Andrew Stanton

Andrew Stanton

1965-12-03 Boston, Massachusetts, USA 67 Credits

Biography

Andrew Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional voice actor based at Pixar Animation Studios. His film work includes writing and directing Finding Nemo and WALL-E; both films earned him the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Description above from the Wikipedia article Andrew Stanton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Toy Story 5

Toy Story 5

2026

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang's jobs get exponentially harder when they go head to head with an all-new threat to playtime: tech.

Meet the Pickles: The Making of "Win or Lose"

Meet the Pickles: The Making of "Win or Lose"

2025

as Self - Executive Producer

6.0
Acting

Discover how Pixar brought its first long-form original series to life. This behind-the-scenes documentary introduces the scrappy filmmaking team that...

Nimona

Nimona

2023

Thanks

7.9

A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.

A Visit to the Pixar Living Archive

A Visit to the Pixar Living Archive

2022

Acting

A tour through the vaults of Pixar. WALL-E writer-director Andrew Stanton unearths a few treasures, including his sketchbook, concept art, visual gag ...

Ralph-E: The Art of the Color Script

Ralph-E: The Art of the Color Script

2022

Acting

This new piece, featuring Andrew Stanton and late production designer Ralph Eggleston -- who recently died on August 28 -- focuses on the color script...

Anatomy of a Scene: The Plant

2022

Acting

This masterclass featuring writer-director Andrew Stanton was produced for the Criterion Collection in 2022.

Where It Began: The Origins of WALL·E

2022

Acting

In this program, created for the Criterion Collection in 2022, writer-director Andrew Stanton explores the films that inspired his approach to cinemat...

Lightyear

Lightyear

2022

Executive Producer

6.9
Producing

Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion Sox.

Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear

Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear

2022

as Self

7.0
Acting

Explore the evolution of Buzz Lightyear from toy to human in the making of Pixar’s Lightyear. Dive into the origin and cultural impact of everyone’s f...

Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red

Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red

2022

as Self (archive footage)

6.9
Acting

A feature length documentary about the all-women team at the helm of Pixar's original feature, Turning Red. With unprecedented behind-the-scenes acces...

Pixar Remix: WALL·E in 16-Bit

Pixar Remix: WALL·E in 16-Bit

2020

Original Concept, Original Story

10.0
Writing
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

2019

as Self

6.8
Acting

The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.

Animation Outlaws

Animation Outlaws

2019

as Himself

6.3
Acting

Walt Disney said “We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the thing...

Toy Story 4

Toy Story 4

2019

Original Story, Executive Producer, Screenplay

7.5
Writing Producing

Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when ...

Marine Life Interviews

Marine Life Interviews

2016

Original Story, Writer

6.2
Writing

Interviews with the animals at the Marine Life Institute about their experiences with Dory.

Finding Dory

Finding Dory

2016

as Crush (voice)

7.0
Acting

Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did ...

Finding Dory

Finding Dory

2016

Director, Screenplay, Story

7.0
Directing Writing

Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did ...

Piper

Piper

2016

Executive Producer

8.2
Producing

A mother bird tries to teach her little one how to find food by herself. In the process, she encounters a traumatic experience that she must overcome ...

Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond

Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond

2015

as Self

6.8
Acting

Retrospective looking at the revolutionary computer-animated feature film Toy Story.

The Good Dinosaur

The Good Dinosaur

2015

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.

Inside Out

Inside Out

2015

Executive Producer

7.9
Producing

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work togeth...

Lava

Lava

2014

Thanks

7.3

Inspired by the isolated beauty of tropical islands and the explosive allure of ocean volcanoes, Lava is a musical love story that takes place over mi...

Toy Story of Terror!

Toy Story of Terror!

2013

Characters, Executive Producer

7.2
Producing

What starts out as a fun road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the trip detours to a roadside motel. After one ...

Monsters University

Monsters University

2013

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.

Live Action Toy Story

Live Action Toy Story

2013

Original Story

9.0
Writing

A shot-for-shot remake of Toy Story (1995), using real toys and actors instead of animation.

Brave

Brave

2012

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Mérida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter a...

John Carter

John Carter

2012

Screenplay, Director

6.3
Writing Directing

John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctant...

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3

2010

Story

7.8
Writing

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally le...

Breaking the Mold: The Re-Making of Mighty Mouse

Breaking the Mold: The Re-Making of Mighty Mouse

2010

as Self

6.0
Acting

Documentary about Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures.

Pixar Short Films

Pixar Short Films

2009

Writer

Writing

A collection of 20 computer-animated short films including "Rescue Squad Mater", "Jack-Jack Attack", and Oscar-winners "For The Birds", "Geri's Game",...

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovat...

Up

Up

2009

Executive Producer

8.0
Producing

Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed ...

Partly Cloudy

Partly Cloudy

2009

Executive Producer

7.8
Producing

Everyone knows that the stork delivers babies, but where do the storks get the babies from? The answer lies up in the stratosphere, where cloud people...

Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up

Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up

2008

8.0
Acting

Building Worlds From the Sound Up

WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets

WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets

2008

Director

6.8
Directing

Short vignettes featured as a DVD Extra Short.

