Today we were assigned to research a designer from a list of designer and design a web page around the chosen artist. Then we were to create a content sheet of what we want on our chosen person. I chose John Lasseter.
John Lasseter
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Oversees all films
and associated projects from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation
Studios and Disneytoon Studios,
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Made his
feature directorial debut in 1995 with Toy Story, the first-ever
feature-length computer-animated film,
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Also directed
" Bug's Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Cars (2006)
and Cars 2 (2011).
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He received a
Special Achievement Oscar® recognizing his inspired leadership of the Toy
Story team.
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He and the rest of
the screenwriting team earned an Academy Award® nomination for best original
screenplay,
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executive producer
for Walt Disney Animation Studios' Oscar®-winning feature Frozen (2013),
which also won an Oscar for best original song ("Let It Go"). The film
is the No. 1 animated feature of all time, crossing the $1 billion mark in
March 2014.
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Since assuming
creative oversight of both animation studios in 2006, Lasseter has served as
executive producer on all Walt Disney Animation Studios features
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has executive
produced all Pixar features since Monsters, Inc. (2001)
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the studio's seven
Academy Award®-winners Finding Nemo (2003), The
Incredibles (2004), Ratatouille (2007), WALL•E (2008) Up(2009), Toy
Story 3 (2010) and Brave (2012),
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To date, Pixar's
films have earned more than $8.5 billion in gross box-office receipts, with all
14 features opening at No. 1.
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directed and
animated Pixar's first short films, including Luxo Jr., Red's
Dream, Tin Toy andKnick Knack. Luxo Jr.
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Tin Toy was the first three-dimensional computer-animated film
ever to win an Academy Award when it was named best animated short film in
1988.
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has
executive-produced all of the studio's subsequent shorts, including the Academy
Award-winning shorts Geri's Game (1997) and For the
Birds (2000), recent shorts La Luna (2011) and The
Blue Umbrella (2013)
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He also serves as
executive producer for Walt Disney Animation Studios shorts, including the
Oscar®-winning Paperman (2012),Get A Horse! (2013)
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his role as
principal creative advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering
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In 2009, Lasseter
was honored at the 66th Venice International Film Festival with the Golden Lion
for Lifetime Achievement.
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The following year,
he became the first producer of animated films to receive the Producers Guild
of America's David O. Selznick Achievement
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Award in Motion
Pictures. Lasseter's other recognitions include the 2004 outstanding
contribution to cinematic imagery award from the Art Directors Guild, an
honorary degree from the American Film Institute, and the 2008 Winsor McCay
Award from ASIFA-Hollywood for career achievement and contribution to the art
of animation.
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Prior to the
formation of Pixar in 1986, Lasseter was a member of the computer division of
Lucasfilm Ltd.,
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Lasseter was part
of He is the only two-time winner of the Student Academy Award for Animation,
for his CalArts student films Lady and the Lamp (1979)
and Nitemare (1980).
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the inaugural class of the character animation
program at California Institute of the Arts and received his B.F.A. in film in
1979.
Education
Early career
Director
Producer
Awards
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