John Lasseter created a genre of films consisting entirely of computer animation

Faktrum continues the series of articles on "invisible heroes" of world cinema.

John Lasseter (John Lasseter), artist animator.



A short cartoon about the lamp was used as Pixar's screen, was the first animated film in the history of Hollywood cinema. And this has created a cartoon animator John Lasseter, thus laying the foundation for the creation of a genre - the animated cartoon.

During his time as an animator at Disney 80 years, John decided to create a cartoon that would be made entirely on the computer. He tried to interest my bosses in the project studio, but they felt that such innovation will not interest a wide audience, and when John did not give up and still tried to start work on the cartoon, cartoonist fired too overbearing. Fortunately, it did not scare Lasseter, and, sitting in the company Lucasfilm, he continued to work on his project. He wrote and directed a short film «Luxo Jr.". Lamp-cartoon hero was copied from a real table lamp on your desktop John.



The next creation of John Lasseter has become a short film «Tin Toy», telling about what is happening in the world of toys, when people are sleeping.

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This cartoon was the basis for the first full-length animated film - "Toy Story," in which John acted as a co-author of the script and the director. "Toy Story" and its resounding success was the birth not just a genre, and the whole method of cartoon animation.



John Lasseter continued cooperation with Lucasfilm, more precisely, with its computer division - studio Pixar. He was co-author and executive producer of such films as "Toy Story - 2," "A Bug's Life," "Cars" and many others. When Disney bought Pixar in 2006, the year John was appointed creative director of the studio, as well as probably a letter of apology.











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