John Lasseter
Born: 1957-01-12 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Production
Biography
John Alan Lasseter is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, voice actor, and the head of animation at Skydance Animation. 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. Lasseter's first job was with The Walt Disney Company, where he became an animator. Next, he joined Lucasfilm, where he worked on the then-groundbreaking use of CGI animation. After Lucasfilm became Pixar in 1986, Lasseter oversaw all of Pixar's films and associated projects as executive producer and he directed Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Cars, "Toy Story 3" and "Cars 2". He has won two Academy Awards, for Animated Short Film (Tin Toy), as well as a Special Achievement Award (Toy Story).
Filmography
2026
- Swapped ... (Producer)
- Woody and Friends ... (Executive Producer's Assistant)
2025
- Flink's Pigeon Problems ... (Producer)
2024
- WondLa ... (Executive Producer)
- Spellbound ... (Producer)
2023
- Bad Luck Spot! ... (Executive Producer)
- Toy Story Funday Football ... (Writer)
2022
- Luck ... (Producer)
- Lightyear ... (Thanks)
- Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Blush ... (Executive Producer)
- Pixar Remix: Cars "Rules of the Road" ... (Original Story)
2019
- Toy Story 4 ... (Original Story)
- Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound as Self
2018
- Incredibles 2 ... (Executive Producer)
- Ralph Breaks the Internet ... (Executive Producer)
- Bao ... (Executive Producer)
2017
- Coco ... (Executive Producer)
- Cars 3 ... (Executive Producer)
- Olaf's Frozen Adventure ... (Executive Producer)
- Gone Fishing ... (Executive Producer)
- Lou ... (Executive Producer)
- Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool ... (Executive Producer)
- Motori Ruggenti as Self
2016
- Zootopia ... (Executive Producer)
- Finding Dory ... (Executive Producer)
- Moana ... (Executive Producer)
- Piper ... (Executive Producer)
- Inner Workings ... (Executive Producer)
- Imagining Zootopia as Self
- Bozzetto non troppo
2015
- Inside Out ... (Executive Producer)
- The Good Dinosaur ... (Executive Producer)
- Jay Leno's Garage as Self
- Frozen Fever ... (Executive Producer)
- Riley's First Date? ... (Executive Producer)
- Lava ... (Executive Producer)
- A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman as Self - Pixar Chief Creative Officer
- Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond as Self
- Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman as Self
- Sanjay's Super Team ... (Executive Producer)
- Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection ... (Executive Producer)
- Tick Tock Tale ... (Executive Producer)
- Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as Himself
2014
- Big Hero 6 ... (Executive Producer)
- Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast ... (Executive Producer)
- Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy ... (Story)
- Toy Story That Time Forgot ... (Executive Producer)
- Planes: Fire & Rescue ... (Executive Producer)
- Feast ... (Executive Producer)
- Party Central ... (Executive Producer)
- The Radiator Springs 500½ ... (Executive Producer)
- The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic as Self
2013
- Frozen ... (Executive Producer)
- Monsters University ... (Executive Producer)
- Planes ... (Executive Producer)
- Get a Horse! ... (Executive Producer)
- The Blue Umbrella ... (Executive Producer)
- Hiccups ... (Executive Producer)
- Spinning ... (Executive Producer)
- Bugged ... (Executive Producer)
- Toy Story of Terror! ... (Executive Producer)
- Bloomberg Inside: Pixar as Self - Walt Disney & Pixar Chief Creative Officer
2012
- Brave ... (Executive Producer)
- Wreck-It Ralph ... (Executive Producer)
- John Carter ... (Thanks)
- Secret of the Wings ... (Executive Producer)
- Tangled Ever After ... (Executive Producer)
- Paperman ... (Executive Producer)
- Partysaurus Rex ... (Story)
- La luna ... (Executive Producer)
- The Legend of Mor'du ... (Executive Producer)
- Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan as Self
- Time Travel Mater ... (Writer)
- Prep & Landing: Totally Tinsel Collection ... (Executive Producer)
2011
- Cars 2 as Additional Voices (voice)
- Winnie the Pooh ... (Executive Producer)
- Pixie Hollow Games ... (Executive Producer)
- Hawaiian Vacation ... (Executive Producer)
- Small Fry ... (Story)
- Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice ... (Executive Producer)
- Air Mater ... (Writer)
- These Amazing Shadows as Self
- The Ballad of Nessie ... (Executive Producer)
2010
- Tangled ... (Executive Producer)
- Toy Story 3 ... (Executive Producer)
- Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue ... (Executive Producer)
- America: The Story of Us as Self
- Heavy Metal Mater ... (Director)
- Day & Night ... (Executive Producer)
- Mater Private Eye ... (Writer)
- Monster Truck Mater ... (Director)
- Moon Mater ... (Writer)
- Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible as Self
- Prep & Landing Stocking Stuffer: Operation: Secret Santa ... (Producer)
- Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess as Self
- The Making of Mater's Tall Tales as Self
2009
- Up ... (Executive Producer)
- The Princess and the Frog ... (Executive Producer)
- Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure ... (Executive Producer)
- Partly Cloudy ... (Executive Producer)
- Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- Dug's Special Mission ... (Executive Producer)
- Prep & Landing ... (Executive Producer)
- The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story as Self
- Unidentified Flying Mater ... (Writer)
- Super Rhino ... (Executive Producer)
- Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation
2008
- WALL·E ... (Executive Producer)
- Bolt ... (Executive Producer)
- Tinker Bell ... (Executive Producer)
- Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales ... (Director)
- BURN·E ... (Executive Producer)
- Presto ... (Executive Producer)
- Tokyo Mater ... (Director)
- Rescue Squad Mater ... (Director)
- El Materdor ... (Director)
- Mater the Greater ... (Director)
- Mater's Tall Tales ... (Director)
- Glago's Guest ... (Executive Producer)
- Tales from Radiator Springs ... (Creator)
2007
- Ratatouille ... (Executive Producer)
- Meet the Robinsons ... (Executive Producer)
- The Pixar Story as Self
- Your Friend the Rat ... (Executive Producer)
- Fog City Mavericks as Self
- Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self
- AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition as Self
- How to Hook Up Your Home Theater ... (Executive Producer)
- The Pixar Shorts: A Short History
2006
- Cars ... (Screenplay)
- Mater and the Ghostlight ... (Director)
- Lifted ... (Executive Producer)
- Geared-Up
- The Inspiration for 'Cars' as Self - Director
2005
- One Man Band ... (Executive Producer)
- Jack-Jack Attack ... (Executive Producer)
- Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum as Self
- The Making of 'The Incredibles' as Self
2004
- The Incredibles ... (Executive Producer)
- The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars' as Self
2003
- Finding Nemo ... (Executive Producer)
- Boundin' ... (Executive Producer)
- Lasseter-san, Thank You as Himself
- The Art of 'Spirited Away' as Himself
- Exploring the Reef ... (Executive Producer)
- Making 'Nemo' as Self - Executive Producer
2002
- Mike's New Car ... (Executive Producer)
- The Making of TRON as Himself
2001
- Monsters, Inc. ... (Executive Producer)
2000
- For the Birds ... (Executive Producer)
- The Beatles Revolution as Self
- Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation as Self
1999
- Toy Story 2 as Additional Voices (voice)
- From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic as Self
- The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story as Himself
1998
- A Bug's Life as Additional Voices (voice)
1997
- The Wonderful World of Disney ... (Director)
- Geri's Game ... (Executive Producer)
1996
- Toy Story Treats ... (Creator)
- The Story Behind 'Toy Story' as Self
- Tiny Toy Stories ... (Director)
1995
- Toy Story ... (Director)
- Making 'Toy Story' as Self
1994
- The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born as Self - Director & Exec. VP, Pixar Animation
1991
- Surprise ... (Director)
- Light and Heavy ... (Director)
- Up and Down ... (Director)
- Front and Back ... (Director)
- Tin Toys Knick Knacks & Algorithms as Self
1989
- Knick Knack ... (Producer)
- Luxo Jr. 3D ... (Director)
1988
- Tin Toy ... (Director)
1987
- Red's Dream ... (Writer)
1986
- Luxo Jr. ... (Producer)
1985
- Young Sherlock Holmes ... (Animation)
1984
- The Adventures of André and Wally B. ... (Modeling)
1980
- Nitemare ... (Writer)
1979
- Lady and the Lamp ... (Producer)
1953
- The Oscars as Self