Town Hall|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=January 14, 2019|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706144815/https://deadline.com/2019/01/john-lasseter-skydance-town-hall-apology-sexual-harassment-1202534949/|url-status=live}}</ref> and "[...] there were no findings of secret settlements by Disney or Lasseter to any parties asking for a settlement."<ref name="SkydanceMeeting" /> In his role at Skydance, Lasseter serves as producer on all feature films and executive producer on all series, along with Skydance Media CEO [[David Ellison]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=February 17, 2021|title=Apple & Skydance Animation Set Multi-Year Feature Film & TV Deal|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/apple-skydance-animation-set-multi-year-feature-tv-deal-1234695506/|access-date=January 7, 2024|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|language=en-US}}</ref> 

==Personal life==
[[File:Annie Awards johnlasseter and wife brighter.jpg|thumb|right|upright|John Lasseter with his wife Nancy Lasseter at the 2006 [[Annie Awards]] red carpet at the [[Alex Theatre]] in [[Glendale, California]]]]
Lasseter lives in [[Glen Ellen, California]], with his wife Nancy, a graduate of [[Carnegie Mellon University]], whom he met at a computer graphics conference in San Francisco in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/2293889-181/lasseter-winery-coming-into-its?gallery=2356369&artslide=0|title=Lasseter winery coming into its own|date=September 24, 2011|access-date=June 9, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142219/http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/2293889-181/lasseter-winery-coming-into-its?gallery=2356369&artslide=0|url-status=live}}</ref> Nancy majored in computer graphics applications, and previously worked as a computer graphics engineer at [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]].<ref name=SATrustees /> They married in 1988,<ref name="Guardian3D"/> and have four sons together in addition to Nancy's son from a previous relationship,<ref name=SATrustees>{{cite web|title=Trustees of Sonoma Academy 2011–12|url=http://www.sonomaacademy.org/about-us/trustees/index.aspx|publisher=Sonoma Academy|access-date=December 25, 2013|archive-date=December 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227062928/http://www.sonomaacademy.org/about-us/trustees/index.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=SKDayLife>{{cite news|title=VIDEO: 'A Day in the Life of John Lasseter' Read more: VIDEO: 'A Day in the Life of John Lasseter'|url=http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-video-a-day-life-john-lasseter-16887/|access-date=March 8, 2012|newspaper=Stitch Kingdom|date=July 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322001730/http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-video-a-day-life-john-lasseter-16887/|archive-date=March 22, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> born between {{Birth based on age as of date|18|1998|11|23|noage=1}} and 1997.<ref name=SFGateGeneration>{{cite news|last=Swartz|first=Jon|title=Pixar's Lasseter – This Generation's Walt Disney|url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Pixar-s-Lasseter-This-Generation-s-Walt-Disney-2976893.php|access-date=December 25, 2013|newspaper=SFGate|date=November 23, 1998|quote=Lasseter says he depends heavily on his and wife Nancy's "own test audience" of five sons – ages 16 months to 18.|archive-date=December 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227021248/http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Pixar-s-Lasseter-This-Generation-s-Walt-Disney-2976893.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Lasseters own [[Lasseter Family Winery]] in Glen Ellen, California.<ref>{{cite news|last=Boone|first=Virginie|title=Lasseter winery coming into its own|url=http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20110926/LIFESTYLE/110929716/1309?p=all&tc=pgall|access-date=October 7, 2011|newspaper=The Press Democrat|date=September 26, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005195437/http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20110926/LIFESTYLE/110929716/1309?p=all&tc=pgall|archive-date=October 5, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The property includes a narrow gauge railroad named the Justi Creek Railway, which is approximately {{convert|2|mi}} long, including a train station and water tower Lasseter purchased from former Disney animator [[Ward Kimball]].<ref name=SFC-160810>{{cite news |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/article/How-Pixar-wizard-s-love-of-trains-picked-up-9134306.php |title=How Pixar wizard's love of trains picked up steam |author=Hartlaub, Peter |date=10 August 2016 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |archive-date=July 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730210907/http://www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/article/How-Pixar-wizard-s-love-of-trains-picked-up-9134306.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Their residence has a swimming pool with a lazy river that runs through a cave.