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{{Short description|American filmmaker (born 1965)}}
{{For|the children's author|Andy Stanton}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Andrew Stanton
| image              = Andrew Stanton cropped 2009.jpg
| image_size         = 
| caption            = Stanton at the 2009 [[Venice Film Festival]]
| birth_name         = Andrew Ayers Stanton<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5-M_fVpca0&t=6m14s|title=JOHN CARTER director Andrew Stanton talks Pixar, Marketing & Critics|website=[[YouTube]]|date=March 12, 2012|access-date=June 15, 2024}}</ref>
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1965|12|3}}
| birth_place        = [[Rockport, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| alma_mater         = [[California Institute of the Arts]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])}}
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
*Film director
*screenwriter
*producer
*animator
*storyboard artist
*voice actor
}}
| employer           = [[Pixar|Pixar Animation Studios]] (1990–present)
| years_active       = 1981–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|Julie Stanton|1989}}
| awards             = {{ubl|[[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature]]|''[[Finding Nemo]]'' (2003)|''[[WALL-E]]'' (2008)}}
| children           = 2
}}

'''Andrew Ayers Stanton''' (born December 3, 1965) is an American filmmaker. He is best known as the director and co-writer of the [[Pixar]] animated films ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' (2003), ''[[WALL-E]]'' (2008), ''[[Finding Dory]]'' (2016), and the upcoming ''[[Toy Story 5]]'' (2026). He also directed and co-wrote the live-action film ''[[John Carter (film)|John Carter]]'' (2012) for [[Walt Disney Pictures]] and directed the upcoming live-action film ''[[In the Blink of an Eye (upcoming film)|In the Blink of an Eye]]'' for [[Searchlight Pictures]]. For Pixar, Stanton was additionally the co-director and co-writer of ''[[A Bug's Life]]'' (1998), the co-writer of each of the [[Toy Story (franchise)|''Toy Story'']] films (1995-present) and ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' (2001), and occasional voice actor for various films.

''Finding Nemo'' and ''WALL-E'' earned Stanton two [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature|Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature]]. He was also nominated for three [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|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]]. Stanton has also directed episodes of various television series since 2017, including episodes of ''[[3 Body Problem (TV series)|3 Body Problem]]'', ''[[Better Call Saul]]'', ''[[Legion (TV series)|Legion]]'' and ''[[Stranger Things]]''.

==Early and personal life==
Stanton was born in [[Rockport, Massachusetts]]. His father, Ron Stanton, was the founder of a company that worked on radars for the [[United States Department of Defense]]. His mother, Gloria Stanton, pursued an acting career before becoming a homemaker. Both of Stanton's parents were natives of nearby [[Wellesley, Massachusetts|Wellesley]].<ref name=NewYorker>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/17/second-act-twist |title=Second-Act Twist |last1=Friend |first1=Tad |date=October 10, 2011 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=December 31, 2020}}</ref>

Stanton acted in high school and directed sketch comedy shot on [[Super 8 film]].<ref name=NewYorker/> He portrayed Barnaby Tucker in a 1980 high school production of ''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|Hello, Dolly!]]'', which later became a source of inspiration for ''WALL-E''.<ref name=OscarAccept>{{cite web|url=http://oscar.com/oscarnight/winners/?pn=detail&nominee=Wall-E%20-%20Best%20Animated%20Feature%20Film%20Nominee|title=Best Animated Feature Film Acceptance Speech|publisher=Oscar.com|access-date=January 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226054230/http://oscar.com/oscarnight/winners/?pn=detail&nominee=Wall-E%20-%20Best%20Animated%20Feature%20Film%20Nominee|archive-date=February 26, 2009}}</ref> Stanton studied for a year at the [[University of Hartford]] before transferring to the character animation program at the [[California Institute of the Arts]].<ref name=NewYorker/> He received his [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] from CalArts in 1987.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://filmvideo.calarts.edu/alumni |title=Alumni - CalArts School of Film/Video |website=[[California Institute of the Arts]] |access-date=December 31, 2020}}</ref>

