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John Lasseter

1957 - Today

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John Alan Lasseter ( LASS-ə-tər; born January 12, 1957) 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, and has served as the head of animation at Skydance Animation since 2019. 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 worked on then-ground breaking usage of CGI animation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Lasseter is the 592nd most popular film director (down from 460th in 2019), the 4,400th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,930th in 2019) and the 155th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, John Lasseter ranks 592 out of 2,041. Before him are Jennifer Lee, Mauritz Stiller, Ann Hui, Paul Haggis, Seijun Suzuki, and Ken Annakin. After him are Ralph Bakshi, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Gérard Krawczyk, Ildikó Enyedi, and Aleksandr Ptushko.

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Among people born in 1957, John Lasseter ranks 142. Before him are Nery Pumpido, Zhao Leji, Mark Gordon, Mary Bell, Jaco Van Dormael, and Marc Platt. After him are Vladimir Tkachenko, Afrika Bambaataa, Duško Ivanović, Tetsuo Sugamata, Nikos Galis, and Viktor Vekselberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Lasseter ranks 4,400 out of 20,380. Before him are N. C. Wyeth (1882), Charley Borah (1906), John C. Woods (1911), Viscera (1971), Alec John Such (1951), and Gregory Jarvis (1944). After him are Lita (1975), Dan Flavin (1933), Stacey Abrams (1973), Robert Serber (1909), Rosalind Russell (1907), and Henrietta Szold (1860).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, John Lasseter ranks 155. Before him are Charles Barton (1902), David Chase (1945), Damien Chazelle (1985), Dan O'Bannon (1946), Hal Ashby (1929), and Jennifer Lee (1971). After him are Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893), Robert Mulligan (1925), Burt Kennedy (1922), Robert Surtees (1906), Abel Ferrara (1951), and Stan Winston (1946).

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