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Date of Birth
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12-January-1957
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Place of Birth
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Hollywood
(California, United States of America, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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John Lassetter, John Alan Lasseter, Lasseter, John Alan Lasseter, John A. Lasseter, John A. Lasseter, John Alan Lasseter Jr., John Alan Lasseter, John Lassetter, John A. Lasseter, Noul Walt Disney, John Alan Lasseter, John A. Lasseter, Джон Ðлан ЛаÑÑетер, Джон ЛаÑетер, John Lasseter, John Alan Lasseter, Nou Walt Disney
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Profession
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Screenwriter, Film director, Film Producer, Animator, Television Director, Actor, Voice Actor
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John Alan Lasseter is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer and the chief creative officer of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. He is also currently the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering.
Lasseter's first job was with The Walt Disney Company, where he became an animator. Fired from Disney for promoting computer animation, he joined Lucasfilm, where he worked on the then ground breaking use of CGI animation. The Graphics Group of the Computer Division of Lucasfilm was sold to Steve Jobs and became Pixar in 1986. Lasseter oversees all of Pixar's films and associated projects as executive producer. In addition, he directed Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Cars, and Cars 2. Since 2007, he also oversees all of Walt Disney Animation Studios' films and associated projects as executive producer.
He has won two Academy Awards, for Animated Short Film, as well as a Special Achievement Award.
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