In 1989, Stanton married his high school sweetheart Julie, two weeks after she graduated from [[Georgetown University]].<ref name=NewYorker/> The couple subsequently settled in [[Los Angeles]], where they raised two children, Ben and Audrey.<ref name=NewYorker/><ref name=OscarAccept/> Stanton is a Christian.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Moring|first1=Mark|title=The Little Robot That Could|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/juneweb-only/andrewstanton.html|access-date=May 5, 2017|work=Christianity Today|date=June 24, 2008}}</ref>

Stanton revealed in 2012 that he was diagnosed with [[attention deficit hyperactivity disorder]] when he was in the middle of writing ''[[John Carter (film)|John Carter]]''.<ref name=LosAngelesTimes>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2012-sep-08-la-et-mn-john-carter-director-20120908-story.html |title=Director Andrew Stanton looks back on 'John Carter's' rocky path |last=Keegan |first=Rebecca |date=September 8, 2012 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=March 13, 2022}}</ref>

Stanton is an [[Arsenal F.C.]] fan, and included a scene mimicking their famous [[offside trap]] among other Arsenal references in ''John Carter''.<ref>Dörflinger, M., ''Taschenbuch Fußball: 333x Fußball – Superlative & Kuriositäten. Spannende Fakten und Kurioses über Fußball'' – Geramond Verlag (2019). {{ISBN|978-3964530530}}.</ref>

==Career==
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Stanton began his career in animation in the late 1980s. He worked as an animator for [[Kroyer Films]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wgfoundation.org/events/all/2019/7/30/writers-on-writing-with-andrew-stanton |title=Writers on Writing with Andrew Stanton |date=July 30, 2019 |website=Writers Guild Foundation |access-date=December 31, 2020}}</ref> and one of his early gigs involved animating sperm for a sex-ed film with [[Martin Short]] called ''[[The Making of Me]]'', originally produced for Disney's [[Wonders of Life]] pavilion.<ref name=NewYorker/> Stanton was one of several CalArts graduates hired by [[John Kricfalusi]] to work on ''[[Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures]]'' at [[Ralph Bakshi]]'s studio.<ref name="WiredQandA">{{cite magazine| url=https://www.wired.com/2010/01/john-kricfalusi/ | magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] | title=Q&A: Toon Titan John Kricfalusi Hails Mighty Mouse Rebirth | first=Scott | last=Thill | date=January 5, 2010 | access-date=June 16, 2022}}</ref>

After being rejected by [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney]] three times, Stanton was hired by [[Pixar]]'s animation group in 1990 as its second animator ([[John Lasseter]] being the first) and ninth employee.<ref name="npr.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92400669|title=Pixar's Andrew Stanton, Animating From Life|website=[[NPR]]|date=July 10, 2008|access-date=December 31, 2020}}</ref><ref name=NewYorker/> Back then Pixar was not yet an animation studio, and their animation group was dedicated to making television commercials as a step towards their goal of making the first computer-animated feature.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-UHNCgAAQBAJ&q=andrew+stanton+lasseter+%22animation+group%22+commercials+animators&pg=PA64|title=To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios|first=Karen|last=Paik|date=3 November 2015|publisher=Chronicle Books|isbn=9781452147659|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Stanton, Lasseter and [[Pete Docter]] drafted the original treatment for ''[[Toy Story]]'', which bore little resemblance with the eventually finished film.{{sfn|Price|2008|p=121}} After production of the film was shut down in late November 1993 following a disastrous test screening,{{sfn|Price|2008|p=130}} Stanton retreated into a windowless office and extensively reworked the script with help from [[Joss Whedon]].{{sfn|Price|2008|p=131}} The resulting screenplay was nominated at the Academy Awards for [[Best Original Screenplay]], the first nomination in that category for an animated film.<ref name="NYTAwards">{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/132294/Toy-Story/awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511100225/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/132294/Toy-Story/awards|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 11, 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2011|title=Toy Story (1995) |access-date=March 12, 2009}}</ref> Following his work on ''Toy Story'', Stanton would go on to direct ''[[Finding Nemo]]'', ''[[WALL-E]]'', and ''[[Finding Dory]]'' for Pixar.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shamsian|first=Jacob|title=The director of 'Finding Nemo' says he made the movie because he was bothered by a scene in 'The Lion King'|url=https://www.insider.com/andrew-stanton-made-finding-nemo-after-being-bothered-by-the-lion-king-2016-11|access-date=2020-12-13|website=Insider}}</ref>

