Andrew Stanton
Andrew Ayers Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American filmmaker and voice actor based at Pixar, which he joined in 1990. His film work includes co-writing and co-directing Pixar's A Bug's Life (1998), directing Finding Nemo (2003) and its sequel Finding Dory (2016), WALL-E (2008), and the live-action film, Disney's John Carter (2012), and co-writing all four Toy Story films (1995–2019) and Monsters, Inc. (2001).
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| Born | Andrew Ayers Stanton 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) |
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Julie Stanton (m. 1989) |
| Children | 2 |
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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. On television, Stanton directed two episodes of Stranger Things in 2017, an episode of Better Call Saul in 2018, the final season premiere of Legion in 2019, and an episode of 3 Body Problem in 2024.