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Brad Bird: Now that I've made a Pixar film, a lot of people have asked, "What is the secret formula?" As if there's some magical calculation. And I say, "It's really pretty simple, everyone here loves films. And they just wanna make something that they themselves wanna see."
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Brad Bird: Any company that had four hits in a row would not be open to changing anything. This place was the exact opposite. They were saying, "'Look, we've had four hits in a row. We are in danger of repeating ourselves, or of getting too satisfied and we need to shake this place up."
Andrew Stanton
Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr. (Andrew Stanton), was born on December 3, 1965 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is an American animation director, screenwriter, and producer. He graduated from the California Academy of Arts.
In 1987, he directed his first animated short film "A Story", thus starting his career as a director. In 1991, co-directed the series of animated short films "Jumping Lights" with John Lasseter . In 1995, he served as the screenwriter of the animated adventure film " Toy Story ", and the film was nominated for the 68th Oscar Awards-Best Original Screenplay
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. In 1998, he directed the animated adventure film " A Bug's Life ". With this film, he was nominated for the 27th Anne Award-Outstanding Individual Achievement Award-Animation Film Director Award and Screenwriter Award. In 2003, the animated adventure film " Finding Nemo " directed by him won the 76th Oscar Award-Best Animated Feature Film
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In 2008, directed the animated science fiction film " Walle ", which won the 81st Oscar Award-Best Animated Feature Film
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and the 62nd British Academy of Film and Television Arts Film Award-Best Animated Film
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. In 2010, he served as the screenwriter of the animated film " Toy Story3 "
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, which was nominated for the 83rd Oscar Award-Best Adapted Screenplay Award
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. In 2012, the sci-fi action movie " John Carter " directed by him was released
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. In 2015, he served as the producer of the animated comedy film " Inside Out "
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. In 2016, directed the animated adventure film " Finding Dory "
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Performing Experience
In 1987, he directed his first animated short film "A Story", thus starting his career as a director. In 1990, Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr. joined Pixar Animation Studios. In 1991, co-directed the series of animated short films "Jumping Lights" with John Lasseter . In 1995, he served as the screenwriter for the animated adventure film " Toy Story " directed by John Lasseter. The film was nominated for the 68th Oscar Award-Best Original Screenplay
. With this film, he was nominated for the 24th Anne Award-Best Personal Achievement : Screenwriter Award, 22nd Saturn Award-Best Screenplay Award.
In 1998, he directed the animated adventure film " A Bug's Life ". With this film, he was nominated for the 27th Anne Award-Outstanding Individual Achievement Award-Animation Film Director Award and Screenwriter Award. In 1999, he served as the screenwriter of the animated film " Toy Story2 ", for which he won the 28th Anne Award-Outstanding Individual Achievement Award-Animated Film Screenwriter Award. In 2000, he dubbed the animated science fiction film " Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins ".
In 2001, he served as the screenwriter for the animated comedy film " Monsters, Inc. ", which was co-starred by John Goodman and Billy Crystal
. The film won the 55th British Academy of Film and Television Arts-Children's Award-Best Feature Film Award. With the film shortlisted for the 30th Anne Award-Outstanding Animated Film Screenwriter Award.
In 2003, directed the animated adventure film " Finding Nemo " co-dubbed by Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres . The film was nominated for the 76th Oscar Awards-Best Original Screenplay
, and the 57th British Academy of Film and Television Arts-Children Award-Best Feature Film Award, won the 76th Oscar Award-Best Animated Feature Film Award
, for which he won the 31st Anne Award-Outstanding Animated Film Director Award and Screenwriter Award
.
In 2004, he dubbed the animated adventure film " The Incredibles ". In 2006, he dubbed the animated comedy film " Cars ". In 2007, he appeared in the documentary " The Pixar Story ".
In 2008, directed the animated science fiction film " Walle ", which was dubbed by Ben Burtt Jr. and Alyssa Knight
. The film was nominated for the 81st Oscar Awards-Best Original Screenplay
, and won the 81st Oscar Award-Best Best Animation Feature Film Award
, the 62nd British Academy of Film and Television Arts Film Awards-Best Animated Film Award, with which he was nominated for the 36th Anne Award-Best Animated Film Director Award
; in the same year, he served as the animated adventure short film " BURN · The screenwriter of " E ".
In 2010, he served as the screenwriter of the animated film " Toy Story3 "
, which was nominated for the 83rd Oscar Awards-Best Adapted Screenplay
. In 2011, he appeared in the documentary "Pixar Studios: 25 Magical Moments". On March 9, 2012, the sci-fi action movie " John Carter " directed by him was released. The film was adapted from the science fiction novel "The Princess of Mars" published by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1917
.
In 2013, he served as the screenwriter of the animated film " Toy Story ", which was directed by Angus MacLane . In 2015, he served as the producer of the animated comedy film " Inside Out ", which was written and directed by Peter Hans Docter
; in the same year, the producer of the animated adventure film " The Good Dinosaur " was released by Raymond ·Ochoa and Jack Bright co-dubbed
.
In 2016, directed the animated adventure film " Finding Dory ", which was dubbed by Ellen DeGeneres , Albert Brooks , Ed O'Neill and others. The story of the film takes place one year after the end of the first film and tells the clown fish Nemo He and his father Marin assisted the adventure story of Dolly the Kingfisher Lan Tang in finding his parents
, and was shortlisted for the 70th British Academy of Film and Television Arts Film Awards-Best Animated Animation Award
; in the same year, directed the fifth of the fantasy drama " Stranger Things Season 2 " Episode and sixth episode
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Character Evaluation
Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr. is accustomed to taking the warm route and can move many literary and artistic youths to tears. Moreover, he is a man with magical powers, imagination and vitality. Because of this trait, Stanton, who was studying at the California Academy of Art, was able to create independent animated short films with enthusiasm. Once he has spotted something, he will pursue it relentlessly. At the same time, there are not only amazingly exquisite pictures and ingenious plots in his films, he is optimistic, but also very idealistic and moral. Stanton makes his idealized happiness—this world is still Beautiful-it is integrated into the warmth of the cartoon, and behind the plot, is his life values-responsibility, kindness and bravery .
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