Andrew Stanton | |
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 Stanton at the 2009 Venice Film Festival | |
| Born | Andrew Ayers Stanton[1] December 3, 1965 Rockport, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | California Institute of the Arts (BFA) |
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| Years active | 1981–present |
| Employer | Pixar Animation Studios (1990–present) |
| Spouse |
Julie Stanton (m. 1989) |
| Children | 2 |
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Andrew Ayers Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American filmmaker and voice actor based at Pixar, which he joined in 1990.[2] His film work includes co-writing and co-directing Pixar's A Bug's Life (1998), directing Finding Nemo (2003)[3] and its sequel Finding Dory (2016), WALL-E (2008), and the live-action film, Disney's John Carter (2012), and co-writing all five and directing the upcoming latter in Toy Story films (1995–2026) and Monsters, Inc. (2001).
Finding Nemo and WALL-E earned Stanton two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature. He was also nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay, for Finding Nemo, WALL-E, and Toy Story (1995), and for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Toy Story 3 (2010). WALL-E has also been inducted into the National Film Registry. Stanton has also directed episodes of various television series since 2017, including episodes of 3 Body Problem, Better Call Saul, Legion, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Stranger Things.
- ^ "JOHN CARTER director Andrew Stanton talks Pixar, Marketing & Critics". YouTube. March 12, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ "Pixar's Andrew Stanton, Animating From Life". NPR. July 10, 2008. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
- ^ Shamsian, Jacob. "The director of 'Finding Nemo' says he made the movie because he was bothered by a scene in 'The Lion King'". Insider. Retrieved 2020-12-13.