<ref name="Roper">{{cite magazine|last1=Roper|first1=Caitlin|title=Big Hero 6 Proves It: Pixar's Gurus Have Brought the Magic Back to Disney Animation|url=https://www.wired.com/2014/10/big-hero-6/|access-date=November 9, 2014|magazine=Wired|publisher=Condé Nast|date=October 21, 2014|archive-date=July 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703222841/https://www.wired.com/2014/10/big-hero-6/|url-status=live}}</ref>  Lasseter owns a collection of more than 1,000 [[Aloha shirt|Hawaiian shirts]] and wears one every day.<ref name="Roper" /> Lasseter also collects [[classic car]]s, such as a black 1952 [[Jaguar XK120]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Keegan|first1=Rebecca|title=Animated – and driven: For John Lasseter, Pixar's boyish visionary, 'Cars 2' is a gearhead's dream|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-jun-19-la-ca-pixar-20110619-story.html|access-date=November 19, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 19, 2011|archive-date=October 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024055258/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/19/entertainment/la-ca-pixar-20110619|url-status=live}}</ref>

On May 2, 2009, Lasseter received an honorary doctorate from [[Pepperdine University]],<ref name="Graduating Class">{{cite news|title=John Lasseter Addresses Graduating Class at Seaver College Commencement Ceremony|url=http://www.pepperdine.edu/pr/events/2009/april/seaver-graduation-09.htm|publisher=[[Pepperdine University]] |date=April 2009 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=June 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616042002/http://www.pepperdine.edu/pr/events/2009/april/seaver-graduation-09.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> where he delivered the commencement address.

His influences include [[Walt Disney]], [[Chuck Jones]], [[Frank Capra]], [[Hayao Miyazaki]], and [[Preston Sturges]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/pixars-john-lasseter-answers-your-questions/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0/ |author= Goodman, Stephanie |date= November 1, 2011 |title= 'Pixar's John Lasseter Answers Your Questions' |publisher= Arts Beat |access-date= February 20, 2014 |archive-date= February 27, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140227005211/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/pixars-john-lasseter-answers-your-questions/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0%2F |url-status= live }}</ref> Lasseter's favorite film is Walt Disney's ''[[Dumbo]]'' (1941).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/five-favorite-films-with-john-lasseter/|title=Five Favorite Films with John Lasseter|access-date=2017-07-15|language=en-US|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430052625/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/five-favorite-films-with-john-lasseter/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{{Pending films key}}

===Films===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2"|Year
! rowspan="2"|Film
! colspan="6"|Credited as
|-
! [[Film director|Director]]
! [[WGA screenwriting credit system|(Original)<br>Story by]]
! [[Film producer|Producer]]
! Other
! [[Voice acting|Voice]]
! Notes
|-
| 1981
| ''[[The Fox and the Hound]]''
| {{no}}
| {{No}}
| {{no}}
| {{Yes}}
| 
| [[Animator]] - uncredited <ref>{{cite web|last1=Learoyd|first1=Joseph|url=https://headstuff.org/entertainment/film/the-fox-and-the-hound/|title=The Fox And The Hound {{!}} Celebrating 40 Years Of Furry Friendship|date=October 3, 2021|website=HeadStuff|language=en-GB|access-date=July 30, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=956dbKTACTA|title=Pixar John Lasseter Part 1|website=[[YouTube]]|date=January 21, 2017|access-date=July 30, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Young Sherlock Holmes]]''
| {{no}}
| {{No}}
| {{no}}
| {{Yes}}
| 
| Computer Animation: [[Industrial Light & Magic]] (ILM)
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Toy Story]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| Commercial Chorus 1
| Modeling and Animation System Development
|-
| 1998
| ''[[A Bug's Life]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| Harry<br />Singing Grasshopper 1
| <ref name=voices>{{cite web|title=Beloved Pixar Characters Voiced by Pixar Filmmakers|url=https://ohmy.disney.com/movies/2016/08/26/beloved-pixar-characters-voiced-by-pixar-filmmakers/|publisher=Oh My Disney|access-date=May 28, 2017|date=August 26, 2016|archive-date=September 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922003903/https://ohmy.disney.com/movies/2016/08/26/beloved-pixar-characters-voiced-by-pixar-filmmakers/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Toy Story 2]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| [[Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots|Blue Bomber]]
| <ref name=voices/>
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
|
| 
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Spirited Away]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
| {{No}}
|
| US Version
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Finding Nemo]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
|
| 
|-
| 2004
| ''[[The Incredibles]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
| {{No}}
|
