Andrew Stanton is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, producer, animated films director and occasional voice actor. Stanton wrote and directed the popular Disney-Pixar films Finding Nemo and Wall-E.
In 2009, Wall-E was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay, but the award went to Dustin Lance Black for Milk. Wall-E was Also nominated for Best Animated Feature Film.Academy Awards: Wall-E
Filmography
- 2010: John Carter of Mars (writer, director)
- 2008: Wall-E (writer, director)
- 2007: Ratatouille (executive producer)
- 2006: Cars (voice of Fred)
- 2004: The Incredibles (additional voices)
- 2003: Finding Nemo (writer, director, additional voices)
- 2001: Monsters, Inc. (writer, executive producers)
- 1999: Toy Story 2 (writer, voice of Emperor Zurg)
- 1998: A Bug's Life (writer, co-director)
- 1995: Toy Story (writer, additional voices)Ask Men: Andrew Stanton
Wall-E | Finding Nemo | Ratatouille | Cars Disney Film | Toy Story | Toy Story 2 | A Bug's Life | Monsters, Inc. | Academy Awards | Jim Reardon | Pete Docter
Andrew Stanton News and Information
Academy Awards: Nominee: Wall-E, (Writing Original Screenplay)
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Fast Facts
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Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr.Ask Men: Andrew Stanton
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Stanton co-wrote the screenplay for Wall-E with Jim Reardon based on a story he developed with Pete DocterAcademy Awards: Wall-E
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Studied character animation at California Institute of the Arts
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Graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from California Institute of the Arts in 1987Ask Men: Andrew Stanton
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Got a job at Kroyer Films after college
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Applied to work at the Disney animation studio three timesAsk Men: Andrew Stanton
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Has a son, Ben, and a daughter, AudreyAsk Men: Andrew Stanton
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He was their second animator and ninth employeeAsk Men: Andrew Stanton
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Worked on the short films Surprise and Light and HeavyAsk Men: Andrew Stanton
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Wanted to be a comic book artist and an actor as a child
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Nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1996 for Toy Story
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Won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2003 for Finding Nemo
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Stanton is currently working on the film John Carter of Mars which is due out in 2010
