---
name: "Andrew Stanton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andrew-stanton"
fi1m_id: "andrew-stanton"
imdb_id: "nm0004056"
tmdb_id: 7
wikidata_id: "Q328723"
roles: ["Director","Writer","Producer"]
born: "3 December 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 21
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "director"
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-05T01:03:46.164008+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 Stanton

## Identity

Andrew Stanton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andrew-stanton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andrew-stanton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004056
- **TMDB ID:** 7
- **Wikidata ID:** Q328723
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Stanton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328723, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004056/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7

Director and writer. Born 3 December 1965 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 3 December 1965, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Also known as:** Andrew A. Stanton
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 21: 3 acting, 10 directing, 3 writing, 5 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Tim Allen](https://film.one/person/tim-allen.md), [Tom Hanks](https://film.one/person/tom-hanks.md), [John Lasseter](https://film.one/person/john-lasseter.md), [Lindsey Collins](https://film.one/person/lindsey-collins.md), [Albert Brooks](https://film.one/person/albert-brooks.md), [Alison Tatlock](https://film.one/person/alison-tatlock.md), [Darla K. Anderson](https://film.one/person/darla-k-anderson.md), [Dennie Gordon](https://film.one/person/dennie-gordon.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won · 4 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as director, over 10 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (3), 2000s 88 (6), 2010s 77 (10), 2020s 66 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 75 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Animation 5, Family 5, Adventure 4, Drama 4, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 4, Action & Adventure 2
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,991m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Stanton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328723, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004056/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*WALL·E*](https://film.one/film/walle.md) (92), [*Toy Story*](https://film.one/film/toy-story.md) (92), [*Toy Story 2*](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md) (89), [*Monsters, Inc.*](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md) (86), [*Finding Nemo*](https://film.one/film/finding-nemo.md) (85), [*Toy Story 4*](https://film.one/film/toy-story-4.md) (78), [*Legion*](https://film.one/tv/legion.md) (77), [*A Bug's Life*](https://film.one/film/a-bugs-life.md) (73), [*Finding Dory*](https://film.one/film/finding-dory.md) (68)
- **Netflix:** [*Better Call Saul*](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md) (84), [*Stranger Things*](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md) (77)
- **Apple TV:** [*For All Mankind*](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md) (66)

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

## Fi1m on Andrew Stanton

> Andrew Stanton's best films watch a machine or a fish want something and let us work out the rest. When he trusts that quiet he is as good as anyone in family animation; when he stops to explain, or to protect, the films shrink.

The Stanton scene is a small creature, alone, doing its job with nobody watching. A robot compacting rubbish on an empty planet and pausing over what it finds. A father fish who sees danger everywhere and a son who wants room to live. He gives these stretches time, keeps the talk to almost nothing, and trusts us to work out from what the character looks at what it is missing. It is a rare habit in family animation, and *WALL·E* (2008) is the best case for it.

He arrived at Pixar in 1990 as its second animator. *Toy Story* (1995), *Toy Story 2* (1999) and *Monsters, Inc.* (2001) all carry his name, and the scripts share a refusal to explain a joke a child can already see. He co-directed *A Bug's Life* (1998), then directed *Finding Nemo* (2003) and *WALL·E*, which remain the two films we judge him by. The live-action *John Carter* (2012) followed, then *Finding Dory* (2016), and he has since directed a good deal of other people's television: two episodes of the second run of *Stranger Things*, and episodes of *Legion*, *Better Call Saul*, *For All Mankind* and *3 Body Problem*. In 2026 he went back to the toys with *Toy Story 5*, the first in that series he has directed himself.

The two great ones share a pattern, and they share a fault. *WALL·E* is at its best with two robots, Ben Burtt and Elissa Knight making a courtship out of small variations in a beep, and Stanton and his co-writer Jim Reardon hold steady for as long as nobody speaks. Once the humans arrive it gets busier and less surprising. *Finding Nemo*, written with Bob Peterson and David Reynolds, has already shown us the father's love and exasperation through Brooks, then stops to spell the lesson out anyway. Stanton trusts us with the feeling and then explains the lesson. We were moved by the first half hour of *WALL·E* more than we expected to be by a film about a machine that squashes rubbish, and it was because nobody told us to be; the later satire of shopping and screens is easy to read, and we felt the difference.