| US Version
|-
| ''[[Porco Rosso]]''
| {{no}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| Executive Creative Consultant: 2005 US Version
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2006
| ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| Screenplay
|-
| ''[[Tales from Earthsea (film)|Tales from Earthsea]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
| {{No}}
|
| US Version<ref name=THREarthsea>{{cite news|last=Honeycutt|first=Kirk|title=Tales From Earthsea – Film Review|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/tales-earthsea-film-review-29875|access-date=December 27, 2013|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 14, 2010|archive-date=November 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104124614/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/tales-earthsea-film-review-29875|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2007
| ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| 
| 
|-
| ''[[Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| Executive Team
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2008
| ''[[WALL-E]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| Pixar Senior Creative Team
|-
| ''[[Tinker Bell (film)|Tinker Bell]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
|
| 
|-
| ''[[Bolt (2008 film)|Bolt]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
|
|
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2009
| ''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
| 
| Pixar Senior Creative Team
|-
| ''[[Ponyo]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| Director: English Dub, US Version
|-
| ''[[Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
|
| 
|-
| ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| 
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2010
| ''[[Toy Story 3]]''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|  Pixar Senior Creative Team
|-
| ''[[Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
|
| 
|-
| ''[[Tangled]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| rowspan="2"| Studio Leadership
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2011
| ''[[Winnie the Pooh (2011 film)|Winnie the Pooh]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| ''[[Cars 2]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| Galloping Geargrinder<ref>{{cite web|title=A 'Cars 2' Sneak Peek from the 'Cars' Franchise Guardian|url=https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/06/a-cars-2-sneak-peek-from-the-cars-franchise-guardian/|publisher=Oh My Disney|access-date=September 12, 2020|date=June 23, 2011|archive-date=March 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324060653/https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/06/a-cars-2-sneak-peek-from-the-cars-franchise-guardian/|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />John Lassetire<br />Fuzzy Dice Casino Car
| Pixar Senior Creative Team
|-
| ''[[The Lion King (1994 film)|The Lion King]]''
| {{no}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| 
| rowspan="2"| 3D Version
|-
| ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]''
| {{no}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2012
| ''[[Brave (2012 film)|Brave]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| Pixar Senior Creative Team
|-
| ''[[Secret of the Wings]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
|
| 
|-
| ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| Studio Leadership
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2013
| ''[[Monsters University]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| Pixar Senior Creative Team
|-
| ''[[Planes (film)|Planes]]''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
|
|
|-
| ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]''
| {{no}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
| {{No}}
|
| 3D Version
|-
| ''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| Studio Leadership
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| ''[[The Pirate Fairy]]''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
|
| 
|-
| ''[[Planes: Fire & Rescue]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
|
| 
|-
| ''[[Big Hero 6 (film)|Big Hero 6]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| Studio Leadership
|-
| ''[[Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2015
| ''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| rowspan="2"| Pixar Senior Creative Team
|-
| ''[[The Good Dinosaur]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| ''[[Zootopia]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| Studio Leadership
|-
| ''[[Finding Dory]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|  Pixar Senior Creative Team
|-
| ''[[Moana (2016 film)|Moana]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| Studio Leadership
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2017
| ''[[Cars 3]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| rowspan="3"| Pixar Senior Creative Team
|-
| ''[[Coco (2017 film)|Coco]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| ''[[Incredibles 2]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{Yes}}
| 
