John Lasseter American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer and the chief creative officer of Pixar, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and DisneyToon Studios. Klára Kaňuščáková BIOGRAPHY AWARDS EXHIBITIONS CLIENTS (ILLUSTRATED BOOKS/TECHNIQUES) WORKS PERSONAL ANALYSIS: WHY THIS ARTIST? BIOGRAPHY John Lasseter started his carrier in 1995, when he directed his first computer animated movie Toy Story, for which he received his first Oscar. Lasseter is an executive Creative Vice President in studio Pixar. During his carrier he wrote and directed a lot of short movies and television advertisements produced by Pixar. Lasseter started to draw stories at high school. Disney created a new studio program CalArts, where Lasseter received a scholarship as a student. He spent four years there. During summer holidays Lasseter worked in Disney and after finishing school he started to work as an animator artist there in 1979. He participated on movies like The Fox and Hound and theYoung Sherlock Holmes. He was inspired by one of his colleagues, Glen Kean, and created a 30 seconds video where he combined traditional drawing with computer animation. In 1983 he became the founder of Pixar animation studios. AWARDS/OR EXHIBITIONS Win Best Animated Short - 1988 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Silver Bear for Short Film - 1987 Berlin International Film Festival Nominations Best Adapted Screenplay - 2010 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Animated Feature - 2001 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sci- ences Best Animated Short - 1986 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CLIENTS/OR BOOKS/OR TECHNIQUES/ Toy Story The Art and Making of the Animated Film by John Lasseter and Steve Daly Pixar : 25 ans d’animation by John Lasseter The Art of Pixar Short Films by Amid Amidi and John Lasseter The Art of Disney Pixar BRAVE preface John Lasseter The Art of Disney Pixar FROZEN preface John Lasseter WORKS WORKS PERSONAL ANALYSIS /WHY THIS ARTIST? I chose John Lasseter because I like his cartoons and animations. He is my favorite american animator. John creates beautiful cartoons for everyone. My dream is to meet this great artist. I admire his art and his creativity. For me John Lasseter is an idol because he loves his work. I like his ideas and I think he is a great person. John has a great sense of humour, and his stories are full of it..