---
name: "Andrew L. Schmidt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andrew-l-schmidt"
fi1m_id: "andrew-l-schmidt"
imdb_id: "nm2112570"
tmdb_id: 8042
wikidata_id: "Q109317344"
roles: ["Animation","Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 90
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-22T03:30:14.539568+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Andrew L. Schmidt

## Identity

Andrew L. Schmidt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andrew-l-schmidt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andrew-l-schmidt
- **IMDb ID:** nm2112570
- **TMDB ID:** 8042
- **Wikidata ID:** Q109317344
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109317344, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2112570/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8042

Animation and director.

## Details

- **Work:** Animation, Director
- **Active:** 1995–2016
- **Also known as:** Andy Schmidt, Andrew Schmidt, Andrew Lowell Schmidt
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 directing, 2 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 92 (1), 2010s 84 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109317344, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2112570/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8042

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia*](https://film.one/tv/trollhunters-tales-of-arcadia.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (1)

- *Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia* (2016), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/trollhunters-tales-of-arcadia.md)

### Crew (2) — the average rests on these

- *Toy Story 3* (2010), Fi1m 87, Animation — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-3.md)
- *Toy Story* (1995), Fi1m 92, Animation — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *WondLa* (2024), series, Director
- *Star Trek: Prodigy* (2021), series, Director
- *Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans* (2021), Director
- *Wizards: Tales of Arcadia* (2020), series, Director
- *3Below: Tales of Arcadia* (2018), series, Director
- *Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia* (2016), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/trollhunters-tales-of-arcadia.md)
- *The Image Revolution* (2013), Co-Producer
- *Cars 2* (2011), Animation
- *Toy Story 3* (2010), Animation — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-3.md)
- *Up* (2009), Animation — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/up.md)
- *Partly Cloudy* (2009), Supervising Animator
- *Presto* (2008), Animation
- *Ratatouille* (2007), Animation — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/ratatouille.md)
- *The Incredibles* (2004), Animation — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredibles.md)
- *Finding Nemo* (2003), Animation — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-nemo.md)
- *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), Animation — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md)
- *Osmosis Jones* (2001), Animation
- *The Iron Giant* (1999), Animation — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-giant.md)
- *Balto* (1995), Animation
- *Toy Story* (1995), Animation — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story.md)

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