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Andrew Brion Hogan Goddard (born 1975) is an American screenwriter, Film director, and Film producer most closely associated with the horror genre. He began his career writing episodes for the television shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Alias, and Lost. After moving into screenwriting in film, he wrote Cloverfield (2008), World War Z (2013), and The Martian (2015), the last of these earning him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2011, he made his directorial debut with The Cabin in the Woods.
In 2015, Goddard created the Netflix series Daredevil. He went on to direct several episodes of The Good Place and served as an executive producer for 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) and The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), installments in the Cloverfield franchise. In April 2024, it was announced he would write and direct a new film in The Matrix franchise.
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.
By February 2007, Goddard wrote his first feature, 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.
In 2012, Goddard—in addition to J. Michael Straczynski, Matthew Michael Carnahan and Lost showrunner Damon Lindelof—rewrote the third act of the screenplay ahead of reshoots 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, though it was eventually scrapped.
In December 2013, Marvel officially announced that Goddard would be the executive producer and showrunner for the Daredevil television 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 the director. Goddard also executive produced and co-wrote an episode of the miniseries The Defenders. The series featured a team-up of the Marvel Television superheroes, including Daredevil. It was released on Netflix in August 2017.
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 Sinister Six. The Martian was instead directed by Ridley Scott, and received wide critical acclaim. Goddard himself received an Academy Awards nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
In November 2016, Goddard began writing a spec script for the neo-noir thriller film Bad Times at the El Royale, which he sold to 20th Century Fox in March 2017, revealing he would also produce and direct. The film features an ensemble cast including Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Nick Offerman, and Chris Hemsworth. In 2019 his company, Goddard Textiles struck a multiyear overall deal with Disney Television Studios via 20th Century Fox Television (now 20th Television) and ABC Signature.
In May 2016, Goddard was reported to be writing the screenplay for a film adaptation of the novel Wraiths Of The Broken Land, with Ridley Scott set to direct. By October 2017 he was also attached to write and produce Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, a film adaptation of the novel of the same name. It was announced in April 2019 that Goddard would write, produce, and possibly direct an adaptation of the graphic novel Sabrina for RT Features and Regency Enterprises.
| 2008 | Cloverfield | |||
| 2011 | The Cabin in the Woods | |||
| 2013 | World War Z | |||
| 2015 | The Martian | |||
| 2018 | Bad Times at the El Royale | |||
| 2026 | Project Hail Mary |
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| 2002–2003 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Episodes:
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| 2003–2004 | Angel | Also executive story editor; Episodes:
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| 2005–2006 | Alias | Episodes:
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| 2005–2008 | Lost | Also supervising producer; Episodes:
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| 2015–2018 | Daredevil | Creator; Episodes:
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| 2016–2020 | The Good Place | Episodes:
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| 2017 | The Defenders | Episode:
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| 2024 | High Potential | Episode:
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