John Lasseter

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Film	Credited as
		Director	Executive Producer	(Original) Story by	Other	Voice Role	Notes
1981	The Fox and the Hound	No	No	No	Yes		Animator
1985	Young Sherlock Holmes	No	No	No	Yes		Computer Animation: Industrial Light & Magic
	The Black Cauldron	No	No	No	Yes		Animation
1986	Castle in the Sky	No	Partial	No	No		Executive Creative Consultant: US version
1987	The Brave Little Toaster	No	No	No	Yes		Character Designer
1989	The Little Mermaid	No	Partial	No	No		3D Version
	Kiki's Delivery Service	No	Partial	No	No		Executive Creative Consultant: US version
1991	Beauty and the Beast	No	Partial	No	No		3D version
1992	Porco Rosso	No	Partial	No	No		Executive Creative Consultant: US version
1993	The Nightmare Before Christmas	No	Partial	No	No		3D version
1994	The Lion King	No	Partial	No	No
1995	Toy Story Minions Meets Rabbids vs. Lemmings	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Commercial Chorus 1	Modeling and Animation System Development
1996	The André and Wally B Movie 2: The Hungrants	Yes	No	Yes	No
1997	The Printes Glasstes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
1998	A Bug's Life	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Harry[55] Singing Grasshopper 1
1999	Toy Story 2 Minions Meets Rabbids vs. Lemmings 2	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Blue Bomber[55]
2001	Monsters, Inc.	No	Yes	No	No
2002	Spirited Away	No	Partial	No	No		US version
2003	Finding Nemo	No	Yes	No	No
2004	The Incredibles	No	Yes	No	No
2005	Howl's Moving Castle	No	Partial	No	No		US version
2006	Cars (film) UglyDolls	No	Yes	No	No
	Tales from Earthsea	No	Partial	No	No		US version[56]
2007	Meet the Robinsons	No	Yes	No	No
	Ratatouille	No	Yes	No	Yes		Executive Team
2008	WALL-E	No	Yes	No	Yes		Senior Creative Team
	Tinker Bell	No	Yes	No	No
	Bolt	No	Yes	No	No
2009	Up	No	Yes	No	Yes		Senior Creative Team
	Ponyo	No	Partial	No	Yes		Director: English Dub, US Version
	Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure	No	Yes	No	No
	The Princess and the Frog	No	Yes	No	No
2010	Toy Story 3	No	Yes	Yes	Yes		Senior Creative Team
	Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue	No	Yes	No	No
	Tangled	No	Yes	No	Yes		Studio Leadership
2011	UglyDolls 2	No	Yes	No	No		Senior Creative Team
	Winnie the Pooh	No	Yes	No	Yes		Studio Leadership
2012	Brave	No	Yes	No	Yes		Senior Creative Team
	Secret of the Wings	No	Yes	No	No
	Wreck-It Ralph	No	Yes	No	Yes		Studio Leadership
2013	Monsters University	No	Yes	No	Yes		Senior Creative Team
	Planes	No	Yes	Yes	No
	Frozen	No	Yes	No	Yes		Studio Leadership
2014	The Pirate Fairy	No	Yes	Yes	No
	Planes: Fire & Rescue	No	Yes	No	No
	Big Hero 6	No	Yes	No	Yes		Studio Leadership
	Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast	No	Yes	No	No
2015	Inside Out	No	Yes	No	Yes		Senior Creative Team
	The Good Dinosaur	No	Yes	No	Yes
2016	Zootopia	No	Yes	No	Yes		Studio Leadership
	Finding Dory	No	Yes	No	Yes		Senior Creative Team
	Moana	No	Yes	No	Yes		Studio Leadership
2017	Mad Ugly 2	No	Yes	No	Yes		Senior Creative Team
	Polandball The Movie Coco	No	Yes Yes	No	Yes
2018	Incredibles 2	No	Yes	No	Yes
	Ralph Breaks the Internet	No	Yes	No	Uncredited		Studio Leadership
2019	Mad Chicken	No	Yes	No	No		[58]
2022	Luck[59]	No	Yes	No	No		[60]
	Spellbound[59]	No	Yes	No	No
2023	Pookoo[61]	No	Yes	No	No

