John Lasseter

...film unit owned by Star Wars creator George Lucas; when that was spun off to Apple founder and movie buff Steve Jobs, in 1986, Lasseter was given the job of establishing the team that would become Pixar. "It's not just about the...

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...John Lasseter and the Pixar team came to town to trumpet the forthcoming Up. Star Wars maestro George Lucas presented Lasseter with his Lifetime Achievement Award. Trotting down the red carpet not so many hours later was the President of...

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...world, everybody." Lucas offered congratulations to "my little backroom operation that started in 1979" and went on the create such films as "Finding Nemo," "Wally", "The Incredibles", and the "Toy Story" series. "It was a company that...

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...collaborative filmmakers. " Jobs had bought the company for $5 million in 1986 from George Lucas, called it Pixar, hired Lasseter from Lucas and moved it to its present site, a former pineapple cannery, in 2000. To ensure that all the...

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...Nemo (2003) and Ratatouille (2007). Legendary Star Wars and Indiana Jones series creator, George Lucas, praised Lasseter and Pixar Studios at the afternoon award ceremony in the Italian lagoon city. "Walt (Disney) would have been proud of...

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...operation that started in 1979". Lasseter's team includes Ratatouille director Brad Bird, Monsters Inc director Pete Docter, Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich and Wall-E director Andrew Stanton. In 2006, Disney bought Pixar with...

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...distance between the two makes sense. Disney also had a renegade risk-taking spirit that seems at home with Bay Area filmmakers including George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola and Pixar's John Lasseter. Local animators and special effects...

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...(r) was also presented with an award by George Lucas in Venice Animation pioneer John Lasseter is to receive an award for his life's work from the Producers Guild of America. The creator and director of Toy Story will become the first...

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