In an interview with ''[[World Magazine]]''{{'}}s [[Megan Basham]], Stanton explained his singular vision for ''WALL-E'': {{cquote|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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.worldmag.com/articles/14127|title=WALL-E world|author=[[Megan Basham]]|date=2006-06-28|publisher=[[World Magazine]]|access-date=2008-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703233252/http://www.worldmag.com/articles/14127|archive-date=July 3, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

Stanton was credited as a narrative guru on ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]'', helping director and former classmate [[Rich Moore]] construct the story following Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios former chief creative officer Lasseter's step down.<ref name=PressKit>{{cite web|url=http://www.wdsmediafile.com/media/RalphBreaksTheInternet/writen-material/RalphBreaksTheInternet5bdce2c0c0501.pdf|title=Ralph Breaks the Internet - Press Kit|website=Walt Disney Studios Media File|access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref> He co-wrote ''[[Toy Story 4]]'', which was released on June 21, 2019. Initially, when he pitched the idea to director [[Josh Cooley]], Cooley was concerned feeling like ''Toy Story 3'' was the perfect ending. Stanton reportedly told Cooley "''Toy Story 3'' was a good ending--but it's not the ending." He explained that it was not the ending of Woody's story but rather the ending of Woody's time with Andy.<ref name="ToyStory4">{{cite web | url = https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/1075937-toy-story-4-was-secretly-being-written-before-toy-story-3-released | title = Toy Story 4 Was Secretly Being Written Before Toy Story 3 Released | first= Spencer |last = Perry | date = June 18, 2019 | access-date = December 7, 2019 | work = [[Comingsoon.net]] }}</ref> Stanton reportedly started writing ''Toy Story 4'' in secret while the third film was still in production.<ref name="ToyStory4"/>

He has expressed interest in directing more live action films, stating that he wants to return "[b]ecause it's quicker and it's a little bit more of the opposite... It's the antithesis of animation. Animation you get to control everything, and it's awesome in that sense. But there's no spontaneity, and it takes a long time! And so there's high risk for the complete opposite reasons of live-action."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/finding-dory-andrew-stanton-live-action-movies/|title = Finding Dory Director Wants to Focus on Live-Action Movies Next|website = [[Screen Rant]]|date = 11 June 2016}}</ref>

