
Person
Andrew Adamson
Production · Born 1966-12-01 · Auckland, New Zealand
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Andrew Adamson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Shrek
Director

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Executive Producer

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Screenplay

Shrek 2
Captain of the Guards (voice)

Shrek 5
Executive Producer

Shrek Forever After
Executive Producer

Shrek the Third
Executive Producer

Puss in Boots
Executive Producer

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Producer

Batman & Robin
Visual Effects Supervisor
Filmography
- 2027Shrek 5Executive Producer
- 2022Puss in Boots: The Last WishExecutive Producer
- 2012Cirque du Soleil: Worlds AwayDirector
- 2012Mr. PipDirector
- 2011Puss in BootsExecutive Producer
- 2010Shrek's Yule LogWriter
- 2010The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn TreaderProducer
- 2010Shrek Forever AfterExecutive Producer
- 2008BallastExecutive Producer
- 2008The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince CaspianProducer
- 2007Shrek the ThirdExecutive Producer
- 2005The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeScreenplay
- 2004Shrek 2Captain of the Guards (voice)
- 2001Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance PartyDirector
- 2001ShrekDirector
- 1997Batman & RobinVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1996A Time to KillVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1995Batman ForeverVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1994Angels in the OutfieldVisual Effects Supervisor
- —Curious GeorgeDirector
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