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 Jack...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
2022
Executive Producer
Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one li...
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
2012
Director, Producer, Screenplay
An original story featuring performances by Cirque du Soleil. A young woman is entranced by an Aerialist. When they fall into the dreamlike world of C...
Mr. Pip
2012
Director, Screenplay, Producer
As a war rages on in the province of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, a young girl becomes transfixed by the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations...
Puss in Boots
2011
Executive Producer
Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough an...
Shrek's Yule Log
2010
Writer
“Shrek’s Yule Log,” featuring over 25 uproarious character appearances in front of a crackling virtual fireplace. This was bundled with "Donkey's Chr...
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010
Producer
This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantasti...
Shrek Forever After
2010
Executive Producer, Characters
A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he's duped and sent to a ...
Ballast
2008
Executive Producer
A single mother and her embattled son struggle to subsist in a small Mississippi Delta township. An act of violence thrusts them into the world of an ...
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2008
Producer, Screenplay, Director
One year after their incredible adventures in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Susan Pevensie return to Narnia to aid a y...
Shrek the Third
2007
Executive Producer, Story
The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace a...
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
Screenplay, Executive Producer, Director
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, they discover a charming, once peaceful kin...
Shrek 2
2004
as Captain of the Guards (voice)
Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father, the Queen and King. But not everyone is happily ever after. Shrek...
Shrek 2
2004
Director, Screenplay, Story
Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father, the Queen and King. But not everyone is happily ever after. Shrek...
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
2001
Director
Shrek and his friends enjoy themselves with some Karaoke partying.
Shrek
2001
Director
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the cl...
Batman & Robin
1997
Visual Effects Supervisor
Batman and Robin deal with relationship issues while preventing Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from attacking Gotham City.
A Time to Kill
1996
Visual Effects Supervisor
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Batman Forever
1995
Visual Effects Supervisor
In the looming shadows of Gotham City, two villainous souls devise twin schemes of revenge against the city's dark guardian. Two-Face, disfigured by c...
Angels in the Outfield
1994
Visual Effects Supervisor
Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins ...
Curious George
N/A
Director
Live-action adaptation of the classic children's book about the daring monkey George escaping to the city with his best friend the man with the yellow...