Andrew Adamson
Film director
1966 –
Who is Andrew Adamson?
Andrew Ralph Adamson, MNZM is a New Zealand film director, producer and screenwriter based mainly in Los Angeles, 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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- Born
- Dec 1, 1966
Auckland - Also known as
- Andrew Ralph Adamson
- Andrew Ralph Adamson, MNZM
- Spouses
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Kiwi
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Profession
- Lived in
- Los Angeles
Submitted
on July 23, 2013