Andrew Adamson

Andrew Ralph Adamson, MNZM is a New Zealand film director, producer and screenwriter based mainly in Los Angeles, where he made the blockbuster animation films, Shrek and Shrekfor 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 Jacksons The Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed. He also worked on the movies Batman Forever and Batman amp Robin as a visual effects supervisor.

Adamsons parents were a homemaker and a computer engineer. Born in New Zealand, Adamson moved to Papua New Guinea with his parents aged eleven, and he returned to Auckland aged eighteen. When twentyfour, he moved to San Francisco, and divided time between there and Los Angeles. Since making the Narnia films, he has settled back in New Zealand. Adamson has two daughters, Isabelle and Sylvie.

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