

One was that my back was out, so unable to sit comfortably, I had to take notes either standing up or lying down on the carpet of his hotel suite. I VIVIDLY remember two things about having breakfast with Pixar guru John Lasseter earlier this year. Los Angeles (CA) Times-The Big Picture by Patrick Goldstein and James Rainey

“Quality is the best business plan,” he said.

The news comes little more than two months after Disney eliminated 160 jobs from its staff of 800 at its Burbank animation studio that deals in movies and TV shows.Ĭatmull expressed an appreciation for animation of the CG and traditional variety, provided a worthy story is being told. 1:Įd Catmull, president of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios, said Thursday in Orlando that he and John Lasseter, chief creative officer of those same endues, intend to bring back traditionally animated movies. In addition, he directed Toy Story (1995), A Bug’s Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Cars (2006), and Cars 2 (2011).ĩ-11 February 2007, Hollywood Reporter, “Dis draws up old game plan” by Paul Bond, pg. Lasseter oversees all of Pixar’s films and associated projects as executive producer.

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 the then-groundbreaking use of CGI animation. Lasseter began his career as an animator with The Walt Disney Company. He is also the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering. John Alan Lasseter (born January 12, 1957) is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer and the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and DisneyToon Studios. “Quality is the best business plan of all,” Lasseter told the Los Angeles (CA) Times in 2008 when asked about Pixar’s many successes. John Lasseter, an American animator and the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, is credited with the saying that has been cited in print since a least 2007. "Quality is the best business plan” is a saying that has been printed on many images.