| Studio Leadership - uncredited<ref>{{cite news|last1=Morotta|first1=Jenna|title='Ralph Breaks the Internet' Producer on Disney's Delayed Release|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/john-c-reilly-sarah-silverman-disney-premiere-ralph-breaks-internet-1158614/|date=November 6, 2018|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=March 1, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
|''[[Toy Story 4]]''
| {{No|Removed}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|<ref>{{cite web|last1=Amidi|first1=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi|title=Why Did John Lasseter Step Down From Directing 'Toy Story 4'?|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/pixar/john-lasseter-step-directing-toy-story-4-152373.html|publisher=[[Cartoon Brew]]|access-date=March 6, 2022|date=July 17, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Luck (2022 film)|Luck]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Spellbound (2024 film)|Spellbound]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| Additional Literary Materials
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2026
| {{Pending film|[[Swapped (film)|Swapped]]}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|
| <ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-12 |title=Netflix Gets Animated at Annecy! |url=https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-gets-animated-at-annecy |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=Netflix}}</ref><ref name=Swapped&RayGunn>{{cite web |first=Georg |last=Szalai |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/swapped-pookoo-title-change-skydance-animation-iberseries-1236391713/ |title=Netflix's 'Pookoo' Changes Title to 'Swapped' and Other Updates From Skydance Animation Madrid |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=October 2, 2025 |access-date=October 5, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| {{Pending film|[[Ray Gunn]]}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|
| <ref name=Swapped&RayGunn/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/brad-bird-ray-gunn-skydance-animation-the-incredibles-directs-his-animated-film-creation-1234935520/|title=Skydance Animation Brings 'The Incredibles' Brad Bird Into Fold To Direct His Animated Film Creation 'Ray Gunn'|first=Mike|last=Fleming Jr|date=February 17, 2022|access-date=June 12, 2025|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | TBA
| {{Pending film|italic=no| Untitled [[Jack and the Beanstalk]]/[[Rich Moore]] project }}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/rich-moore-strikes-overall-deal-with-skydance-animation-1234980674/|title=Oscar Winner Rich Moore Strikes Overall Deal With Skydance Animation|first=Matt|last=Grobar|date=March 16, 2022|access-date=June 12, 2025|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
|-
| {{Pending film|italic=no| Untitled [[Skydance Animation]]/[[Don Hall (filmmaker)|Don Hall]] project }}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|
| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Grobar |first1=Matt |title='Raya And The Last Dragon's Don Hall Developing Original Animated Feature For Skydance Animation |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/don-hall-skydance-animation-teaming-to-develop-original-animated-feature-1235958748/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=4 June 2024 |date=4 June 2024}}</ref>
|}

===Shorts===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2"|Year
! rowspan="2"|Film
! colspan="7"|Credited as
|-
! [[Film director|Director]]
! [[WGA screenwriting credit system|(Original)<br>Story by]]
! [[Film producer|Producer]]
! [[Animator]]
! [[Modeler]]
! Other
! Notes
|-
| 1979
|''Lady and the Lamp''<ref name="AVPixarShortsVol2">{{cite web|url=http://animatedviews.com/2012/pixar-short-films-collection-volume-2/|title=Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2|last1=Simon|first1=Ben|date=December 27, 2012|publisher=Animated Views|access-date=February 26, 2017|archive-date=February 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227063204/http://animatedviews.com/2012/pixar-short-films-collection-volume-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| rowspan="2" |Student Films; [[Film producer|Producer]]
|-
| 1980
|''Nitemare''<ref name="AVPixarShortsVol2" />
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| 1983
| align="left"| ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| Creative Talent
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Adventures of André & Wally B.]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| Character Designer
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Luxo Jr.]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| Designer
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Red's Dream]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Tin Toy]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Knick Knack]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| A Film By
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Light & Heavy (film)|Light & Heavy]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| 
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Geri's Game]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| 
|-
| 1998
| ''[[It's Tough to Be a Bug!]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| Theme park film
