Biography
Andrew L. Schmidt is an animator, director and writer working in feature animation and television. He began his career as a traditional animator on films including The Iron Giant (1999) and The Prince of Egypt (1998), later contributing as an animator at Pixar Animation Studios to Monsters, Inc. (2001), Finding Nemo (2003), The Incredibles (2004), Ratatouille (2007), Up (2009) and Toy Story 3 (2010).
Schmidt transitioned to directing on Guillermo del Toro’s Tales of Arcadia franchise for DreamWorks Animation, directing 14 episodes of Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016–2018) as well as episodes of the spin-off series 3Below and Wizards. He co-directed the feature Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021). His work on the series earned Annie and Daytime Emmy nominations for directing. He has since directed episodes of Star Trek: Prodigy and served as supervising director on WondLa.
