Drew Goddard

Not to be confused with Andy Goddard.

Drew Goddard
Goddard in 2012
Goddard in 2012
BornAndrew Brion Hogan Goddard
(1975-02-26) February 26, 1975 (age 49)
Houston, Texas, U.S.[1][2]
Occupation
  • Screenwriter
  • film director
  • producer
Years active2002–present

Andrew Brion Hogan Goddard (born February 26, 1975) is an American screenwriter, director, and 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 latter 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. Soon after, he directed several episodes of The Good Place and served as an executive producer for 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) and The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), the next installments in the Cloverfield franchise. In April 2024, it was announced he would write and direct a new film in The Matrix franchise.

  1. ^ "Person Details for Andrew Brion Hogan Goddard, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997" — FamilySearch.org". FamilySearch.
  2. ^ Harms, John W.; Harms, Pearl Goddard (1990). "The Goddard book".