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British director and screenwriter (born 1968)
Andy Goddard
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Born
| 1968 (age 55–56)
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Occupations
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- Director
- screenwriter
- producer
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Years active
| 1997?present
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Andy Goddard
(born 1968) is a Welsh director and screenwriter, best known for writing and directing his feature debut
Set Fire to the Stars
(2014) and directing and co-producing his second feature
A Kind of Murder
(2016). Goddard has also directed five episodes of the
ITV
period drama series
Downton Abbey
.
Life and career
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Goddard was born in
Pembroke Dock
,
Wales
and grew up on the
Isle of Skye
in
Scotland
. He later studied film, photography and television at
Napier University
in
Edinburgh
.
Goddard's debut short
Little Sisters
was nominated for a
BAFTA Award
and won the Gold Hugo Award for Best Narrative Short Film at the 34th
Chicago International Film Festival
. The film went on to win the DM Davies Award at the Welsh International Film Festival and the Grand Prix in European Competition at Festival du film de Vendome.
His television work includes episodes of
The Bill
,
Once Upon a Time
,
Torchwood
,
Law & Order: UK
,
Downton Abbey
, and
Doctor Who
. In 2014, Goddard collaborated with actor Celyn Jones on
Set Fire to the Stars
, a feature-length film depicting
Dylan Thomas
' first trip to America in 1950.
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Jones portrayed the Welsh poet, opposite
Elijah Wood
, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Goddard. The film premiered at the 68th
Edinburgh International Film Festival
, and Goddard and Jones were nominated for the
BAFTA Cymru
Award for Best Screenwriting. He has directed the psychological thriller film
A Kind of Murder
, starring
Patrick Wilson
and
Jessica Biel
, an adaptation of the
Patricia Highsmith
novel
The Blunderer
.
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Filmography
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Awards and nominations
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