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. One of his friends had a Super 8 camera that shot single frames, which was used to shoot some of his earlier animation efforts. He then read Preston Blair's book about animation, and made flipbooks based on Blair's walk cycles. When he saw Disney's 1963 film The Sword in the Stone, he finally made the decision that he should become an animator. The book covered the history of Disney animation and explored the making of Disney's 1959 film Sleeping Beauty, which made Lasseter realize he wanted to do animation himself. While in high school, he read The Art of Animation by Bob Thomas. As a child, Lasseter would race home from school to watch Chuck Jones cartoons on television. He often drew cartoons during church services at the Church of Christ church his family attended. His mother's profession contributed to his growing preoccupation with animation. Lasseter grew up in Whittier, California. Lasseter is a fraternal twin his sister Johanna Lasseter-Curtis, who became a baker based in the Lake Tahoe area, is six minutes older. 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. John Alan Lasseter was born January 12, 1957, in Hollywood, California.
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4.2 Short Films, Featurettes, and TV Specials.2.4 Allegations of sexual misconduct and exit from Disney/Pixar.On January 9, 2019, Lasseter was hired to run Skydance Animation. In June 2018, Disney announced that he would be leaving the company at the end of the year when his contract expired, but took on a consulting role until then.
According to various news outlets, Lasseter had a history of alleged sexual misconduct towards employees. In November 2017, Lasseter took a six-month sabbatical from Pixar and Disney Animation after acknowledging what he called "missteps" in his behavior with employees. He has won two Academy Awards, for Best Animated Short Film (for Tin Toy), as well as a Special Achievement Award (for Toy Story). The films include Toy Story 3 (2010), the first animated film to pass $1 billion, Frozen (2013), the third highest-grossing animated film of all time, as well as Zootopia (2016), Finding Dory (2016), and Incredibles 2 (2018). Of the eight animated films that have grossed more than $1 billion, five of them are films executive produced by Lasseter. The films he has made have grossed more than $19 billion ( USD), making him one of the most successful filmmakers of all time. 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. Lasseter oversaw all of Pixar's films and associated projects as executive producer. The Graphics Group of the Computer Division of Lucasfilm was sold to Steve Jobs and became Pixar in 1986. After being fired from Disney for promoting computer animation, he joined Lucasfilm, where he worked on then-groundbreaking use of CGI animation. Lasseter began his career as an animator with The Walt Disney Company.
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. John Alan Lasseter ( / ˈ l æ s ə t ər/ born January 12, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, voice actor, and the head of animation at Skydance Animation.
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