In 2020, it was announced that Stanton was in talks to direct and write ''Chairman Spaceman'' for [[Searchlight Pictures]] and [[Simon Kinberg]]'s production label, [[Genre Films]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|title=Andrew Stanton In Early Talks To Direct 'Chairman Spaceman' For Searchlight & Simon Kinberg's Genre Films|url=https://deadline.com/2020/05/andrew-stanton-direct-chairman-spaceman-new-yorker-searchlight-pictures-simon-kinberg-1202938654/|date=May 19, 2020|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref> The film is based on ''[[The New Yorker]]'' short story of the same name by Thomas Pierce. The film would mark Stanton's third venture into the science fiction genre, following ''WALL-E'' and ''John Carter''. Stanton has been quoted many times saying that science fiction is his favorite genre. Films like ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[Blade Runner]]'', ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]'', as well as Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel, ''Princess of Mars'', helped shape his interest in the genre. The same year, Stanton was attached to direct ''Revolver'', a [[romantic comedy]] starring [[Maya Hawke]] and [[Ethan Hawke]] from a screenplay by Kate Trefry.<ref>{{cite web|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|title=Maya And Ethan Hawke To Star As Father And Daughter In 'Revolver'; Andrew Stanton Directing – AFM|url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/ethan-hawke-maya-hawke-revolver-andrew-stanton-1234606666/|date=October 30, 2020|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|access-date=February 5, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Jeremy|last=Kay|title=Andrew Stanton to direct Maya and Ethan Hawke in AFM sales title 'Revolver'|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/andrew-stanton-to-direct-maya-and-ethan-hawke-in-afm-sales-title-revolver/5154553.article|date=October 30, 2020|website=[[Screen International|Screen Daily]]|publisher=Media Business Insight|access-date=February 5, 2023}}</ref> In 2022, it was announced that Stanton would direct ''[[In the Blink of an Eye (upcoming film)|In the Blink of an Eye]]'' for Searchlight Pictures from a screenplay by Colby Day.<ref name=Blink>{{cite web|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/andrew-stanton-to-direct-in-the-blink-of-an-eye-movie-1235235733/|title=Andrew Stanton to Direct Epic Sci-Fi Drama 'In the Blink of an Eye' for Searchlight (Exclusive)|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|date=October 7, 2022|access-date=February 5, 2023}}</ref>

In 2024, Docter announced that Stanton would write and direct the fifth main installment of ''Toy Story'' series, ''[[Toy Story 5]]'', which is scheduled for release on June 19, 2026.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hermanns|first=Grant|date=June 8, 2024|title=Toy Story 5 Director Seemingly Revealed By Pixar Exec|url=https://screenrant.com/toy-story-5-director-andrew-stanton-pixar-report/|access-date=June 8, 2024|website=[[Screen Rant]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McPherson |first=Chris |date=June 9, 2024 |title=Pixar Legend Tapped to Direct 'Toy Story 5' |url=https://collider.com/toy-story-5-director-andrew-stanton/ |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Films===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Title
![[Film director|Director]]
![[Screenwriter|Writer]]
![[Executive producer|Executive<br>Producer]]
!Other
![[Voice acting|Voice Role]]
!Notes
|-
|1995
|''[[Toy Story]]''
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|Commercial Chorus 2
|Story Artist, Character Designer
|-
|1998
|''[[A Bug's Life]]''
|{{Partial|Co-Director}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|Bug Zapper Bug 1<br>Singing Grasshopper 2
|Story Artist
|-
|1999
|''[[Toy Story 2]]''
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|Emperor Zurg
|
|-
|2000
|''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins|Buzz Lightyear of Star Command:<br>The Adventure Begins]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|Hamm
|Direct-to-video
|-
|2001
|''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''
|{{No}}
|{{Yes|Screenplay}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|-
|2003
|''[[Finding Nemo]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|Crush/Lobster/Seagulls
|
|-
|2004
|''[[The Incredibles]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|Additional Voices
|
|-
|2006
|''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|Fred
|Additional Screenplay Material
|-
|2007
|''[[Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|-
|2008
|''[[WALL-E]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|Axiom Passenger 2
|rowspan=4|Pixar Senior Creative Team - <br>uncredited on ''WALL-E''
|-
|2009
|''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|2010
|''[[Toy Story 3]]''
|{{No}}
|{{Yes|Story}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|2011
|''[[Cars 2]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2012
|''[[John Carter (film)|John Carter]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes|Screenplay}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|-
|''[[Brave (2012 film)|Brave]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|rowspan=8|Pixar Senior Creative Team
|-
|2013
|''[[Monsters University]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2015
|''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|''[[The Good Dinosaur]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|2016
|''[[Finding Dory]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|Crush/Clam/Seagulls
|-
|rowspan=2|2017
|''[[Cars 3]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|''[[Coco (2017 film)|Coco]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|rowspan=2|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}}
|
|rowspan=5|Pixar Senior Creative Team
|-
|rowspan=2|2020
|''[[Onward (film)|Onward]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|''[[Soul (2020 film)|Soul]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|2021
|''[[Luca (2021 film)|Luca]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2022
|''[[Turning Red]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|''[[Lightyear (film)|Lightyear]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|Additional Screenplay Material<br>Pixar Senior Creative Team
|-
|2023
|''[[Elemental (2023 film)|Elemental]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|rowspan=5|Pixar Senior Creative Team
|-
|2024
|''[[Inside Out 2]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|2025
|''[[Elio (film)|Elio]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2026
|''[[Hoppers (film)|Hoppers]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|''[[Toy Story 5]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|{{TBA}}
|''[[In the Blink of an Eye (upcoming film)|In the Blink of an Eye]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
|Completed <ref>{{cite web|last=Lovell|first=Kevin|url=https://screen-connections.com/2025/03/25/cara-mpa-film-ratings-bulletin-03-26-25-weapons-2025-lilly-red-sonja-2025/|title=CARA/MPA Film Ratings Bulletin 03/26/25; MPA Ratings & Rating Reasons For 'Weapons', 'Lilly', 'Red Sonja' & More|website=Screen-Connections|date=March 25, 2025|access-date=June 14, 2025}}</ref>
|}

