The Brains Behind the Operations: Tech Nerds, Before They Were Stars!
You're using one now to click through this gallery, but did you ever wonder about the history of the computer? Or the iPod, or Twitter? Snakkle looks back at some of America's most influential tech nerds—spitball targets who became business magnates. Remember, bullies, one day those nerds will run the world! By Brittany CarsonJohn Lasseter, a Hollywood native, looked like quite the ladies’ man as a senior at Whittier High School in Whittier, California. Lasseter pursued a passion for graphics and studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts, where he studied under three of “Disney’s Nine Old Men,” the team of animators responsible for some of Disney’s most famous animation projects. His first job was at Disney, but later he joined Pixar, which was a computer division at Lucasfilm at the time. Lasseter soon presented his ideas to Lucasfilm in the form of the first all-CGI short film, then 12 years later cowrote and directed the first-ever computer-animated feature film, Toy Story. Beauty and brains!
Did you know: Lasseter won $15 from the Model Grocery Market in Whittier, California, for a crayon drawing of the Headless Horseman when he was only 5 years old!