John Lasseter to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award At Venice

John Lasseter will received the Venice Lion, which symbolizes the Lifetime Achievement Award at the upcoming Venice Film Festival.

Lasseter, who is chief creative officer of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios, will travel to the Lido accompanied by colleagues Brad Bird, Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich and Andrew Stanton, directors, respectively — and at times collectively — of toon tentpoles such as "Ratatouille," "Monsters, Inc.," "Finding Nemo" and "Wall-E."

Venice artistic topper Marco Mueller praised Lasseter for always being "on the lookout for that point at which the avant-garde (whether artistic, technological or formal) meets the blockbuster."

Well-deserved, I might add.

Zz.