====Short films====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Title
![[Film director|Director]]
![[Screenwriter|Writer]]
![[Executive producer|Executive<br>Producer]]
![[Voice acting|Voice]]
|-
|1986
|''Somewhere in the Arctic''<ref name=AVPixarShortsVol2>{{cite web|last1=Simon|first1=Ben|title=Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2|url=http://animatedviews.com/2012/pixar-short-films-collection-volume-2/|publisher=Animated Views|access-date=February 26, 2017|date=December 27, 2012}}</ref>
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|Bahr
|-
|1987
|''A Story''<ref name=AVPixarShortsVol2 />
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes|Producer}}
|Randy / Goon Squad
|-
|1991
|''[[Light & Heavy (film)|Light & Heavy]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
|-
|2003
|''[[Exploring the Reef with Jean-Michel Cousteau]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|rowspan=2 | 2008
|''[[Presto (film)|Presto]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|''[[BURN-E]]''
|{{No}}
|{{Yes|Story}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|2009
|''[[Partly Cloudy]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2016
|''[[Piper (film)|Piper]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|''Marine Life Interviews''
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
|}

===TV episodes and specials===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
![[Television director|Director]]
![[Screenplay writer|Writer]]
![[Executive producer|Executive<br>Producer]]
![[Storyboard artist|Story<br>Artist]]
![[Voice acting|Voice]]
!Notes
|-
|1987
|''[[Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|13 episodes
|-
|1994
|''[[2 Stupid Dogs]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|
|Episode: "Cookies, Ookies, Blookies"
|-
|1995
|''[[The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|
|Episode: "Good Mousekeeping"
|-
|2010
|''[[Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|Crush
|Episode: "The Ol' Shell Game"
|-
|2013
|''[[Toy Story of Terror!]]''
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|TV special
|-
|2017
|''[[Stranger Things (season 2)|Stranger Things 2]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|Episodes: "Chapter Five: Dig Dug" and "Chapter Six: The Spy"
|-
|2018
|''[[Better Call Saul (season 4)|Better Call Saul]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|Episode: "[[Piñata (Better Call Saul)|Piñata]]"
|-
|2019
|''[[Legion (season 3)|Legion]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|Episode: "[[Chapter 20 (Legion)|Chapter 20]]"
|-
|2020
|''[[Tales from the Loop]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|Episode: "Echo Sphere"
|-
|2021–22
|''[[For All Mankind (TV series)|For All Mankind]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|Directed four episodes
|-
|2022
|''[[Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV series)|Obi-Wan Kenobi]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|Episodes: "[[Part V (Obi-Wan Kenobi)|Part V]]" and "[[Part VI (Obi-Wan Kenobi)|Part VI]]"
|-
|2024
|''[[3 Body Problem (TV series)|3 Body Problem]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{partial|Co-Executive}}
|{{no}}
|
|Directed episode: "[[Destroyer of Worlds (3 Body Problem)|Destroyer of Worlds]]"
|-
|2025
|''[[Win or Lose (TV series)|Win or Lose]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gaur |first=Ryan |date=2023-07-06 |title=Conversation with Team Behind New Pixar Series 'Win or Lose' {{!}} Carrie Hobson, Michael Yates, David Lally |url=https://www.skwigly.co.uk/pixar-series-win-or-lose-interview/ |access-date=2023-07-07 |website=Skwigly Animation Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Shanfeld|first=Ethan|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/inside-out-spinoff-dream-productions-disney-release-date-1236154852/|title='Inside Out' Spinoff Series 'Dream Productions' and Pixar's 'Win or Lose' Set Disney+ Release Dates and Unveil New Footage|website=variety.com|date=September 24, 2024|access-date=September 24, 2024}}</ref>
