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Andrew Niccol
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New Zealand screenwriter, producer and film director
Film & TV
Paraparaumu, New Zealand
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…
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1964-06-10 ) 10 June 1964 (age 61) , Paraparaumu , New Zealand
- Occupations
- Screenwriter film director film producer
- Spouses
- Susan Jennifer Sullivan, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1991 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2002 ) Rachel Roberts , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2002 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andrew
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Place of birth
- Paraparaumu
- Spouse
- Rachel Roberts
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- Auckland Grammar School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Andrew Niccol by Gage Skidmore.jpg
- Work location
- New Zealand
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- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- Commons category
- Andrew Niccol
- date of birth
- 1964-06-10
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- Commons Creator page
- Andrew Niccol
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Andrew Niccol
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Encyclopedic overview
Andrew Niccol (born 10 June 1964) is a New Zealand filmmaker. He wrote and directed Gattaca (1997), Simone (2002), Lord of War (2005), In Time (2011), The Host (2013), and Good Kill (2014). He wrote and co-produced The Truman Show, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and won him the BAFTA Award in the same category. His high-concept science fiction films tend to explore social, cultural and political issues; artificial realities and simulations are frequent themes in his work.
His film Good Kill was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.
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