|-
| 2000
| ''[[For the Birds (film)|For the Birds]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| 
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Mike's New Car]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2003
| ''[[Exploring the Reef with Jean-Michel Cousteau|Exploring the Reef]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Boundin']]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| ''[[Jack-Jack Attack]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[One Man Band (film)|One Man Band]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| ''[[Mater and the Ghostlight]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| 
|-
| ''[[Lifted (2006 film)|Lifted]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| ''[[Your Friend the Rat]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[How to Hook Up Your Home Theater]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2008
| ''[[Presto (film)|Presto]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Glago's Guest]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[BURN-E]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 2008–14
| ''[[Cars Toons]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2009
| ''[[Super Rhino]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Partly Cloudy]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Dug's Special Mission]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2010
| ''[[Day & Night (2010 film)|Day & Night]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Tick Tock Tale]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Prep & Landing: Operation: Secret Santa]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| TV short film
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2011
| ''[[The Ballad of Nessie]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Hawaiian Vacation|Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[La Luna (2011 film)|La Luna]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Small Fry (film)|Toy Story Toons: Small Fry]]''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2012
| ''[[Tangled Ever After]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Partysaurus Rex|Toy Story Toons: Partysaurus Rex]]''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| 
|-
| ''[[Paperman]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| 
|-
| ''[[The Legend of Mor'du]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2013
| ''[[The Blue Umbrella (2013 film)|The Blue Umbrella]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Party Central]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Pixie Hollow Bake Off]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| TV short film
|-
| ''[[Get a Horse!]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2014
| ''[[Lava (2014 film)|Lava]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
|''[[Cars (franchise)#Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular (2014)|Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
|''[[Feast (2014 film)|Feast]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2015
|''[[Frozen Fever]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Riley's First Date?]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
|''[[Sanjay's Super Team]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| ''[[Piper (film)|Piper]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Inner Workings]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2017
| ''[[Moana (2016 film)#Home media|Gone Fishing]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Lou (2017 film)|Lou]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Cars (franchise)#Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool (2017)|Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Olaf's Frozen Adventure]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| Featurette
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Bao (film)|Bao]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Blush (2021 film)|Blush]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| Logo and End Credit Designer
|-
| 2023
| ''Bad Luck Spot!''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Executive}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLpFAOQyAKw|title=Luck — Short Film: The Hazmat Bunnies in "Bad Luck Spot!"|website=[[YouTube]]|date=March 17, 2023|access-date=March 17, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2025
| ''Flink's Pigeon Problems: A Magical Rescue''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n94l6_mvqGw|title=Netflix Jr: "NEW Spellbound Animated Short": "Flink's Pigeon Problems: A Magical Rescue"|website=[[YouTube]]|date=March 1, 2025|access-date=March 2, 2025}}</ref>
|}

===TV specials===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! [[Executive producer|Executive<br>Producer]]
! Premiered on
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Prep & Landing]]''
| {{Yes}}
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| ''[[Pixie Hollow Games]]''
| {{Yes}}
| [[Disney Channel]]
|-
| ''[[Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice]]''
| {{Yes}}
| rowspan="3" | ABC
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Toy Story of Terror!]]''
