Biography
Andrew M. Niccol (born 10 June 1964) is a New Zealand-born screenwriter, producer, and director. He wrote and directed Gattaca, S1m0ne, and Lord of War. He also wrote and co-produced The Truman Show, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay in 1999 and won him a BAFTA award for Best Screenplay. Many of his films, such as Gattaca, S1m0ne and The Truman Show view societal or political issues through a fantasy-science fiction lens. Lord of War, however, was a contem...
Complete Filmography
Anon
2018
Director, Writer, Producer
Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In t...
Good Kill
2015
Director, Writer, Producer
In the shadowy world of drone warfare, combat unfolds like a video game–only with real lives at stake. After six tours of duty, Air Force pilot Tom Eg...
The Host
2013
Director, Screenplay
A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as ...
In Time
2011
Producer, Director, Screenplay
In the not-too-distant future, the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for ...
Lord of War
2005
Producer, Director, Screenplay
Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol a...
The Terminal
2004
Executive Producer, Story
An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.
S1m0ne
2002
Director, Screenplay, Producer
The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the prod...
The Truman Show
1998
Producer, Writer
Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running, ...
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
1998
Idea
A promotional featurette for 1998's 'The Truman Show', 'TruTalk' is a "60 Minutes"-style mockumentary taking place inside the film's universe.
Gattaca
1997
Director, Writer
Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member ...
Lords of War
N/A
Writer, Director
Yuri Orlov, the world's most famous arms dealer, discovers that he has a son, Anton who is trying to outdo his father by raising an army of mercenarie...
I, Object
N/A
Writer, Director
10-year-old Tom, grieving the loss of his father and unable to relate to the people in his life, takes refuge in the everyday objects around him. Pop ...
The Cross
N/A
Writer
The movie will be set in the future, in a multiracial country divided into two nations by a border. “Cross” will tell the story of the people caught i...