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11 wins & 12 nominations.
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Alternate Names:
Andrew M. Niccol
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Personal Quote:
"My biggest mistake, going back to
The Truman Show (1998), 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". So I went off and wrote
Gattaca (1997) and made sure it was $20 million. So they ...
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Trivia:
Directed television commercials for over 10 years prior to his directing debut
Gattaca (1997)
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Trademark:
The plot of his films often revolve around artificial reality, such as gene manipulation in
Gattaca (1997), the life of "Truman" in
The Truman Show (1998), the computer-generated actress in
S1m0ne (2002), the nature of aging in "In Time" and the MO of the antagonists of "The Host"