*Toy Story 5* is the disappointment, and a telling one. He said he took it on because "Somebody might fuck it up." The film he and Kenna Harris wrote is careful, funny and handsome, and it wisely hands its weight to Joan Cusack's Jessie, who is allowed to slow down for once. But it raises the question of children and screens and then puts it down and goes home. He took the job to keep the series safe, and the film he made is safe. If you want to know what he can do, start with *WALL·E*, and notice how long it is before anyone says a word.

## Biography

Andrew Stanton is an American filmmaker, animator and screenwriter. He joined Pixar Animation Studios in 1990 as its second animator and ninth employee, having studied character animation at the California Institute of the Arts.

He is known for directing the Pixar features *Finding Nemo* (2003), *WALL·E* (2008) and *Finding Dory* (2016), and for writing or co-writing the first five *Toy Story* films (1995–2026), *A Bug's Life* (1998) and *Monsters, Inc.* (2001). He directed episodes of the series *Stranger Things* (2016) and others. *Finding Nemo* and *WALL·E* won Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature.

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

## On Fi1m (21)

### Performed in (3)

- *The Incredibles* (2004), Fi1m 88, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredibles.md)
- *Toy Story 2* (1999), Fi1m 89, as Emperor Zurg (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md)
- *Toy Story* (1995), Fi1m 92, as Commercial Chorus (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story.md)

### Directed (10) — the average rests on these

- *Toy Story 5* (2026), Fi1m 66, as Emperor Zurg (voice) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-5.md)
- *3 Body Problem* (2024), Fi1m 65, Director, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/3-body-problem.md)
- *For All Mankind* (2019), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md)
- *Legion* (2017), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/legion.md)
- *Finding Dory* (2016), Fi1m 68, as Crush (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-dory.md)
- *Stranger Things* (2016), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md)
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *WALL·E* (2008), Fi1m 92, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/walle.md)
- *Finding Nemo* (2003), Fi1m 85, as Crush (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-nemo.md)
- *A Bug's Life* (1998), Fi1m 73, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/a-bugs-life.md)

### Wrote (3)

- *Toy Story 4* (2019), Fi1m 78, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Original Story — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-4.md)
- *Toy Story 3* (2010), Fi1m 87, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-3.md)
- *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), Fi1m 86, Executive Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md)

### Produced (5)

- *Inside Out* (2015), Fi1m 87, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out.md)
- *Monsters University* (2013), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-university.md)
- *Brave* (2012), Fi1m 73, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/brave.md)
- *Up* (2009), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/up.md)
- *Ratatouille* (2007), Fi1m 91, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/ratatouille.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

