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Andrew Niccol

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New Zealand-born screenwriter-director Andrew Niccol began his career in London, successfully directing TV commercials before moving to Los Angeles in order to make films "longer than 60 seconds." He interested high-powered producer Scott Rudin in his The Truman Show script, but Rudin was not willing to gamble on a rookie director... See full bio »

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in Paraparaumu, New Zealand
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2013 The Host (screenplay) (pre-production)
 
2011 In Time (written by)
 
2005 Lord of War (written by)
 
2004 The Terminal (story)
 
2002 S1m0ne (written by)
 
1998 The Truman Show (written by)
 
1997 Gattaca (written by)
 
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2013 The Host (pre-production)
 
2011 In Time
 
2005 Lord of War
 
2002 S1m0ne
 
1997 Gattaca
 
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2011 In Time (producer)
 
2005 Lord of War (producer)
 
2004 The Terminal (executive producer)
 
2002 S1m0ne (producer)
 
1998 The Truman Show (producer)
 
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2006 Making a Killing: Inside the International Arms Trade (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
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2006 The Making of 'Lord of War' (video documentary short)
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In Time -- Set in a world where people stop aging at 25, but are genetically-engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Here, a young man (Timberlake) accused of murder goes on the run with a hostage (Seyfried), though their eventual connection becomes an important part of the way against the system. S1m0ne -- Home Video Preview Lord of War -- An arms dealer (Cage) confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an Interpol agent (Hawke).
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Andrew M. Niccol
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

"My biggest mistake, going back to The Truman Show, was that I wrote my most expensive film, first. And you just shouldn't do that. I remember talking to the studio head at the time and she said, "There's no way for a first film that we'll give you a budget of $80 million. But we would give you $20 million"... See more »

Trivia:

Directed television commercials for over 10 years prior to his directing debut Gattaca See more »

Trademark:

The plot of his films often revolve around artificial reality, such as gene manipulation in Gattaca, the life of "Truman" in The Truman Show and the computer-generated actress in S1m0ne. See more »

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