| {{Yes}}
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Toy Story That Time Forgot]]''
| {{Yes}}
|}

===Long-form limited streaming series===
{| class="wikitable" 
|+
! Year
! Season
! Title
! [[Executive producer|Executive<br>Producer]]
! Network
! Ref
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2024
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | ''[[WondLa (TV series)|WondLa]]''
| {{Yes}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | [[Apple TV+]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2025
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{Yes}}
| <ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|title=Apple TV+ Debuts Sneak Peek at 'WondLa's Epic Final Season|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/apple-tv-debuts-sneak-peek-at-wondlas-epic-final-season/|date=October 8, 2025|access-date=October 8, 2025|website=[[Animation Magazine]]}}</ref>
|}

===Documentaries===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1999
| ''The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-08-ca-20000-story.html|title='Mouse' Looks at Iwerks' Hand in Creating Disney Animation|date=October 8, 1999|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=March 11, 2021|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426003011/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-08-ca-20000-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rowspan="18"| Himself
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Walt: The Man Behind the Myth]]''
| Grateful Acknowledgement
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2007
| ''[[Fog City Mavericks]]''
| Special Thanks
|-
| ''[[The Pixar Story]]''
| Very Special Thanks
|-
| ''[[Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project]]''
| Special Thanks
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2009
| ''[[The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story]]''
|
|-
| ''[[Waking Sleeping Beauty]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2010
| ''[[America: The Story of Us]]''
| Television Docuseries
|-
| ''Industrial, Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starz.com/pressroom/ILM/ |title=Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible |publisher=Starz Entertainment |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118204636/http://www.starz.com/pressroom/ILM/ |archive-date=January 18, 2012}}</ref>
| Television Special
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2011
| ''[[These Amazing Shadows]]''
|
|-
| ''[[Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan]]''
|
|-
| 2013
| ''Inside Pixar''<ref>{{cite web|title=You Made It to the Weekend! Here's What Is New on Netflix|url=http://okmagazine.com/meet-the-stars/you-made-it-to-the-weekend-heres-what-is-new-on-netflix/|publisher=OK Magazine|access-date=March 11, 2021|date=January 10, 2014|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202016/http://okmagazine.com/meet-the-stars/you-made-it-to-the-weekend-heres-what-is-new-on-netflix/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Television Special
|-
| 2014
| ''[[The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic]]''
| Television Special
|-
| rowspan=2|2015
| ''[[Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman]]''
|
|-
| ''A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman''
|
|-
| 2016
| ''Imagining Zootopia''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/zootopia-documentary/|title='Imagining Zootopia': Watch a 45-Minute Documentary Chronicling the Making of Disney's Animated Hit|last=Anderton|first=Ethan|date=April 5, 2016|work=[[/Film]]|access-date=March 11, 2021|archive-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216031701/https://www.slashfilm.com/zootopia-documentary/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Special Thanks
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2019
| ''[[Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound]]''
|
|-
| ''[[The Imagineering Story]]''
| [[Disney+]] Original Docuseries
|}

===Music video===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Note
|-
| 2005
| "[[When I Get Where I'm Going]]"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYHT-TF4KO4|title=Brad Paisley - When I Get Where I'm Going (Official Video) ft. Dolly Parton|website=[[YouTube]]|date=October 2, 2009|access-date=March 17, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wideopencountry.com/when-i-get-where-im-going/|last=Campbell|first=Courtney|title='When I Get Where I'm Going': The Story Behind Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton's Heavenly Tune|date=16 January 2022|publisher=Wide Open Country|access-date=17 March 2025}}</ref>
| Himself (uncredited)
| Music video by [[Brad Paisley]]
|}

===Other credits===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Credit
|-
| 1996
| ''[[La Salla]]''
| rowspan="2"| Special Thanks
|-
| 2009
