Andy Goddard

Not to be confused with Drew Goddard.

Andy Goddard
Born	1968 (age 55–56) Pembroke Dock, Wales
Occupations	Director screenwriter producer
Years active	1997–present

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

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 Vendôme.

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Credited as		Format	Notes
		Director	Writer
1998	Little Sisters	Yes	Yes	Short film
1999	Yabba Yabba Ding Ding	Yes	Yes	Short film
2000	Rice Paper Stars	Yes	Yes	TV short
	Kings of the Wild Frontier	Yes	Yes	TV short
2001	Stacey Stone	Yes	No	TV series	7 episodes
2003	Taggart	Yes	No	TV series	2 episodes
	Casualty	Yes	No	TV series	Episode: "Hurt the One You Love"
	The Bill	Yes	No	TV series	2 episodes
2005	Hex	Yes	No	TV series	Episode: "Noir"
	Twisted Tales	Yes	No	TV series	4 episodes
	Murphy's Law	Yes	No	TV series	2 episodes
2006	Wire in the Blood	Yes	No	TV series	Episode: "Time to Murder and Create"
	The Outsiders	Yes	No	TV film
2006–08	Torchwood	Yes	No	TV series	6 episodes
2008	Doctor Who	Yes	No	TV series	Episode: "The Next Doctor"
2009–11	Law & Order: UK	Yes	No	TV series	10 episodes
2011–12	Downton Abbey	Yes	No	TV series	5 episodes
2011	Outcasts	Yes	No	TV series	2 episodes
2013	Dracula	Yes	No	TV series	2 episodes
	Once Upon a Time	Yes	No	TV series	Episode: "Save Henry"
2014	Set Fire to the Stars	Yes	Yes	Film
2016	A Kind of Murder	Yes	No	Film	Also co-producer
	Daredevil	Yes	No	TV series	Episode: "Regrets Only"
	The Level	Yes	No	TV series	3 episodes
2016, 2018	Luke Cage	Yes	No	TV series	2 episodes
2017	Iron Fist	Yes	No	TV series	Episode: "Bar the Big Boss"
	The Punisher	Yes	No	TV series	2 episodes
2018	Altered Carbon	Yes	No	TV series	1 episode
2019	Six Minutes to Midnight	Yes	No	Film
	Carnival Row	Yes	No	TV series	2 episodes
2023–24	Monarch: Legacy of Monsters	Yes	No	TV series	2 episodes; also executive producer

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1998	BAFTA Award	Best Short Film (with Nic Muirson)	Little Sisters	Nominated
	Chicago International Film Festival	Gold Hugo for Best Narrative Short Film	Won
2000			Rice Paper Stars	Nominated
2010	Hugo Awards	Best Dramatic Presentation – Short Form (with Russell T. Davies)	Doctor Who (for the episode "The Next Doctor")	Nominated
	SFX Awards	Best TV Episode (with Russell T. Davies)		Nominated
2014	Edinburgh International Film Festival	Best British Feature Film	Set Fire to the Stars	Nominated
		Audience Award		Nominated
2015	BAFTA Cymru	Best Screenwriting (with Celyn Jones)		Nominated
	Miami International Film Festival	Best Screenplay (with Celyn Jones)		Nominated

References

1. Billington, Alex (13 May 2015). "Elijah Wood as a Poet in Andy Goddard's 'Set Fire to the Stars' Trailer". FirstShowing.net.
2. Kilday, Gregg (22 February 2013). "'Downton Abbey' Director Andy Goddard to Take on 'The Blunderer'". The Hollywood Reporter.

External links

• Andy Goddard at IMDb