Andrew Stanton

Born December 3, 1965 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Andrew Stanton has been a major creative force at Pixar Animation Studios since 1990, when he became the second animator and ninth employee to join the company's elite group of computer animation pioneers. As Vice President, Creative he currently oversees all shorts and feature projects at the studio. Stanton wrote and directed the Academy Award winning Disney and Pixar feature film "WALL.E" for which he also received a Best Original Screenplay Oscar-nomination. In 2016 Stanton directed Disney and Pixar's "Finding Dory" which, upon release, became the highest-grossing domestic animated feature of all time and in 2019 Stanton served as screenwriter and executive producer of "Toy Story 4" Stanton made his directorial debut with the record-shattering "Finding Nemo" an original story of his that he also co-wrote. The film garnered Stanton two Academy Award nominations (Best Original Screenplay and Best Animated Film), and "Finding Nemo" was awarded an Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film of 2003, the first such honor Pixar Animation Studios received for a full-length feature film.