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1998
| ''[[A Bug's Life (video game)|A Bug's Life]]''
| Hopper
| Replacing [[Kevin Spacey]]
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue]]''
| [[List of Toy Story characters#Emperor Zurg|Emperor Zurg]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2003
| ''[[Finding Nemo (video game)|Finding Nemo]]''
| Crush
|
|-
| ''[[Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure]]''
| Emperor Zurg
|
|-
| 2006
| ''Finding Nemo: Escape to the Big Blue''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds/finding_nemo_escape_to_the_big_blue|title=Finding Nemo: Escape to the Big Blue Review (3DS)|first=Martin|last=Watts|date=April 15, 2013|website=[[Nintendo Life]]|access-date=March 26, 2021}}</ref>
| Seagulls
| [[Nintendo DS]] and [[Nintendo 3DS]] only
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Cars Mater-National Championship]]''
| [[List of Cars characters#Fred|Fred]]
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Cars Race-O-Rama]]''
| Fred / Tater Jr.
| [[PS3]]/[[Xbox 360]]/[[Wii]] version only
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Toy Story 3: The Video Game]]''
| Emperor Zurg
| Uncredited<br />[[PS3]] version only
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Kinect Disneyland Adventures]]''
| Crush / Emperor Zurg
|
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Disney Infinity 3.0]]''
| Crush
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Lego The Incredibles]]''
| Seagulls
|
|}

===Theme parks===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1989–2007
|''[[The Making of Me]]''
|
| Animator<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/17/second-act-twist|title = Second-Act Twist|magazine = [[The New Yorker]]|date = 10 October 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 1998–2025
| ''[[It's Tough to Be a Bug!]]''
| Hopper
| Reprising his voice doubling for [[Kevin Spacey]]
|-
| 2007–present
| [[The Seas with Nemo & Friends]]
| Crush, Seagulls
|
|-
| 2007–present
| [[Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage]]
| Crush, Seagulls
|
|}

===Other credits===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Geri's Game]]''
| Very Special Thanks
|-
| 2000
| ''[[For the Birds (film)|For the Birds]]''
| Thanks
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Lifted (2006 film)|Lifted]]''
| rowspan="2"| Special Thanks
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2007
| ''[[Fog City Mavericks]]''
|-
| ''[[The Pixar Story]]''
| Himself; Very Special Thanks
|-
| 2010
| ''Finding Nico''
| rowspan="2"| Special Thanks
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2014
| ''[[Lava (2014 film)|Lava]]''
|-
| ''[[Toy Story That Time Forgot]]''
| Extra Special Thanks
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Sanjay's Super Team]]''
| Special Thanks
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Zootopia]]''
| Creative Consultant<ref>{{cite web|last1=Strike|first1=Joe|title='Zootopia:' Disney's Latest and Greatest Animal Kingdom|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/zootopia-disney-s-latest-and-greatest-animal-kingdom|publisher=Animated World Network|access-date=September 13, 2020|date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2019
| ''[[Purl (film)|Purl]]''
| Kristen Lester's Story Trust
|-
| ''[[Frozen II]]''
| rowspan="3"| Special Thanks
|-
| ''[[Spies in Disguise]]''
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Encanto]]''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2022
| ''Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to 'Lightyear'''
| Himself<ref>{{cite news|title=Buzz Lightyear Documentary 'Beyond Infinity' Now on Disney+|url=https://pixarpost.com/2022/06/lightyear-documentary.html|access-date=July 2, 2022|newspaper=Pixar Post|date=June 10, 2022|author=T.J. Wolsos}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Cars on the Road]]''
| Special Thanks; Pixar Senior Creative Team
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Nimona (film)|Nimona]]''
| Special Thanks
|}

