John Lasseter's Influence On Pixar

“Computers don’t create computer animation anymore than a pencil creates pencil animation. What creates computer animation is the artist.”-John Lasseter, brainyquote.com Lasseter was the type of person who believed animation was supported by the art and the technology, but it truly came from the artist and the story He lived by his quotes like these every day when he went to Pixar Studios to create his animations. John Lasseter created many of Pixar’s movies, used creating, imagining, and innovating to create films from the heart, and illuminated the world with his animations full of color and emotion.

John Lasseter was one of the original animators at Pixar Animation Studios. He is known for his hand drawn and computer animations in movies like Cars and Toy Story. Lasseter also created many short films through Pixar during his career as well as a few other movies. Some of the short films he created are Luxo Jr. and Red’s Dream. Lasseter created his animations having this statement in mind, “The art challenges the technology, the technology inspires the art.”-John Lasseter, brainyquote.com When he was

He was inspired by Walt Disney to go into animating. He quoted, “When I was in high school, I read this book called ‘The Art of Animation’ by Bob Thomas. It’s all about Walt Disney and the making of Sleeping Beauty. I read this and it dawned on me-wait a minute, people do animation for a living?” (IMDB.com) Disney inspired Lasseter to become an animator and eventually join Pixar. Lasseter also quoted, “We make the kind of movies we want to see, we love to laugh, but I also believe in what Walt Disney said ‘for every laugh there should be a tear.’ I love movies that make me cry, because they’re tapping into a real emotion in me, and I always think afterwards, how did they do that?” (IMDB.com) Disney inspired Lasseter to create, imagine, and innovate in his work and become the experienced animator he is