Personal Info
Known For
Production
Gender
Male
December 1, 1966 (59 years old)
Auckland, New Zealand
Andrew Adamson
Biography
Andrew Ralph Adamson, MNZM (born 1 December 1966) is a New Zealand film director, producer and screenwriter based mainly in Los Angeles, California, U.S., where he made the blockbuster animation films, Shrek and Shrek 2 for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He was director, executive producer, and scriptwriter for C. S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Shooting took place in New Zealand, primarily in and around Auckland, but also in South Island where much of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed. He also worked on the movies Batman Forever and Batman & Robin as a visual effects supervisor.
He was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours List.
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Known For
Acting
Crew
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Executive Producer
2022
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Director, Producer, Screenplay
2012
Mr. Pip
Director, Screenplay, Producer
2012
Puss in Boots
Executive Producer
2011
Shrek's Yule Log
Writer
2010
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Producer
2010
Shrek Forever After
Executive Producer, Characters
2010
Ballast
Executive Producer
2008
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Director, Screenplay, Producer
2008
Shrek the Third
Executive Producer, Story
2007
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
2005
Shrek 2
Director, Screenplay, Story
2004