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

- *Toy Story 5* (2026), as Emperor Zurg (voice) (uncredited) · Director, Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-5.md)
- *In the Blink of an Eye* (2026), Director
- *Win or Lose* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *3 Body Problem* (2024), series, Director, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/3-body-problem.md)
- *Nimona* (2023), Thanks — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/nimona.md)
- *A Visit to the Pixar Living Archive* (2022), Actor
- *Anatomy of a Scene: The Plant* (2022), Actor
- *Where It Began: The Origins of WALL·E* (2022), Actor
- *Ralph-E: The Art of the Color Script* (2022), Actor
- *Lightyear* (2022), Executive Producer, Additional Writing
- *Obi-Wan Kenobi* (2022), series, Story, Writer, Teleplay, Consulting Producer
- *Pixar Remix: WALL·E in 16-Bit* (2020), Original Concept, Original Story
- *Tales from the Loop* (2020), series, Director
- *For All Mankind* (2019), series, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md)
- *Toy Story 4* (2019), Original Story, Screenplay, Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-4.md)
- *Legion* (2017), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/legion.md)
- *Marine Life Interviews* (2016), Original Story, Writer
- *Stranger Things* (2016), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md)
- *Finding Dory* (2016), as Crush (voice) · Director, Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-dory.md)
- *Piper* (2016), Executive Producer
- *The Good Dinosaur* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Lava* (2015), Thanks
- *Inside Out* (2015), Executive Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out.md)
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Toy Story of Terror!* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Monsters University* (2013), Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-university.md)
- *Brave* (2012), Executive Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/brave.md)
- *John Carter* (2012), Director, Screenplay
- *Toy Story 3* (2010), Story — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-3.md)
- *Up* (2009), Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/up.md)
- *Partly Cloudy* (2009), Executive Producer
- *WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets* (2008), Director
- *Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up* (2008), Actor
- *BURN·E* (2008), Story, Executive Producer
- *Presto* (2008), Executive Producer
- *WALL·E* (2008), as Additional Voices (voice) · Director, Screenplay, Original Story — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/walle.md)
- *Ratatouille* (2007), Executive Producer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/ratatouille.md)
- *Cars* (2006), as Fred (voice)
- *The Incredibles* (2004), as Additional Voices (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredibles.md)
- *Exploring the Reef* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Finding Nemo* (2003), as Crush (voice) · Director, Screenplay, Original Story — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-nemo.md)
- *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), Executive Producer, Screenplay — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md)
- *Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins* (2000), as Hamm (voice)
- *Toy Story 2* (1999), as Emperor Zurg (voice) · Screenplay, Original Story — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md)
- *A Bug's Life* (1998), as Additional Voices (voice) · Screenplay, Co-Director, Original Story — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/a-bugs-life.md)
- *Geri's Game* (1997), Thanks
- *Toy Story* (1995), as Commercial Chorus (voice) · Screenplay, Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, Original Story — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story.md)
- *2 Stupid Dogs* (1993), series, Storyboard Artist
- *Surprise* (1991), Co-Director
- *Light and Heavy* (1991), Co-Director
- *A Story* (1987), as Randy / The Goon Squad (voice) (as Andy) · Director, Writer, Producer, Animation
- *A Birthday* (1987), Thanks
- *Somewhere in the Arctic...* (1986), as Bahr (voice) · Director
- *Ouchless* (1985), Actor
- *Chairman Spaceman*, Director
- *Monsters, Inc. 3*, Executive Producer
- *Loving Dory*, Executive Producer
- *Revolver*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Andrew Stanton](https://film.one/media/person/6611/gallery-86da4ea80d33.jpg) Andrew Stanton — Sarah K Joyce, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Andrew_Stanton_at_the_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_for_In_the_Blink_of_an_Eye_%2801%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Andrew_Stanton_at_the_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_for_In_the_Blink_of_an_Eye_%2801%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jonas Rivera, Bob Pauley, Bonnie Arnold, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, and Katherine Sarafian discussing "30 Years of Toy Story" at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan  (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/6611/gallery-f0398eddc527.jpg) Jonas Rivera, Bob Pauley, Bonnie Arnold, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, and Katherine Sarafian discussing "30 Years of Toy Story" at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan  (2024) — Coolcaesar, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/30_Years_of_Toy_Story_Panel_at_D23_2024.jpg/1280px-30_Years_of_Toy_Story_Panel_at_D23_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![66ème Festival du Cinéma de Venise (Mostra), 5ème jour (06/09/2009) George Lucas et les réalisateurs de Pixar reçoivent un Lion d'Or pour l'ensemble de leur car](https://film.one/media/person/6611/gallery-e83dcef3c8f0.jpg) 66ème Festival du Cinéma de Venise (Mostra), 5ème jour (06/09/2009) George Lucas et les réalisateurs de Pixar reçoivent un Lion d'Or pour l'ensemble de leur car — nicolas genin from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_Lion_d%27Or.jpg/1280px-66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_Lion_d%27Or.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Andrew Stanton au festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy 2016](https://film.one/media/person/6611/gallery-d22759b499e7.jpg) Andrew Stanton au festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy 2016 — Boungawa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Andrew_Stanton.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Andrew Stanton at The Power of Story: In the Beginning at Sundance 2012](https://film.one/media/person/6611/gallery-585366c0505c.jpg) Andrew Stanton at The Power of Story: In the Beginning at Sundance 2012 — PunkToad from oakland, us. Cropped and edited by Daniel Case, 2022-04-15, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Andrew_Stanton_2012_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Andrew Stanton and Victor Navone holding an academy award (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/6611/gallery-67efb7b0cc1d.jpg) Andrew Stanton and Victor Navone holding an academy award (2009) — Victor Navone, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Andrew_Stanton_and_Victor_Navone.jpg/1280px-Andrew_Stanton_and_Victor_Navone.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won, 4 nominated

- 2011: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Toy Story 3*
- 2009: Best Animated Feature (won), for *WALL-E*
- 2009: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *WALL-E*
- 2004: Best Animated Feature (won), for *Finding Nemo*
- 2004: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Finding Nemo*
- 1996: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated)

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Hugo Awards 2009: Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (won), for *WALL-E*
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film 2003: European Film Award for Best Non-European Film (nominated), for *Finding Nemo*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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