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John Lasseter. John Alan Lasseter (/ ˈlæsətər / LASS-ə-tər; born January 12, 1957) [ 5 ] is an American film director, producer, and animator. He has served as the Head of Animation at Skydance Animation since 2019. [ 6 ] Previously, he acted as the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and ...
Doctoral advisor. Robert E. Stephenson [ 1 ] Edwin Earl Catmull (born March 31, 1945) is an American computer scientist and animator who served as the co-founder of Pixar and the President of Walt Disney Animation Studios. [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] He has been honored for his contributions to 3D computer graphics, including the 2019 ACM Turing Award.
A Pixar computer at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View with the 1986–95 logo on it. Pixar got its start in 1974, when New York Institute of Technology's (NYIT) founder, Alexander Schure, who was also the owner of a traditional animation studio, established the Computer Graphics Lab (CGL) and recruited computer scientists who shared his ambitions about creating the world's first ...
This is a list of staff at Pixar Animation Studios. This includes past Pixar employees, as well as those who served as its primary directors and creative executives. Key
Steve Jobs. Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology company Apple Inc. Jobs was also the founder of NeXT and chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar. He was a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along ...
Robert Alan Iger (/ ˈ aɪ ɡ ər /; born February 10, 1951) [3] is an American media executive who is chief executive officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company. [4] He previously was the president of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) between 1994 and 1995 and president and chief operating officer (COO) of Capital Cities/ABC, from 1995 until its acquisition by Disney in 1996.
Robert Alan Chapek (born 1959) is an American businessman and former media executive who was the chief executive officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company from 2020 to 2022. He joined Masimo 's board of directors in 2024. Before becoming CEO, Chapek had a 26-year career with The Walt Disney Company, beginning in the Home Entertainment division ...
Producer. production executive. visual effects producer. Organization. General Manager & President of Pixar. James Morris is an American film producer, production executive and visual effects producer. He is currently general manager and president of Pixar. Previously, he held key positions at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) for 17 years. [1]