“Toy Story” by John Lasseter received the Golden Nica in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica 1996. John Lasseter has 7 more works in this atlas.
"Toy Story" is the first full length feature film which was generated exclusively on computers by John Lasseter and his team at Pixar. With this film 3D animation as a tool in film production was finally fully accepted.
About John Lasseter
John Lasseter (USA), born 1957 in Los Angeles, got his artistic training at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia. In 1984, he joined the Pixar animation group after having worked for five years at the Walt Disney Studios.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.