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Andrew Adamson Biography

Andrew Adamson

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Date of Birth: 1966 , December-1
Birth Nation: New Zealand
Height: 6 Feet

Quick Timeline of Andrew Adamson

1966 Born in Auckland, New Zealand
1978 Moved to Papua New Guinea
1992 Directed the movie, Toys
2001 Directed the movie, Shrek
2005 Directed and co produced The Chronicles of Narnia
2001 Won Annie Awards
2006 Won Character and Morality in Entertainment Award
2001 Won BAFTA Awards

Detail Timeline of Andrew Adamson

December 1 , 1966

Born in Auckland, New Zealand

Multi talented and industrious, Andrew Adamson was born as Andrew Ralph Adamson in Auckland, New Zealand. His parents were a computer engineer and a homemaker. He also spent most of his teen’s days in Papua New Guinea.

1978

Moved to Papua New Guinea

He was raised in New Zealand till he was 11. When Andrew was at the age of 11, he and his parents moved to Papua New Guinea. He was raised there for several years and then at the age of 18, he moved back to his home town.

1992

Directed the movie, Toys

He was offered a job in US by Pacific Data Images. He began working as a technical director and worked on the movies like Toys, Angels in the Outfield and so on. He also worked as a visual supervisor in the movies like Batman Forever, A Time to Kill and Batman & Robin.

2001

Directed the movie, Shrek

 In 2001, he directed an American computer-animated fantasy-comedy film Shrek with the budget of US$60 million. It became one of the successful movies in the Hollywood and it made $500 million in the box office. He is also the director of the movie Shrek 2. 

2005

Directed and co produced The Chronicles of Narnia

Andrew Adamson is a film director and producer from New Zealand. He is also known for being the director, co producer of the movie The Chronicles of Narnia. He is the producer of the movie Mr. Pip. 

2001

Won Annie Awards

Till date he was nominated in Annie Awards for three different times and out of these three nominations, he has been honored only once. He won this award in 2001 for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production. 

2006

Won Character and Morality in Entertainment Award

He is well known for his work on the movie The Chronicles of Narnia. For this work, he was nominated in Character and Morality in Entertainment Awards and won this award that year. He has also once been honored with Hollywood Film Awards. 

2001

Won BAFTA Awards

He is known for his work in the movies like Shrek and Shrek 2. For this work, he got his first nomination in BAFTA Awards and he was also honored with this award that year for Best Feature Film. 

Content

A beautiful lady and the mother of two lovely daughters Nikki Donald is the loving wife of Andrew Adamson. They have been married for several years and from this married life they became parents twice. His ethnicity is white and his nationality is New Zealand.

When Andrew was at the age of 11, he and his parents moved to Papua New Guinea. He was raised there for several years and then at the age of 18, he moved back to his home town. He was offered a job in US by Pacific Data Images. He began working as a technical director and worked on the movies like Toys, Angels in the Outfield and so on. He also worked as a visual supervisor in the movies like Batman Forever, A Time to Kill and Batman & Robin. In 2001, he directed an American computer-animated fantasy-comedy film Shrek with the budget of US$60 million. It became one of the successful movies in the Hollywood and it made $500 million in the box office. He is also known for being the director, co producer of the movie The Chronicles of Narnia. His net worth is in millions.