| ''Calendar Confloption''<ref>{{cite news|first=Andy|last=Lauer|date=March 11, 2009|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2009/03/answer-man-food-inc-among-2009-sonoma-international-film-festival-selections-247266/|title="Answer Man," "Food Inc." Among 2009 Sonoma International Film Festival Selections|website=[[IndieWire]]|access-date=March 12, 2021|archive-date=March 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324060708/https://www.indiewire.com/2009/03/answer-man-food-inc-among-2009-sonoma-international-film-festival-selections-247266/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2012
| ''[[John Carter (film)|John Carter]]''
| Thanks
|-
| ''Firefly and the Coffee Machine''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theindependentcritic.com/firefly_and_the_coffee_machine|title="Firefly and the Coffee Machine" a Remarkable Animated Short|website=theindependentcritic.com|access-date=March 12, 2021|archive-date=March 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324060653/https://theindependentcritic.com/firefly_and_the_coffee_machine|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Special Thanks
|-
| 2015
| ''Stealth''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sonomanews.com/article/entertainment/bennett-lasseter-follows-in-his-fathers-footsteps/|title=Bennett Lasseter follows in his father's footsteps|last=Templeton|first=David|date=April 18, 2016|newspaper=[[Sonoma Index-Tribune]]|access-date=March 12, 2021|archive-date=March 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324060653/https://www.sonomanews.com/article/entertainment/bennett-lasseter-follows-in-his-fathers-footsteps/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Special Thanks (with Nancy Lasseter)
|-
| 2017
| ''Ventana''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/the-morning-watch-disney-interns-short-film-ventana-different-kinds-of-time-travel-more/|title=The Morning Watch: Disney Interns' Short Film 'Ventana', Different Kinds of Time Travel & More|last=Anderton|first=Ethan|date=October 30, 2017|work=[[/Film]]|access-date=March 12, 2021|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812091849/https://www.slashfilm.com/the-morning-watch-disney-interns-short-film-ventana-different-kinds-of-time-travel-more/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Special Thanks
|-
| 2021
| ''[[The Ultimate Playlist of Noise]]''
| Special Thanks (with Nancy Lasseter)
|-
| 2022
| [[Lightyear (film)|''Lightyear'']]
| Additional Thanks
|}

==Reception==
Critical, public and commercial reception to films Lasseter has directed as of August 9, 2022.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Film
! [[Rotten Tomatoes]]
! [[Metacritic]]
! [[CinemaScore]]
! Budget
! Box office
|-
| ''Toy Story'' || 100% (96 reviews) || 95 (26 reviews) || {{sort grade|A}} || $30 million || $374.4 million
|-
| ''A Bug's Life'' || 92% (90 reviews) || 77 (23 reviews) || {{sort grade|A}} || $120 million || $363.3 million
|-
| ''Toy Story 2'' || 100% (171 reviews) || 88 (34 reviews) || {{sort grade|A+}} || $90 million || $511.3 million
|-
|''Cars'' || 74% (202 reviews) || 73 (39 reviews) || {{sort grade|A}} || $120 million || $461.9 million
|-
|''Cars 2'' || 40% (220 reviews) || 57 (38 reviews) || {{sort grade|A−}} || $200 million || $559.8 million
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Disney|Animation|Cars|Trains|Wine}}
*[[A113]]
*[[List of Pixar films]]
*[[List of Pixar shorts]]
*[[List of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{tcmdb name|id=516793|name=John Lasseter}}
* Richard Verrier and Dawn C. Chmielewski, [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/975435471.html?dids=975435471:975435471&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+25%2C+2006&author=Richard+Verrier+and+Dawn+C.+Chmielewski&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=A.1&desc=Fabled+Film+Company+May+Get+a+Reanimator Fabled Film Company May Get a Reanimator] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413132017/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/975435471.html?dids=975435471:975435471&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+25%2C+2006&author=Richard+Verrier+and+Dawn+C.+Chmielewski&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=A.1&desc=Fabled+Film+Company+May+Get+a+Reanimator |date=April 13, 2013 }}, ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', January 25, 2006
* [https://money.cnn.com/2006/05/15/magazines/fortune/pixar_futureof_fortune_052906/index.htm Fortune Magazine interview with John Lasseter] – includes biographic information
* [http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/tt/tt040218john_lasseter_and_an KCRW's The Treatment: John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton (02/04)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502225901/http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/tt/tt040218john_lasseter_and_an |date=May 2, 2012 }}
* [http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/tt/tt060607john_lasseter KCRW's The Treatment: John Lasseter (06/06)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215105608/http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/tt/tt060607john_lasseter |date=February 15, 2013 }}

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