The Disney Pixar movies are full of heart and have some really important themes but I didn’t know anything about the religious background of any of the creative minds behind the movies.  I read a great interview this summer with writer-director Andrew Stanton and thought some of you might be interested too – especially since Pixar is becoming increasingly important at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.   Andrew Stanton is a christian who has not only been a writer and/or director in the big Pixar projects, he has also been a voice actor on several projects.  Stanton is now vice president of Pixar’s creative division.

Here’s some of his accomplishments:

• WALL-E  (Director, writer, voice actor)
• Ratatouille (executive producer)
• Cars (voice actor)
• The Incredibles (voice actor)
• Finding Nemo (director, writer, voice actor)
• Monsters, Inc  (executive producer, screenplay)
• Toy Story 2 (writer, screenplay, voice actor)
• A Bug’s Live (co-director, writer, screenplay, voice actor)
• Toy Story (writer, voice actor)

You can read more in the World Magazine article about WALL-E & Andrew Stanton by Megan Basham.

May God bless Mr. Stanton with many, many more wonderful and creative ideas in the years to come!