Andrew Adamson

7 films directed

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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Most directed genres

Recurring actors

The career in numbers

US$ 615 mi Total budget from 4 film(s) with data
US$ 2.6 bi Total box office from 5 film(s) with data
US$ 154 mi Average budget from 4 film(s) with data
US$ 524 mi Average box office from 5 film(s) with data
6.9 Average rating from 7 film(s) with data
4.2× Return on investment from 4 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film	Year	Budget	Box office	Rating
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away	2012	—	US$ 34 mi	7.0
Mr. Pip	2012	—	—	6.2
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	2008	US$ 225 mi	US$ 420 mi	6.6
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	2005	US$ 180 mi	US$ 745 mi	7.1
Shrek 2	2004	US$ 150 mi	US$ 933 mi	7.3
Shrek	2001	US$ 60 mi	US$ 490 mi	7.8
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party	2001	—	—	6.3