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
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.
inanimate life love object
I love bringing the inanimate object to life.
films great love neighbor work
I love the work of Hayao Miyazaki. 'My Neighbor Totoro' and 'Castle in the Sky' are two of the great films that he's made that I just love.
ancient coming cool love modern worlds
I love Japan. I love the collision of the modern and ancient worlds coming together in that place. It's so high-tech and cool.
growing love open pill roll touch
Of all bugs, growing up I just loved the pill bugs. They roll up, you play with them, you wait for them to open up, and then when you touch them they roll up again. I just love that.
absolutely influences love point specific villains
The specific influences on villains to me is, I love the villains who are really hyper-smart. When at the end of the movie you find out what they were about, and it makes absolutely perfect sense from their point of view.
auto design early french love
I love French auto design of the early '50s, '60s, early '70s of Citorens, Renaults, and Peugeots. They're so unique.
fan love pictures time took wedding
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!
pixar takes
Every Pixar film, when we start developing the story, it takes about four years to make one of our films.
walt
'Bolt' was made by Walt Disney Animation Studios, not by Pixar.
disney entertain films lights moment promise work
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).
beauty disney fairy quite since sincere tale understood
I never quite understood why Disney hadn't made a sincere fairy tale since 'Beauty and the Beast.'
closed honest nature wear
I am, by nature, an honest person. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. There is no 'behind closed doors' with me.
computer early since
I've always been thinking in three dimensions, ever since I started working with computer animation in the early '80s.