BURN·E

BURN·E

2008

Story, Executive Producer

7.5
Writing Producing

What lengths will a robot undergo to do his job? BURN·E is a dedicated hard working robot who finds himself locked out of his ship. BURN·E quickly lea...

Presto

Presto

2008

Executive Producer

7.8
Producing

Dignity. Poise. Mystery. We expect nothing less from the great turn-of-the-century magician, Presto. But when Presto neglects to feed his rabbit one t...

WALL·E

WALL·E

2008

as Additional Voices (voice)

8.1
Acting

What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E discove...

WALL·E

WALL·E

2008

Director, Screenplay, Story

8.1
Directing Writing

What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E discove...

The Pixar Story

The Pixar Story

2007

as Himself/Seagulls (voice)

7.6
Acting

A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of it...

Ratatouille

Ratatouille

2007

Executive Producer

7.8
Producing

Remy, a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culin...

Cars

Cars

2006

as Fred (voice)

7.0
Acting

Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself u...

The Incredibles

The Incredibles

2004

as Additional Voices (voice)

7.7
Acting

Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbi...

Making 'Nemo'

Making 'Nemo'

2003

as Self - Writer / Director

Acting

A special documentary showing how producer John Lasseter, director Andrew Stanton and the rest of the creative team met the many production challenges...

Exploring the Reef

Exploring the Reef

2003

Executive Producer

6.3
Producing

Jean-Michael Cousteau's documentary about the Great Barrier Reef keeps getting interrupted by characters from Disney's Finding Nemo.

Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo

2003

as Crush (voice)

7.8
Acting

Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome ...

Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo

2003

Screenplay, Director, Story

7.8
Writing Directing

Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome ...

Monsters, Inc.

Monsters, Inc.

2001

Executive Producer, Screenplay

7.8
Producing Writing

Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. Wh...

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins

2000

as Hamm (voice)

6.4
Acting

Buzz Lightyear must battle Emperor Zurg with the help of three hopefuls who insist on being his partners.

Toy Story 2

Toy Story 2

1999

as Emperor Zurg (voice)

7.6
Acting

Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, ...

Toy Story 2

Toy Story 2

1999

Screenplay, Original Story

7.6
Writing

Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, ...

A Bug's Life

A Bug's Life

1998

as Additional Voices (voice)

7.0
Acting

On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of fre...

A Bug's Life

A Bug's Life

1998

Screenplay, Story, Co-Director

7.0
Writing Directing

On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of fre...

Geri's Game

Geri's Game

1997

Thanks

7.6

An aging codger named Geri plays a daylong game of chess in the park against himself. Somehow, he begins losing to his livelier opponent. But just whe...

Making 'Toy Story'

Making 'Toy Story'

1995

as Himself

6.8
Acting

Documentary of the making of the groundbreaking Disney/Pixar animated hit movie.

Toy Story

Toy Story

1995

as Commercial Chorus (voice)

8.0
Acting

Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's he...

Toy Story

Toy Story

1995

Screenplay, Storyboard Artist, Character Designer

8.0
Writing

Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's he...

Surprise

Surprise

1991

Co-Director

5.0
Directing

An educational short film featuring the character of Luxo Jr. demonstrating the concept of "surprise" with the help of his dad, Luxo Sr.

Light and Heavy

Light and Heavy

1991

Co-Director

5.7
Directing

An educational short film featuring the character of Luxo Jr. discovering and showcasing a "light" and "heavy" with the help of his dad, Luxo Sr.

A Story

A Story

1987

as Randy / The Goon Squad (voice) (as Andy)

5.6
Acting

A young boy named Melvin and a purple television dinosaur named Ted have happy adventures that lead them into the clutches of Randy the Killer Clown a...

A Story

A Story

1987

Director, Writer, Producer

5.6
Directing Writing Producing

A young boy named Melvin and a purple television dinosaur named Ted have happy adventures that lead them into the clutches of Randy the Killer Clown a...

A Birthday

A Birthday

1987

Thanks

Emma, a lonely old woman, reminisces of one of her childhood birthday parties.

Somewhere in the Arctic...

Somewhere in the Arctic...

1986

as Bahr (voice)

5.6
Acting

A polar bear is hunted by Eskimos. But suddenly the hunt gets interrupted. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

Somewhere in the Arctic...

Somewhere in the Arctic...

1986

Director

5.6
Directing

A polar bear is hunted by Eskimos. But suddenly the hunt gets interrupted. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

Revolver

Revolver

N/A

Director

Directing

Takes place on June 27, 1966, when The Beatles’ flight to Japan is forced to make an unexpected stop in Anchorage, AK. The band takes cover in a hotel...

In the Blink of an Eye

N/A

Director

Directing

An epic sci-fi drama exploring the history of the world and the nature of life, love, hope, and connection, doing so by focusing on three intersecting...

Chairman Spaceman

N/A

Director

Directing

Set in the near future, a notorious corporate raider renounces his worldly wealth. To redeem himself, he signs up for an interplanetary mission to col...