Andrew Adamson

Andrew Adamson
MNZM
Andrew Adamson MNZM
	Adamson in 2013
Born	1 December 1966 (age 58); Auckland, New Zealand
Occupations	Film director; film producer; screenwriter; animator;
Years active	1990–present
Children	2

Andrew Ralph Adamson MNZM (born 1 December 1966)^[2] is a New Zealand film director, producer, screenwriter and animator. He is best known for directing the DreamWorks animated films Shrek (2001) with Vicky Jenson and its sequel Shrek 2 (2004) with Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon, which are based on the children's picture book of the same name by American author William Steig and won the former for the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 74th Academy Awards ceremony. Adamson also received a nomination for another Academy Award for Shrek 2. He also directed and co-wrote the first two live-action film adaptations of C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia novels: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) and Prince Caspian (2008).

Andrew Adamson MNZM
Adamson in 2013
Born	(1966-12-01) 1 December 1966 (age 58) Auckland, New Zealand
Occupations	Film director film producer screenwriter animator
Years active	1990–present
Children	2^[1]