FILM DIRECTOR

Andrew Adamson

1966 - Today

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Andrew Ralph Adamson (born 1 December 1966) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew Adamson has received more than 744,355 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Andrew Adamson is the 1,280th most popular film director (down from 1,226th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 69th in 2019) and the 8th most popular New Zealander Film Director.

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  • 52.77

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  • 27

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  • 4.56

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  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Andrew Adamson ranks 1,280 out of 2,041Before him are Dudley Nichols, Bertrand Bonello, William C. deMille, Igor Maslennikov, Joseph Ruben, and Tom Hooper. After him are Wesley Ruggles, Richard Eyre, Hossein Shahabi, Kjell Grede, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, and Céline Sciamma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Andrew Adamson ranks 270Before him are Greg Grunberg, Robert Del Naja, Jure Zdovc, Bennett Miller, Jiří Němec, and Luca Marchegiani. After him are Omar Souleyman, David Platt, Rob Witschge, John Layfield, Betinho, and Kaoru Kakinami.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Andrew Adamson ranks 68 out of 303Before him are Martin Henderson (1974), Murray Halberg (1933), Michael Hardie Boys (1931), Yvette Williams (1929), Jed Brophy (1963), and John Key (1961). After him are Hugh Walpole (1884), John Gorton (1911), Silvia Cartwright (1943), Margaret Mahy (1936), Neil Finn (1958), and John Nicholson (1941).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In New Zealand

Among film directors born in New Zealand, Andrew Adamson ranks 8Before him are Martin Campbell (1943), Jane Campion (1954), Andrew Niccol (1964), Fran Walsh (1959), Rupert Julian (1879), and Lee Tamahori (1950). After him are Geoff Murphy (1938), Niki Caro (1967), and Andrew Dominik (1967).