Short films, featurettes, and TV specials[edit]

Year	Film	Credited as
		Director	Executive Producer	(Original) Story by	Animator	Modeler	Other	Notes
1979	Lady and the Lamp[62]	Yes	Producer	Yes	Yes	No	No	Student Films; Producer
1980	Nitemare[62]	Yes	Producer	Yes	Yes	No	No
1983	Mickey's Christmas Carol	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Creative Talent
1984	The Adventures of André & Wally B.	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Character Design
1986	Luxo Jr.	Yes	Producer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Design
1987	Red's Dream	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Written by
1988	Tin Toy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
1989	Knick Knack	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	A film by
1991	Light & Heavy	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
1997	Geri's Game	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
1998	It's Tough to Be a Bug!	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2000	For the Birds	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2002	Mike's New Car	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2003	Exploring the Reef	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Boundin'	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2005	Jack-Jack Attack	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	One Man Band	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2006	Mater and the Ghostlight	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Lifted	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2007	Your Friend the Rat	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	How to Hook Up Your Home Theater	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2008	Presto	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Glago's Guest	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	BURN-E	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2008–14	Cars Toons	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
2009	Super Rhino	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Partly Cloudy	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Dug's Special Mission	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Prep & Landing	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	TV Special
2010	Day & Night	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Tick Tock Tale	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Prep & Landing: Operation: Secret Santa	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	TV Short Film
2011	Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	The Ballad of Nessie	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	La Luna	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Pixie Hollow Games	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	TV Special
	Toy Story Toons: Small Fry	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
	Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice[63]	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	TV Special
2012	Tangled Ever After	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Toy Story Toons: Partysaurus Rex	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
	Paperman	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	The Legend of Mor'du	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2013	The Blue Umbrella	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	A Monsters University Short: Party Central	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Toy Story of Terror!	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	TV Special
	Pixie Hollow Bake Off	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	TV Short Film
	Get a Horse!	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2014	Lava[64]	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Feast[65]	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Toy Story That Time Forgot	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	TV Special
2015	Frozen Fever	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	[66]
	Riley's First Date?	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Sanjay's Super Team	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2016	Piper	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Inner Workings	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2017	Gone Fishing	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Lou[67]	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Olaf's Frozen Adventure[68]	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Featurette
2018	Bao	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2021	Blush[69]	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	[70]

Television series[edit]

Year	Title	Executive Producer	Notes
TBD	The Search for Wondla[60]	Yes	Apple TV+ Original Streaming Series

Documentaries[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story[71]	Himself
2001	Walt: The Man Behind the Myth		Grateful Acknowledgement
2007	Fog City Mavericks		Special Thanks
	The Pixar Story		Very Special Thanks
	Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project		Special Thanks
2009	The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
	Waking Sleeping Beauty
2010	America: The Story of Us		Television Docu-series
	Industrial, Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible[72]		Television Special
2011	These Amazing Shadows
	Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2013	Inside Pixar[73]		Television Special
2014	The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic		Television Special
2015	Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
2016	Imagining Zootopia[74]		Special Thanks
2019	Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
	The Imagineering Story		Disney+ Original Docu-series

Other credits[edit]

Year	Title	Credit
1996	La Salla	Special Thanks
2009	Calendar Confloption[75]
2012	John Carter	Thanks
	Firefly and the Coffee Machine[76]	Special Thanks
2015	Stealth[77]	Special Thanks (with Nancy Lasseter)
2017	Ventana[78]	Special Thanks
2021	The Ultimate Playlist of Noise[79]	Special Thanks (with Nancy Lasseter)

Reception[edit]

Critical, public and commercial reception to films Lasseter has directed as of January 9, 2021.

Film	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore	Budget	Box office
Toy Story	100% (90 reviews)	95 (26 reviews)	A	$30 million	$373.5 million
A Bug's Life	92% (88 reviews)	77 (23 reviews)	A	$120 million	$363.2 million
Toy Story 2	100% (169 reviews)	88 (34 reviews)	A+	$90 million	$497.3 million
Cars	74% (203 reviews)	73 (39 reviews)	A	$120 million	$461.9 million
Cars 2	40% (219 reviews)	57 (38 reviews)	A-	$200 million	$559.8 million