After Disney acquired Pixar in 2006, Lasseter was named chief creative officer of Pixar as well as Disney Animation.
John Lasseter, the co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios and the Walt Disney Company’s animation chief, will step down at the end of the year after acknowledging “missteps” in his behaviour with staff members.
We are profoundly grateful for his contribution, which included a masterful and remarkable turnaround of The Walt Disney Animation Studios.”
Disney announced on Friday that Lasseter – one of the most illustrious and powerful figures in animation – will stay on through the end of 2018 as a consultant.