Andrew Stanton

Andrew Stanton
Stanton at the 2009 Venice Film Festival
Born
Andrew Christopher Stanton

(1965-12-03) December 3, 1965
Occupations
  • Film director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
  • voice actor
Years active1981-present
Spouse
Julie Stanton
(m. 1991)
ChildrenBen Stanton
Audrey Stanton

Andrew Christopher Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American movie director, producer, screenwriter and voice actor. He began working at Pixar in 1990.

Selected filmography

Feature films

Year Title Director Writer Executive
Producer
Other Voice Role Notes
1995 Toy Story No Yes No Yes Commercial Chorus 2 Story Artist, Character Designer
1998 A Bug's Life Co-Director Yes No Yes Bug Zapper Bug 1
Singing Grasshopper 2
Story Artist
1999 Toy Story 2 No Yes No Yes Emperor Zurg
2000 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command:
The Adventure Begins
No No No Yes Hamm Direct-to-video
2001 Monsters, Inc. No Screenplay Yes No
2003 Finding Nemo Yes Yes No Yes Crush/Lobster/Seagulls
2004 The Incredibles No No No Yes Additional Voices
2006 Cars No No No Yes Fred Additional Screenplay Material
2007 Ratatouille No No Yes No
2008 WALL-E Yes Yes No Yes Axiom Passenger 2 Pixar Senior Creative Team -
uncredited on WALL-E
2009 Up No No Yes Yes
2010 Toy Story 3 No Story No Yes
2011 Cars 2 No No No Yes
2012 John Carter Yes Screenplay No No
Brave No No Yes Yes Pixar Senior Creative Team
2013 Monsters University No No Yes Yes
2015 Inside Out No No Yes Yes
The Good Dinosaur No No Yes Yes
2016 Finding Dory Yes Yes No Yes Crush/Clam/Seagulls
2017 Cars 3 No No No Yes
Coco No No No Yes
2018 Incredibles 2 No No No Yes
Ralph Breaks the Internet No No No Yes Narrative Guru
2019 Toy Story 4 No Yes Yes Yes Pixar Senior Creative Team
2020 Onward No No No Yes
Soul No No No Yes
2021 Luca No No No Yes
2022 Turning Red No No No Yes
Lightyear No No Yes Yes Additional Screenplay Material
Pixar Senior Creative Team
2023 Elemental No No No Yes Pixar Senior Creative Team
2024 Inside Out 2 No No No Yes
2025 Elio No No No Yes
2026 Hoppers No No No Yes
Toy Story 5 Yes Yes No Yes
TBA In the Blink of an Eye Yes No No No Completed

Short films

Year Title Director Writer Executive
Producer
Voice
1986 Somewhere in the Arctic Yes Yes No Bahr
1987 A Story[1] Yes Yes Producer Randy / Goon Squad
1991 Light & Heavy Yes No No
2003 Exploring the Reef with Jean-Michel Cousteau No No Yes
2008 Presto No No Yes
BURN-E No Story Yes
2009 Partly Cloudy No No Yes
2016 Piper No No Yes
Marine Life Interviews No Yes No

Television

Year Title Director Writer Storyboard artist Notes
1987 Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures No Yes No 13 episodes
1994 2 Stupid Dogs No No Yes Episode: "Cookies, Ookies, Blookies"
1995 The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa No No Yes Episode: "Good Mousekeeping"
2017 Stranger Things Yes No No 2 episodes[2]
2018 Better Call Saul Yes No No Episode: "Piñata"
2019 Legion Yes No No Episode: "Chapter 20"
2020 Tales from the Loop Yes No No Episode: "Echo Sphere"
2021 For All Mankind Yes No No 2 episodes

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
1998 A Bug's Life Hopper Replacing Kevin Spacey
1999 Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue Emperor Zurg
2003 Finding Nemo Crush
Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure Emperor Zurg
2006 Finding Nemo: Escape to the Big Blue[3] Seagulls Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS only
2007 Cars Mater-National Championship Fred
2009 Cars Race-O-Rama Fred PS3/Xbox 360/Wii version only
2010 Toy Story 3: The Video Game Emperor Zurg Uncredited
PS3 version only
2011 Kinect Disneyland Adventures Crush / Emperor Zurg
2015 Disney Infinity 3.0 Crush
2018 Lego The Incredibles Seagulls

Theme parks

Year Title Role Notes
1998–present It's Tough to Be a Bug! Hopper Replacing Kevin Spacey
2007–present Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage Crush, Seagulls

Other credits

Year Title Role
1997 Geri's Game Very Special Thanks
2000 For the Birds Thanks
2006 Lifted Special Thanks
2007 Fog City Mavericks
The Pixar Story Himself; Very Special Thanks
2010 Finding Nico Special Thanks
2014 Lava
Toy Story That Time Forgot Extra Special Thanks
2015 Sanjay's Super Team Special Thanks
2016 Zootopia Creative Consultant[4]
2019 Purl Kristen Lester's Story Trust
Frozen II Special Thanks
Spies in Disguise

References

  1. Simon, Ben (December 27, 2012). "Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2". Animated Views. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  2. Stack, Tim (February 10, 2017). "Finding Dory director to helm 2 episodes of Stranger Things 2". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  3. Watts, Martin (April 15, 2013). "Finding Nemo: Escape to the Big Blue Review (3DS)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  4. Strike, Joe (March 4, 2016). "'Zootopia:' Disney's Latest and Greatest Animal Kingdom". Animated World Network. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

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