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Born in Boston, MA. Writer, story artist, animator, producer and director at Pixar who started writing for the animated TV series "Mighty Mouse, the New Adventure" (1987). Other writing credits include A STORY (1987 - animated short, also producer & director), TOY STORY (1995), A BUG'S LIFE (1998, also co-director), TOY STORY 2 (1999), MONSTERS, INC. (2001, also exec. producer) and FINDING NEMO (2003, also director) and WALL·E (2008, also director). Stanton was an executive producer of 2007's Best Animated Feature Film, RATATOUILLE.  Nominated for Achievement in Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) 1995: TOY STORY (story & screenplay) [w. Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow (screenplay) and John Lasseter, Peter Docter & Joe Ranft (story)]  Nominated for Writing (Original Screenplay) 2003: FINDING NEMO (Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds; Original Story by Andrew Stanton)  Best Animated Feature Film 2003: FINDING NEMO (Writer & director) (Graham Walters, producer; Jinko Gotoh, assoc. producer; John Lasseter, exec. producer) 3 nominations, 1 Award