==Collaborations (Acting)==
Andrew Stanton has cast certain actors and crew members in more than one of the films he has directed.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!''[[Finding Nemo]]''
!''[[WALL-E]]''
!''[[John Carter (film)|John Carter]]''
!''[[Finding Dory]]''
!''[[In the Blink of an Eye (upcoming film)|In the Blink of an Eye]]''
|-
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|[[Ellen DeGeneres]]
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|[[Alexander Gould]]
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|
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|[[Willem Dafoe]]
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|[[Brad Garrett]]
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|[[Allison Janney]]
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|[[Austin Pendleton]]
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|[[Stephen Root]]
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|[[Vicki Lewis]]
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|[[Paul Eiding]]
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|[[Jess Harnell]]
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|[[Sherry Lynn]]
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|Mickie McGowan
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|[[Laraine Newman]]
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|[[Jeff Pidgeon]]
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|
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|[[Jan Rabson]]
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|
|
|
|-
|[[Jim Ward (voice actor)|Jim Ward]]
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|
|
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|[[Sigourney Weaver]]
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|-
|[[Angus MacLane]]
|
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|
|{{center|{{X mark}}}}
|
|-
|[[Dominic West]]
|
|
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|-
|[[Kate McKinnon]]
|
|
|
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|{{center|{{X mark}}}}
|}

==Award and nominations==

===Academy Awards===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

!Year
!Category
!Film
!Result
!Shared With
|-
| [[68th Academy Awards|1995]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| ''[[Toy Story]]''
| {{Nom}}
| style="font-size:85%;" |Shared With [[Joss Whedon]],  [[Joel Cohen (writer)|Joel Cohen]], [[Alec Sokolow]], [[John Lasseter]],  [[Pete Docter]],  and [[Joe Ranft]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[76th Academy Awards|2003]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature]]
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Finding Nemo]]''
| {{Won}}
|{{N/A}}
|-
| Best Original Screenplay
| {{Nom}}
| style="font-size:85%;" | Shared with [[Bob Peterson (filmmaker)|Bob Peterson]] and [[David Reynolds (screenwriter)|David Reynolds]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[81st Academy Awards|2008]]
| Best Animated Feature
| rowspan="2"| ''[[WALL-E]]''
| {{Won}}
|{{N/A}}
|-
| Best Original Screenplay
| {{Nom}}
| style="font-size:85%;"| Shared With [[Jim Reardon]] and Pete Docter
|-
| [[83rd Academy Awards|2010]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| ''[[Toy Story 3]]''
| {{Nom}}
|  style="font-size:85%;"| Shared With [[Michael Arndt]], [[John Lasseter]], and [[Lee Unkrich]]
|}

==Preservation==
Two of Stanton's short films, ''A Story'' and ''Somewhere in the Arctic...'', were preserved by the [[Academy Film Archive]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=&filmmaker=stanton%2C+andrew&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book |last=Price |first=David |year=2008 |title=The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company |location=New York |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf |isbn=978-0-307-26575-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780307265753}}
{{Refend}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Andrew Stanton}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0004056|name=Andrew Stanton}}
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/magazine/04wwln-domains-t.html A Day in the Life of Andrew Stanton] – ''[[The New York Times]]''
* {{TED speaker}}
** [http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_stanton_the_clues_to_a_great_story "The clues to a great story" (TED2012)]

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