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 on January 12, 1957, in Hollywood, California. Following his departure from Disney and Pixar, Lasseter was later hired by Skydance founder David Ellison to run the animation division Skydance Animation. In June 2018, Disney announced that he would be leaving the company at the end of the year when his contract expired he took on a consulting role until then. According to various news outlets, Lasseter had a history of alleged sexual misconduct toward 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). Frozen also held the title of the highest-grossing animated film of all time until 2019, and was the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time at the end of its theatrical run. Of the eight animated films that have grossed over US$1 billion, five of them were executive produced by Lasseter: Toy Story 3 (2010)-the first animated film to surpass $1 billion-and Frozen (2013)-the third-highest-grossing animated film of all time-as well as Zootopia (2016), Finding Dory (2016), and Incredibles 2 (2018).

His works have grossed more than US$19 billion, 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. He personally directed Toy Story (1995), A Bug's Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Cars (2006), and Cars 2 (2011), and executive-produced all other Pixar films through 2018. Lasseter oversaw all of Pixar's films and associated projects. 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 usage of CGI animation. Lasseter began his career as an animator with The Walt Disney Company. Previously, he acted as 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. He has served as the Head of Animation at Skydance Animation since 2019. John Alan Lasseter ( / ˈ l æ s ə t ər/ LASS-ə-tər born January 12, 1957) is an American film director, producer, and animator.

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