LOS ANGELES — One of the Walt Disney Company’s most important executives, the Pixar co-founder John Lasseter, said Tuesday that he would take “a six-month sabbatical” after unspecified “missteps” that

John Lasseter, creative head of Walt Disney Co.’s Pixar and animation studios, is taking a leave of absence after confessing to unwanted gestures that crossed the line with coworkers, becoming the latest