Pixar Creative force John Lasseter, director of A Bug’s Life, Toy Story and Toy Story 2, will be recognized as a pioneer of animation on March 14 at this year’s ShoWest confab in Las Vegas. According to Daily Variety, the ceremony will be followed by a screening of Lasseter’s latest directorial effort for Pixar, Cars, which opens in theaters on June 9.
In addition to helming hits for Pixar, Lasseter has exec produced the blockbusters Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. Earlier in his career, he worked as a computer animator at ILM, where he contributed to the 1985 vfx Oscar winner Young Sherlock Holmes. Lasseter went on to create early Pixar CG shorts such as the Oscar-winning Luxo Jr. (1986) and Tiny Toy (1988). More recently, he served as exec producer on the Pixar shorts Boundin’, Jack-Jack Attack and the Academy Award-nominated One Man Band.
Lasseter received a Special Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1995 for his work on the groundbreaking Toy Story, and was recently honored with the George Melies Award for Artistic Excellence by the Visual Effects Society at the 4th Annual VES Awards.
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