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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Toy Story 5
2026
Director, Writer
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"
2025
as Self - Executive Producer
Discover how Pixar brought its first long-form original series to life. This behind-the-scenes documentary introduces the scrappy filmmaking team that...

Nimona
2023
Thanks
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
2022
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
2022
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
This masterclass featuring writer-director Andrew Stanton was produced for the Criterion Collection in 2022.
Where It Began: The Origins of WALL·E
2022
In this program, created for the Criterion Collection in 2022, writer-director Andrew Stanton explores the films that inspired his approach to cinemat...

Lightyear
2022
Executive Producer
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
2022
as Self
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
2022
as Self (archive footage)
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
2020
Original Concept, Original Story

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
as Self
The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.

Animation Outlaws
2019
as Himself
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
2019
Original Story, Executive Producer, Screenplay
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
2016
Original Story, Writer
Interviews with the animals at the Marine Life Institute about their experiences with Dory.

Finding Dory
2016
as Crush (voice)
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
2016
Director, Screenplay, Story
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
2016
Executive Producer
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
2015
as Self
Retrospective looking at the revolutionary computer-animated feature film Toy Story.

The Good Dinosaur
2015
Executive Producer
An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.

Inside Out
2015
Executive Producer
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
2014
Thanks
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!
2013
Characters, Executive Producer
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
2013
Executive Producer
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
2013
Original Story
A shot-for-shot remake of Toy Story (1995), using real toys and actors instead of animation.

Brave
2012
Executive Producer
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
2012
Screenplay, Director
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
2010
Story
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
2010
as Self
Documentary about Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures.

Pixar Short Films
2009
Writer
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
2009
as Self (archive footage)
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
2009
Executive Producer
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
2009
Executive Producer
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
2008
Building Worlds From the Sound Up

WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets
2008
Director
Short vignettes featured as a DVD Extra Short.

BURN·E
2008
Story, Executive Producer
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
2008
Executive Producer
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
2008
as Additional Voices (voice)
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
2008
Director, Screenplay, Story
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
2007
as Himself/Seagulls (voice)
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
2007
Executive Producer
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
2006
as Fred (voice)
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
2004
as Additional Voices (voice)
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'
2003
as Self - Writer / Director
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
2003
Executive Producer
Jean-Michael Cousteau's documentary about the Great Barrier Reef keeps getting interrupted by characters from Disney's Finding Nemo.

Finding Nemo
2003
as Crush (voice)
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
2003
Screenplay, Director, Story
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.
2001
Executive Producer, Screenplay
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
2000
as Hamm (voice)
Buzz Lightyear must battle Emperor Zurg with the help of three hopefuls who insist on being his partners.

Toy Story 2
1999
as Emperor Zurg (voice)
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
1999
Screenplay, Original Story
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
1998
as Additional Voices (voice)
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
1998
Screenplay, Story, Co-Director
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
1997
Thanks
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'
1995
as Himself
Documentary of the making of the groundbreaking Disney/Pixar animated hit movie.

Toy Story
1995
as Commercial Chorus (voice)
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
1995
Screenplay, Storyboard Artist, Character Designer
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
1991
Co-Director
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
1991
Co-Director
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
1987
as Randy / The Goon Squad (voice) (as Andy)
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
1987
Director, Writer, Producer
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
1987
Thanks
Emma, a lonely old woman, reminisces of one of her childhood birthday parties.

Somewhere in the Arctic...
1986
as Bahr (voice)
A polar bear is hunted by Eskimos. But suddenly the hunt gets interrupted. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

Somewhere in the Arctic...
1986
Director
A polar bear is hunted by Eskimos. But suddenly the hunt gets interrupted. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

Revolver
N/A
Director
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
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
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...