October 21, 2009

The Producers Guild of America will honor John Lasseter this year!

Here's the story in Variety:

The Producers Guild of America has tapped John Lasseter to receive its David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures.

The kudo will be presented to Lasseter on Jan. 24 at the PGA awards show at the Hollywood Palladium. The org noted in its announcement Wednesday that Lasseter is the first producer of animated films to be awarded the Selznick Award by the PGA and was the co-recipient of the PGA's first-ever Vanguard Award in 2002.

Lasseter's the chief creative officer for Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios and the principal creative advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering.

Past recipients include Stanley Kramer, Saul Zaentz, Clint Eastwood, Billy Wilder, Robert Evans, Brian Grazer, Jerry Bruckheimer, Roger Corman, Laura Ziskin and last year, the team of Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall.

"John Lasseter 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," said David Friendly and Laurence Mark, co-chairs of the PGA Awards. "John"s work with both Pixar and Disney has raised the bar for producers in live-action films as well as in animation, and we're excited to be honoring him with the Selznick Award this year."

Lasseter's directing credits films "Toy Story," "A Bug's Life," "Toy Story 2" and "Cars." His executive producing credits include "Up," "Monsters, Inc.," "Finding Nemo," "The Incredibles," "Ratatouille," "Wall-E" and "Bolt." The Producers Guild of America has tapped John Lasseter to receive its David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures.

The kudo will be presented to Lasseter on Jan. 24 at the PGA awards show at the Hollywood Palladium. The org noted in its announcement Wednesday that Lasseter is the first producer of animated films to be awarded the Selznick Award by the PGA and was the co-recipient of the PGA's first-ever Vanguard Award in 2002.

Lasseter's the chief creative officer for Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios and the principal creative advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering.

Past recipients include Stanley Kramer, Saul Zaentz, Clint Eastwood, Billy Wilder, Robert Evans, Brian Grazer, Jerry Bruckheimer, Roger Corman, Laura Ziskin and last year, the team of Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall.

"John Lasseter 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," said David Friendly and Laurence Mark, co-chairs of the PGA Awards. "John"s work with both Pixar and Disney has raised the bar for producers in live-action films as well as in animation, and we're excited to be honoring him with the Selznick Award this year."

Lasseter's directing credits films "Toy Story," "A Bug's Life," "Toy Story 2" and "Cars." His executive producing credits include "Up," "Monsters, Inc.," "Finding Nemo," "The Incredibles," "Ratatouille," "Wall-E" and "Bolt."

-Congrats to him...

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