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Andrew Stanton is a director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional voice actor. He has been instrumental in the success of many Pixar films.

Biography

Stanton joined Pixar in January, 1990 and was the second animator (John Lasseter being the first) and ninth overall employee hired at the studio.^[1] His first duties were working on television commercials. With John Lasseter, Pete Docter and Joe Ranft, Stanton rounded out the original Brain Trust and helped develop the idea for Pixar's first full-length animated movie, Toy Story, which he received an Academy Award nomination for. Since then he has directed Finding Nemo and WALL•E, and was co-director on A Bug's Life. He has also performed the voices of Emperor Zurg in Toy Story 2, Crush and the Seagulls in Finding Nemo and Fred in Cars. He and John Lasseter have cameo voices in A Bug's Life as two flies. He has recently directed John Carter. He also voiced Hamm in the opening of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins and Hopper in the A Bug's Life Video Game and It's Tough to Be a Bug.

Filmography

Director

Finding Nemo (2003)
WALL•E (2008)

Co-Director

A Bug's Life (1998)

Writer

Toy Story (1995) - Original Story with John Lasseter, Pete Docter and Joe Ranft / Screenplay with Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow
A Bug's Life (1998) - Original Story with John Lasseter and Joe Ranft / Screenplay with Donald McEnery and Bob Shaw
Toy Story 2 (1999) - Original Story with John Lasseter, Pete Docter and Ash Brannon / Screenplay with Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin and Chris Webb
Monsters, Inc. (2001) - Screenplay with Daniel Gerson
Finding Nemo (2003) - Original Story / Screenplay with Bob Peterson and David Reynolds
WALL•E (2008) - Original Story with Pete Docter / Screenplay with Jim Reardon
Toy Story 3 (2010) - Story with John Lasseter and Lee Unkrich

References

↑ Paik, Karen (2007). To Infinity and Beyond! The Story of Pixar Animation Studios. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books LLC.

[1] Paik, Karen (2007). To Infinity and Beyond! The Story of Pixar Animation Studios. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books LLC.

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 ==Biography==
-Stanton joined Pixar in January, 1990 and was the second animator ([[John Lasseter]] being the first) and ninth overall employee hired at the studio.<ref>Paik, Karen (2007). ''[http://www.amazon.com/Infinity-Beyond-Story-Animation-Studios/dp/0811850129/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204431018&sr=8-1 To Infinity and Beyond! The Story of Pixar Animation Studios]''. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books LLC.</ref> His first duties were working on television commercials. With [[John Lasseter]], [[Pete Docter]] and [[Joe Ranft]], Stanton rounded out the original [[Brain Trust]] and helped develop the idea for Pixar's first full-length animated movie, ''[[Toy Story]]'', which he received an Academy Award nomination for. Since then he has directed ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' and ''[[WALL•E]]'', and was co-director on ''[[A Bug's Life]]''. He has also performed the voices of [[Emperor Zurg]] in ''[[Toy Story 2]]'', [[Crush]] and the [[Seagulls]] in ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' and [[Fred]] in ''[[Cars]]''. He and John Lasseter have cameo voices in A Bug's Life as two flies. He has recently directed ''[[Non-Pixar works associated with Pixar staff#John Carter|John Carter]]''. He also voiced [[Hamm]] in the opening of ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins]] ''and [[Hopper]] in the [[A Bug's Life: The Video Game|A Bug's Life Video Game]] and It's Tough to Be a Bug.
+Stanton joined Pixar in January, 1990 and was the second animator ([[John Lasseter]] being the first) and ninth overall employee hired at the studio.<ref>Paik, Karen (2007). ''[http://www.amazon.com/Infinity-Beyond-Story-Animation-Studios/dp/0811850129/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204431018&sr=8-1 To Infinity and Beyond! The Story of Pixar Animation Studios]''. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books LLC.</ref> His first duties were working on television commercials. With [[John Lasseter]], [[Pete Docter]] and [[Joe Ranft]], Stanton rounded out the original [[Brain Trust]] and helped develop the idea for Pixar's first full-length animated movie, ''[[Toy Story]]'', which he received an Academy Award nomination for. Since then he has directed ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' and ''[[WALL•E]]'', and was co-director on ''[[A Bug's Life]]''. He has also performed the voices of [[Emperor Zurg]] in ''[[Toy Story 2]]'', [[Crush]] and the [[Seagulls]] in ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' and [[Fred]] in ''[[Cars]]''. He and John Lasseter have cameo voices in A Bug's Life as two flies. He has recently directed ''[[Non-Pixar works associated with Pixar staff#John Carter|John Carter]]''. He also voiced [[Hamm]] in the opening of ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins]]'' and [[Hopper]] in the [[A Bug's Life: The Video Game|A Bug's Life Video Game]] and It's Tough to Be a Bug.
 ==Filmography==