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Andrew Stanton

Andrew Ayers Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is best known as the director and co-writer of the Pixar animated films ''Finding Nemo'' (2003), ''WALL-E'' (2008), ''Finding Dory'' (2016), and ''Toy Story 5'' (2026). He also directed the live-action films ''John Carter'' (2012) and ''In the Blink of an Eye'' (2026). For Pixar, Stanton was additionally co-writer on the first four ''Toy Story'' films (1995–2019), ''A Bug's Life'' (1998), ''Monsters, Inc.'' (2001), and has had a degree of involvement in each of the company's feature films. His films have grossed more than $4 billion making him the tenth highest-grossing film director of all-time, not adjusted for inflation.

''Finding Nemo'' and ''WALL-E'' earned Stanton two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature. He was also nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay, for ''Finding Nemo'', ''WALL-E'', and ''Toy Story'' (1995), and for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for ''Toy Story 3'' (2010). ''WALL-E'' has also been inducted into the National Film Registry. Stanton has directed episodes of various television series since 2017, including episodes of ''3 Body Problem'', ''Better Call Saul'', ''Legion'' and ''Stranger Things''. Provided by Wikipedia