{"id":2343,"date":"2009-01-26T20:07:31","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T20:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/lasseter-and-co-awarded-golden-lion-at-venice-film-festival-plus-more-awards"},"modified":"2009-01-26T20:07:31","modified_gmt":"2009-01-26T20:07:31","slug":"lasseter-and-co-awarded-golden-lion-at-venice-film-festival-plus-more-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/lasseter-and-co-awarded-golden-lion-at-venice-film-festival-plus-more-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Lasseter and Co. Awarded Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival (Plus More Awards)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/482.jpg\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labiennale.org\/en\/cinema\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Venice Film Festival<\/a>&#8216;s Golden Lion Award will be&nbsp;given to Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios chief-creative officer John Lasseter. <\/p>\n<p>He will be accompanied by Pixar directors Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Brad Bird and Lee Unkrich. The award is given to those who have contributed largely to cinema, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.labiennale.org\/en\/news\/cinema\/en\/80621.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as these men have<\/a>. For example, this prize was previously&nbsp;given to Lasseter&#8217;s good friend and world renouned animation guru,&nbsp;Hayao Miyazaki. The festival runs from September 2-12 of this year but no date has been specified for John Lasseter and company&#8217;s ceremony. From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.variety.com\/article\/VR1117999062.html?categoryId=19&#038;cs=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And:<\/strong> Jim Morris&nbsp;has won&nbsp;the &quot;<font size=\"2\">Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures&quot; at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.producersguild.org\/2009\/01\/26\/2009-producers-guild-award-winners\/www.producersguild.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Producer&#8217;s Guild<\/a> Awards for his amazing work on <span class=\"caps\">WALL<\/span>&bull;E. This is just another one of of <span class=\"caps\">WALL<\/span>&bull;E&#8217;s amazing achievements as of late and it just keeps getting better. See the rest of the winners <a href=\"http:\/\/www.producersguild.org\/2009\/01\/26\/2009-producers-guild-award-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><strong>Also:<\/strong> Animated News&nbsp;named <span class=\"caps\">WALL<\/span>&bull;E the best movie of the year (out of all animation) and also&nbsp;ranked <span class=\"caps\">WALL<\/span>&bull;E (along with Kung Fu Panda) as the third best <span class=\"caps\">DVD<\/span> this year. This is all part of A-N&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/animated-views.com\/2008\/the-best-of-2008-it-came-it-saw-its-over\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best of 2008 list<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Congratulations to everyone at Pixar!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>The Venice Film Festival&#8216;s Golden Lion Award will be&nbsp;given to Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios chief-creative officer John Lasseter. He will be accompanied by Pixar directors Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Brad Bird and Lee Unkrich. The award is given to those who have contributed largely to cinema, as these men have. 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