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Wall-e
''WALL-E'' (stylized with an interpunct as ''WALL·E'') is a 2008 American animated Romance film, romantic science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Andrew Stanton, produced by Jim Morris (film producer), Jim Morris, and written by Stanton and Jim Reardon, based on a story by Stanton and Pete Docter. It stars the voices of Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, and Sigourney Weaver, with Fred Willard in a live-action role. The film follows a solitary robot named WALL-E (character), WALL-E on a Future of Earth, future, Planetary habitability, uninhabitable, deserted Earth in 2805, left to clean up garbage. He is visited by a robot called EVE sent from the starship ''Axiom'', with whom he falls in love and pursues across the galaxy. After directing ''Finding Nemo'', Stanton felt Pixar had created believable simulations of underwater physics and was willing to direct a film set lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WALL-E (character)
WALL-E (short for ''Waste Allocation Load Lifter: Earth-Class'') is the main protagonist of the 2008 Disney/ Pixar animated film of the same name. He is primarily voiced by Ben Burtt. WALL-E was created by director, Andrew Stanton, and writer, Jim Reardon. In the film, he's a solitary robot on a future, uninhabitable, deserted Earth in 2805, left to clean up garbage. He is visited by a probe sent by the starship ''Axiom'', a robot called EVE (short for ''Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator)'', with whom he falls in love and pursues across the galaxy. Development Director, Andrew Stanton made WALL-E a trash compactor as the idea was instantly understandable, and because it was a low-status menial job that made him sympathetic. Stanton also liked the imagery of stacked cubes of garbage. Before they turned their attention to other projects, Stanton and John Lasseter thought about having WALL-E fall in love, as it was the necessary progression away from loneliness. WALL-E w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Stanton
Andrew Ayers Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American filmmaker. 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 the upcoming ''Toy Story 5'' (2026). He also directed and co-wrote the live-action film ''John Carter (film), John Carter'' (2012) for Walt Disney Pictures and directed the upcoming live-action film ''In the Blink of an Eye (upcoming film), In the Blink of an Eye'' for Searchlight Pictures. For Pixar, Stanton was additionally the co-director and co-writer of ''A Bug's Life'' (1998), the co-writer of each of the Toy Story (franchise), ''Toy Story'' films (1995-present) and ''Monsters, Inc.'' (2001), and occasional voice actor for various films. ''Finding Nemo'' and ''WALL-E'' earned Stanton two Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature. He was also nominated for three Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Academy Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Burtt
Benjamin Burtt Jr. (born July 12, 1948) is an American sound designer, film director, film editor, screenwriter, and voice actor. As a sound designer, his credits include the ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones'' film series, '' Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' (1978), '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982), ''WALL-E'' (2008), and ''Star Trek'' (2009). Burtt is notable for popularizing the Wilhelm scream in-joke and creating many of the iconic sound effects heard in the ''Star Wars'' film franchise, including the 'voice' of R2-D2, the lightsaber hum, the sound of the blaster guns, the heavy-breathing sound of Darth Vader, and creating the Ewoks’ language, Ewokese. Burtt was also the sound editor for ''WALL-E'' and performed the vocalizations of the titular character as well as other robots in the film. Burtt has won four Academy Awards, two of which are Special Achievement Academy Awards. He has also directed numerous documentary films for IMAX and most notably the tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elissa Knight
Elissa Knight (born April 15, 1975) is an American employee at Pixar and voice actress. As a voice actress, her first major role was in the 2006 film '' Cars'' as one of the twins known as Tia and as EVE in ''WALL-E'' in 2008. Biography Knight was born on April 15, 1975 in Santa Cruz, California. As a Pixar employee, she worked on numerous films, including '' Cars'', '' Ratatouille'', and ''WALL-E''. Knight voices animated characters as necessary, occasionally recording scratch tracks for use until a big-name actor can record their dialogue. She had her first voice role in the 2006 film '' Cars'' as Tia, one of two identical twin Mazda Miata "sisters" who become fans of several of the race cars (the other is played by Lindsey Collins; both actors work at Pixar as assistants). Knight continued to do voice acting in ''WALL-E ''WALL-E'' (stylized with an interpunct as ''WALL·E'') is a 2008 American animated Romance film, romantic science fiction film produced by Pixar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pixar Animation Studios
Pixar (), doing business as Pixar Animation Studios, is an American animation studio based in Emeryville, California, known for its critically and commercially successful computer-animated feature films. Pixar is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, a segment of the Walt Disney Company. Pixar started in 1979 as part of the Lucasfilm computer division. It was known as the Graphics Group before its Corporate spin-off, spin-off as a corporation in 1986, with funding from Apple Inc., Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who became its majority shareholder. Disney announced its acquisition of Pixar in January 2006, and completed it in May 2006. Pixar is best known for its feature films, technologically powered by RenderMan (software), RenderMan, the company's own implementation of the industry-standard RenderMan Interface Specification Rendering (computer graphics), image-rendering API. The studio's mascot is Luxo Jr. (cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Reardon
