Andrew Ralph Adamson MNZM (born 1 December, 1966) is a New Zealand film director, producer, and screenwriter based in Los Angeles, where he directed the Academy Award-winning animated films Shrek and Shrek 2. He was director, executive producer, and scriptwriter for the 2005 production of The Chronicles of Naria: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. He also worked on the movies Batman Forever and Batman & Robin as a visual effects supervisor.
He was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to film, in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Filmography[]
- Shrek (2001): director, voice of Duloc Mascot, and writer of “Merry Men“
- Shrek 2 (2004): director, screenplay, story, voice of Captain of the Guards, and writer of “Fairy Godmother Song”
- Shrek the Third (2007): executive producer, story, and characters
- Shrek Forever After (2010): executive producer and based on the characters created by
- Puss in Boots (2011): executive producer and based on the character created by
