John Lasseter

John Lasseter

by Richard Neupert
John Lasseter

John Lasseter

by Richard Neupert

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Overview

Celebrated as Pixar's "Chief Creative Officer," John Lasseter is a revolutionary figure in animation history and one of today's most important filmmakers. Lasseter films from Luxo Jr. to Toy Story and Cars 2 highlighted his gift for creating emotionally engaging characters. At the same time, they helped launch computer animation as a viable commercial medium and serve as blueprints for the genre's still-expanding commercial and artistic development.

Richard Neupert explores Lasseter's signature aesthetic and storytelling strategies and details how he became the architect of Pixar's studio style. Neupert contends that Lasseter's accomplishments emerged from a unique blend of technical skill and artistic vision, as well as a passion for working with collaborators. In addition, Neupert traces the director's career arc from the time Lasseter joined Pixar in 1984. As Neupert shows, Lasseter's ability to keep a foot in both animation and CGI allowed him to thrive in an unconventional corporate culture that valued creative interaction between colleagues. The ideas that emerged built an animation studio that updated and refined classical Hollywood storytelling practices—and changed commercial animation forever.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780252081644
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 03/02/2016
Series: Contemporary Film Directors
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Richard Neupert is the Charles H. Wheatley Professor of the Arts in the Department of Theatre and Film Studies at the University of Georgia. His books include French Animation History and A History of the French New Wave.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

John Lasseter and the Rise of Pixar Style 1

Ail Apprenticeship in Animation 1

John Lasseter at Lucasfilm: Animation versus Special Effects 29

Finding Luxo: The Rise of Pixar's Short-Film Style 55

Feature Films, Thinking diameters, and Emotion 90

Cars and Beyond: Executive Producer and Animation Auteur 152

Interview with John Lasseter 169

Filmography 177

Bibliography 181

Index 193

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