Pixar founder Lasseter wins Producers Guild honour
Last Updated: Thursday, October 22, 2009 | 10:38 AM ET
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Disney-Pixar's John Lasseter, seen arriving at the Oscars in 2007, will be honoured for his career achievement by the Producers Guild of America. (Kevork Djansezian/Associated Press)Animation mogul and Pixar founder John Lasseter will be honoured by the Producers Guild of America.
Lasseter is the latest recipient of the guild's David O. Selznick Achivement Award, a career honour.
The director-producer is "a uniquely talented producer with the rare combination of technical ingenuity and creative vision. He's a wonderful storyteller, consistently displaying extraordinary skill, humanity and grace," award gala co-chairs David Friendly and Laurence Mark said in a statement.
Lasseter, who will receive the honour at the annual Producers Guild gala in January, is the first animated film producer ever to win the award.
Along with Pixar's landmark, Oscar-winning Toy Story, and its sequel, Toy Story 2, Lasseter's directing credits include A Bug's Life and Cars.
He also executive produced many of the famed studio's subsequent hits, including:
- Monsters, Inc.
- Finding Nemo.
- The Incredibles.
- WALL-E.
- Ratatouille.
- Up.
Lasseter now serves as chief creative officer of both Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, following Disney's purchase of Pixar in 2006.
Earlier this year, Lasseter and his Disney-Pixar colleagues were recognized with the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the Venice Film Festival and their latest feature — Up — was the first animated and first 3-D film ever to open the Cannes Film Festival.
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