Andrew Stanton
Andrew Stanton | |
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 Stanton in 2009 | |
| Born | December 3, 1965 Rockport, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Director, producer, screenwriter, voice actor |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Spouse | Julie Stanton (1991-present) |
| Children | 2 |
Andrew Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and voice actor based at Pixar Animation Studios. His film work includes writing and directing Pixar's A Bug's Life (1998) (as co-director), Finding Nemo (2003), and WALL-E (2008), and the live-action film, Disney's John Carter (2012). He also co-wrote all three Toy Story films and Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Finding Nemo and WALL-E earned him 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).
Stanton is currently directing a sequel to Finding Nemo, entitled Finding Dory, scheduled for a June 2016 release.
Career
Stanton was one of several CalArts graduates hired by John Kricfalusi to work on Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures at Ralph Bakshi's studio.[1]
In an interview with World Magazine's Megan Basham, Stanton explained his singular vision for WALL-E: "What really interested me was the idea of the most human thing in the universe being a machine because it has more interest in finding out what the point of living is than actual people. The greatest commandment Christ gives us is to love, but that's not always our priority. So I came up with this premise that could demonstrate what I was trying to say—that irrational love defeats the world's programming. You've got these two robots that are trying to go above their basest directives, literally their programming, to experience love."[2] In addition to his direction and writing work for Pixar, he has also done some voice work, most notably as Evil Emperor Zurg in Toy Story 2 (1999) and Crush in Finding Nemo.
Stanton made his live-action directing debut with Disney's John Carter. The film is based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel, A Princess of Mars.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Executive producer |
Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | A Story (short) | Yes | Yes | Randy The Goon Squad (also producer) | |
| Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (TV series, 13 episodes) | Yes | ||||
| 1988 | Somewhere in the Arctic (short) | Yes | Yes | Bahr | |
| 1995 | Toy Story | Yes | Commercial Chorus | ||
| 1998 | A Bug's Life | Yes | Yes | Bug Zapper Fly #1 | |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | Yes | Emperor Zurg | ||
| 2000 | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins | Hamm | |||
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Yes | Yes | Crush New England Lobster Additional voices | |
| Exploring the Reef | Yes | ||||
| 2004 | The Incredibles | Additional voices | |||
| 2006 | Cars | Fred | |||
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Yes | |||
| 2008 | WALL-E | Yes | Yes | Additional voices | |
| BURN-E (short) | Yes | Yes | |||
| Presto (short) | Yes | ||||
| 2009 | Up | Yes | |||
| Partly Cloudy (short) | Yes | ||||
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | Yes | |||
| 2012 | John Carter | Yes | Yes | ||
| Brave | Yes | ||||
| 2013 | Monsters University | Yes | |||
| Toy Story of Terror! (short) | Yes | ||||
| 2015 | Inside Out | Yes | |||
| The Good Dinosaur | Yes | ||||
| 2016 | Finding Dory | Yes | Yes | Crush | |
| 2018 | Toy Story 4 | Yes |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | A Bug's Life | Hopper | |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue | Emperor Zurg | |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Crush | |
| 2003 | Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure | Emperor Zurg | |
| 2007 | Cars Mater-National Championship | Fred | |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3: The Video Game | Emperor Zurg | Uncredited PS3 version only |
| 2011 | Kinect Disneyland Adventures | Crush / Emperor Zurg | |
| 2013 | Disney Infinity | Emperor Zurg | Uncredited |
Award and Nominations
Academy Awards
| Year | Category | Film | Result | Lost to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Best Original Screenplay | Toy Story | Nominated | Shared With Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, John Lasseter, Pete Docter, and Joe Ranft |
| 2003 | Best Animated Feature | Finding Nemo | Won | — |
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | Shared with Bob Peterson and David Reynolds | ||
| 2008 | Best Animated Feature | WALL-E | Won | — |
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | Shared With Jim Reardon and Pete Docter | ||
| 2010 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Toy Story 3 | Nominated | Shared With Michael Arndt, John Lasseter and Lee Unkrich |
References
- ^ Thill, Scott (January 5, 2010). "Q&A: Toon Titan John Kricfalusi Hails Mighty Mouse Rebirth". Wired. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
- ^ Megan Basham (2006-06-28). "WALL-E world". World Magazine. Archived from the original on July 3, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
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