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Andrew Stanton Biography

Birth Name:
Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr.
Birth Place:
Rockport, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Driector, screenwriter, producer, voice-over actor

Fast Facts

  • Began working for Pixar in 1990 as their second animator and ninth overall employee
  • Voiced the character of Emperor Zurg in Toy Story 2 (1999)
  • During a single lunch session in 1994, he and three other Pixar employees came up with the ideas that eventually became A Bug's Life (1998), Monsters, Inc
  • (2001), Finding Nemo (2003) and WALL-E (2008)
  • Made his live-action film-directing debut in 2012 with John Carter

Awards

  • 2017BAFTA Film Awards-Best Animated Film: nominated
  • 2011Critics' Choice Movie Awards-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2010Oscar-Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay): nominated
  • 2009BAFTA Film Awards-Best Animated Film: winner
  • 2008Oscar-Best Animated Feature Film: winner
  • 2008Oscar-Best Writing (Original Screenplay): nominated
  • 2008Online Film Critics Association-Best Original Screenplay: winner
  • 2008Utah Film Critics-Best Director: winner
  • 2008Chicago Film Critics Association-Best Director: nominated
  • 2008Detroit Film Critics Society-Best Director: nominated
  • 2004BAFTA Film Awards-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2003Oscar-Best Writing (Original Screenplay): nominated
  • 2003Oscar-Best Animated Feature Film: winner
  • 1995Oscar-Best Writing (Original Screenplay): nominated

Relationships

  • Audrey Standton -- Daughter
  • Ben Stanton -- Son
  • Julie Stanton -- Wife