AndrewNiccol
- Writer
- Director
New Zealand-born writer/director Andrew Niccol has managed to make a career in the sequel-obsessed world of Hollywood, thanks to films based on original ideas. His directing debut was dystopian tale Gattaca. He also wrote one of the most acclaimed films of the 1990s, reality TV tale The Truman Show. En route, Niccol has worked with A-list actors Al Pacino, Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Nicolas Cage.
Screenography
Biography
Andrew Niccol made his name with a series of movies that take contemporary concerns, and stretch them to an inventive extreme. As Verge writer Tasha Robinson put it in 2018, "Niccol specialises in high concept stories about the way technology affects society". Although he hates to analyse his own work, Niccol admits to having an interest in how technology is used and/or abused.
Awards
1999 Academy Awards
Nominated for Best Writing - Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: for The Truman Show
1999 BAFTA Awards (British Academy of Film and Television Awards)
Best Original Screenplay: for The Truman Show
Nominated for Best Film (with Scott Rudin and Edward S Feldman): The Truman Show
“I didn't even know I was making science fiction when I started my career. I just thought I was telling stories. I didn't know which shelf my movies would end up on in the video shop. And now that I know, video stores are a thing of the past.”