Andrew Adamson

Born 1966 · New Zealand director, screenwriter and producer

Andrew Ralph Adamson is a New Zealand film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator. He is best known for directing the DreamWorks animated film Shrek (2001), which is based on the children's picture book of the same name by American author William Steig and won the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 74th Academy Awards ceremony, and directing and co-writing Shrek 2 (2004), which was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. 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, in order

1. 2001 Shrek: directed · critics 89%, audiences 90% · streaming on Peacock
2. 2001 Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (short film): directed
3. 2004 Shrek 2: directed, wrote
4. 2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: directed, wrote · critics 76%, audiences 61% · streaming on Disney+
5. 2008 Ballast: produced · directed by Lance Hammer
6. 2008 Born Without a Face: directed
7. 2008 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian: directed, wrote, produced · critics 66%, audiences 73% · streaming on Disney+
8. 2010 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: produced · directed by Michael Apted · critics 50%, audiences 58% · streaming on Hulu, Peacock, Fandango at Home (free)
9. 2011 Puss in Boots: produced · directed by Chris Miller
10. 2012 Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away: directed, wrote, produced · critics 43%, audiences 93% · streaming on Pluto TV
11. 2012 Mr. Pip: directed, wrote, produced
12. 2022 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish: produced · directed by Joel Crawford