Jim Reardon is an American animation director and screenwriter. He is best known for his work on the animated TV series ''The Simpsons''. He has directed over 30 episodes of the series and was credited as a supervising director for seasons 9 through 15. He has been described by Ralph Bakshi as "one of the best cartoon writers in the business". Early life and education Reardon grew up in Seaside, Oregon, graduating from Seaside High School in 1983. His father died when Reardon was young, so Reardon picked up odd jobs to help support his mother and two sisters. Reardon graduated from California Institute of the Arts with a BFA degree in 1987. One of his student projects, the satirical cartoon '' Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown'' (1986), has become a cult classic. Career Early career Reardon was hired by John Kricfalusi as a writer on '' Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures'' and later worked on ''Tiny Toon Adventures''. Reardon worked for Walt Disney Animation Studios fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Garlin
Jeffrey Garlin (born June 5, 1962) is an American stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for playing List of Curb Your Enthusiasm characters#Jeff Greene, Jeff Greene on the HBO sitcom ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', and Murray Goldberg, patriarch of the eponymous family in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''The Goldbergs (2013 TV series), The Goldbergs''. He also played Marvin on ''Mad About You'' and Mort Meyers on ''Arrested Development'' for Fox (international), Fox and Netflix. Garlin has also appeared as Captain B. McCrea in ''WALL-E'', Buttercup in ''Toy Story 3'', ''Toy Story 4'', and ''Toy Story 5'', Perry Babcock in ''ParaNorman'', and Mr. Britt in ''Safety Not Guaranteed'', among other films. Early life Garlin was born on June 5, 1962, in Chicago, Illinois, to Gene and Carole (née Crafton) Garlin. He grew up in Morton Grove, Illinois, where his father owned a plumbing supply business called Bilko and his mother was active in community t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigourney Weaver
Susan Alexandra ( ; born October 8, 1949), better known by her stage name Sigourney Weaver, is an American actress. Prolific in film since the late 1970s, she is known for her pioneering portrayals of action heroines in Blockbuster (entertainment), blockbusters and for her various roles in independent films. She is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Sigourney Weaver, numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Awards, British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Awards, Grammy Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Awards, Tony Award. Born in New York City, Weaver is the daughter of American television executive Pat Weaver and English actress Elizabeth Inglis. She made her screen debut with a minor role in the romantic comedy film ''Annie Hall'' (1977), before landing her breakthrough role as Ellen Ripley in the science fiction horror film ''Alien (film), Alien'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Schaffer
Stephen Schaffer is an American film editor who has worked on several films produced by Pixar. At the 59th American Cinema Editors Awards, he won an ACE Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical for ''WALL-E''; this marked the first time the award went to the editor of an animated film. Filmography as editor *''Elemental'' (2023) *''Incredibles 2'' (2018) *''The Good Dinosaur'' (2015) *''Cars 2'' (2011) *''WALL-E'' (2008) *''Cars'' (2006) (race sequence editor and additional voices) *'' Jack-Jack Attack'' (2005) (short) *''The Incredibles'' (2004) (also additional voices) *''Osmosis Jones'' (2001) *''WWE Tough Enough ''WWE Tough Enough'' is an American professional wrestling reality competition series that was produced by WWE, wherein participants undergo professional wrestling training and compete for a contract with WWE. There were two winners per season ...'' (2001) Awards and nominations ACE Awards *''WALL-E'' (2008), won (Best Edited Feature Film – Come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Docter
Peter Hans Docter (born October 9, 1968) is an American filmmaker and animator, who has served as chief creative officer (CCO) of Pixar since 2018. He has directed the company's animated films ''Monsters, Inc.'' (2001), ''Up (2009 film), Up'' (2009), ''Inside Out (2015 film), Inside Out'' (2015), and ''Soul (2020 film), Soul'' (2020). From his nine Academy Awards, Academy Award nominations, he is a record three-time recipient of Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Best Animated Feature for ''Up'', ''Inside Out'' and ''Soul''. Docter has also won six Annie Awards from nine nominations, a Bafta#British Academy Children's Awards, BAFTA Children's Film Award and a Hochi Film Award.Awards for Peter Docter Imdb.com Accessed June 8, 2009. He describes himself as a "geeky kid from Minnesota who likes to draw cart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Willard
Frederick Charles Willard Jr. (September 18, 1933 May 15, 2020) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his work with Christopher Guest in his mockumentary films ''This Is Spinal Tap'' (1984), ''Waiting for Guffman'' (1996), ''Best in Show (film), Best in Show'' (2000), ''A Mighty Wind'' (2003), ''For Your Consideration (film), For Your Consideration'' (2006), and ''Mascots (2016 film), Mascots'' (2016). He also appeared in supporting roles in the comedy films ''Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' (1999), ''American Wedding'' (2003), and ''Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'' (2004). On television, Willard received several Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work on the sitcoms ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' and ''Modern Family''. Early life Frederick Charles Willard was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 18, 1933. Willard's mother, Ruth ( Weinman), was a housewife. Willard was raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio. In 1945, when Fred was 12 years old, his fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Morris (film Producer)
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