“I've often heard people say that managing creative people is the hardest thing in the world. 'They're never happy, they drive up the cost of things, blah blah blah.' I just manage people the way I always wanted to be managed. That is, to be creatively challenged, but never to be told what to do.”

American film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator

John Alan Lasseter is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator. He is known for his long career in animation and for holding senior creative roles at Pixar, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Disneytoon Studios. He previously served as chief creative officer at those studios and as principal creative advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering. Since 2019, he has been head of animation at Skydance Animation.