John Lasseter

John Lasseter is an American filmmaker and animator who co-founded Pixar, directed Toy Story, and led animation at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Ed Catmull: Ed Catmull is a computer scientist and animator who co-founded Pixar and led its technical development. Catmull co-founded Pixar with Lasseter and helped establish the studio’s creative and technical culture.
Storyboarding: Storyboarding is the planning of a film or sequence through ordered drawings that show action and composition. Lasseter used storyboard-driven development to test and revise animated scenes before costly production.
Luxo Jr.: Luxo Jr. is Pixar’s 1986 computer-animated short about a small desk lamp and its parent. Lasseter directed this short, whose expressive animation helped establish Pixar’s visual identity.
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an annual award presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Lasseter’s Tin Toy won the award in 1989, bringing Pixar’s computer animation wider recognition.
Steve Jobs: Steve Jobs was an American entrepreneur who acquired Pixar and served as its chief executive. Jobs backed Pixar’s independence and helped turn Lasseter’s films into the studio’s commercial foundation.
Computer animation: Computer animation is the creation of moving images using digital computation. Lasseter’s career helped bring computer animation from technical demonstration to feature filmmaking.
Cars: Cars is a 2006 animated feature film about anthropomorphic vehicles in a small American town. Lasseter directed the film, drawing on his interest in cars and American road culture.
Computer-generated imagery: Computer-generated imagery is visual content created or altered with computer graphics. Lasseter’s films helped make computer-generated imagery a mainstream feature-animation technique.
Walt Disney: Walt Disney was an American animator, producer, and entrepreneur who co-founded the Walt Disney Company. Disney’s studio model and character-centered filmmaking formed a major historical precedent for Lasseter’s work.
Character animation: Character animation creates movement and expression that communicate a character’s personality, intentions, and emotions. Lasseter emphasized readable movement and expressive performance in computer-generated characters.

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