Name Drew Goddard | Role Television screenwriter | |
Occupation Screenwriter, film director, Producer Notable awards Writers Guild of America Award2006 Lost Spouse Caroline Williams (m. 2009) Books World War Z: The Art of the Film, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Volume 3: Wolves at the Gate Parents Laurence Woodbury Goddard, Colleen Mary Hogan Movies and TV shows Similar People Joss Whedon, Kristen Connolly, Fran Kranz, Anna Hutchison, Bradley Whitford | ||
Exclusive writer drew goddard interview the martian
Andrew Brion Hogan "Drew" Goddard (born February 26, 1975) is an American film and television screenwriter, director, and producer. After writing the successful cult film Cloverfield and multiple episodes of TV shows such as Lost, he made his feature film directorial debut with the 2012 horror dark comedy The Cabin in the Woods. In 2015, he penned the film adaptation of Andy Weir's book The Martian, for which he won the National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Contents
- Exclusive writer drew goddard interview the martian
- Interview cabin in the woods director co writer drew goddard talks about what scares him
- Early life
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel
- Alias and Lost
- Cloverfield
- The Cabin in the Woods
- World War Z
- Daredevil
- The Martian
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Angel
- Alias
- Lost
- Marvels Daredevil
- Marvels The Defenders
- References
Interview cabin in the woods director co writer drew goddard talks about what scares him
Early life
Goddard was born in Houston, Texas and was raised in Los Alamos, New Mexico, the son of Colleen Mary (Hogan), a teacher, and Dr. Laurence Woodbury Goddard.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel
Goddard started his career as a staff writer for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, receiving a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation for the former.
Alias and Lost
In 2005, he joined J. J. Abrams' Bad Robot team, where he wrote for both Alias and Lost, winning—along with the Lost writing staff—the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series. In 2006, during its third season, Goddard became the co-executive producer of Lost.
Cloverfield
Goddard wrote his first feature in 2008, Cloverfield, directed by Matt Reeves and produced by J. J. Abrams. Cloverfield made $168 million on a $25 million budget. Empire named it the fifth best film of 2008, and the film then went on to win the year's Saturn Award for "Best Science Fiction Film".
The Cabin in the Woods
Goddard's directorial debut, The Cabin in the Woods, was co-written with Joss Whedon. The Cabin in the Woods was featured on Metacritic's best films of 2012 list, in addition to earning a 92% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film would eventually go on to win the year's Saturn Award for "Best Horror or Thriller Film", as well as garnering Goddard Saturn's "Filmmaker Showcase Award".
World War Z
In 2013, Goddard—in addition to J. Michael Straczynski, Matthew Michael Carnahan and Lost showrunner Damon Lindelof—wrote the screenplay for the film World War Z starring Brad Pitt and directed by Marc Forster. The film grossed $540 million on a $190 million budget. As a result, in June 2013, Paramount announced that it was moving ahead with a sequel.
Daredevil
In December 2013, Marvel officially announced that Goddard would be the executive producer and showrunner for the Daredevil TV series produced by Marvel Television and broadcast on Netflix in 2015. Sony Pictures also announced that Goddard would write and direct a film based on the Sinister Six, though the project was eventually cancelled. In May 2014, Goddard withdrew from showrunning duties on the Daredevil TV series. In February 2015, after the deal between Marvel and Sony to share the rights to Spider-Man was announced, it was reported that Goddard was in talks with Sony to helm the new Spider-Man reboot film, although it was later announced that Jon Watts would be director for the film set for release on July 7, 2017.
The Martian
Goddard wrote the film adaptation of Andy Weir's debut novel The Martian, initially planning to direct it himself for 20th Century Fox. He later left the project when offered a chance to direct Sinister Six, a now-canceled comic book adaptation based on a team of supervillains. The Martian was instead directed by Ridley Scott, and Goddard received an Academy Award nomination for his screenplay.