John Lasseter is an American animator, screenwriter, and director, best known for his association with major animation film studios such as ‘Walt Disney’ and ‘Pixar Studios.’ Born in California, he inherited his love for arts and animation from his mother, who worked as an art teacher at a local high school. Following his high-school graduation, he joined the ‘California Institute of the Arts’ and completed a character animation program. Following his graduation from the university, he began working for ‘Walt Disney’ and eventually realized that CGI technology had a lot of potential in the future. He thus tried getting his superiors at ‘Disney’ to adapt to the technology. However, he was fired. Following this, he joined ‘Pixar’ and became involved in the production of critically and commercially successful films such as ‘Toy Story,’ ‘Cars,’ ‘Monsters Inc.,’ and ‘Toy Story 2.’ He came to be known as one of the most successful animation filmmakers of all time. ‘Disney’ took over ‘Pixar’ in 2007, and John was hired as the chief creative officer. However, in 2018, he was accused of sexual misconduct at the workplace and was asked to leave the company.