John Lasseter

John Lasseter (born January 12, 1957) is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer and previously the chief creative officer of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios.

He was the Executive producer for both Monsters, Inc. (2001) and Monsters University (2013). In the Academy Awards he was nominated for the best "Animated Feature" for Monsters, Inc.

After leaving Pixar and Disney Animation at the end of 2018, he was hired to run Skydance Animation on January 9, 2019.