Andrew Lanham
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Andrew Lanham is an American film screenwriter best known for his collaborations with Destin Daniel Cretton, including The Shack (2017), The Glass Castle (2017), Just Mercy (2019), and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).
Career
[edit | edit source]In 2015, he began his career with a script for the drama film Boy21.[1] In 2016, Lanham started a series of collaborations with Destin Daniel Cretton, by co-writing the screenplay for the religious film The Shack.[2] A second collaborative effort with Cretton was developed in the same year with the drama film The Glass Castle.[3] In 2017, he drafted the screenplay for the western film The Kid.[4] In 2019, he wrote the script for Cretton's third film Just Mercy.[5] In 2021, he gained notability when he wrote Cretton's superhero film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.[6] In February 2022, he was writing the screenplay for Harbinger, based on the Valiant Comics comic book series of the same name.[7] In May 2024, he was writing the script for the Amazon MGM Studios film The Robots Go Crazy.[8]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Ref(s) |
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| 2017 | The Shack | [2] |
| 2017 | The Glass Castle | [3] |
| 2019 | The Kid | [4] |
| 2019 | Just Mercy | [5] |
| 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | [9] |
Accolades
[edit | edit source]In January 2020, Lanham's work on Just Mercy was nominated at the 9th Georgia Film Critics Association for the "Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema"[10] and at the NAACP Image Awards for "Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture".[11] In September 2022, Lanham's work on Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was nominated at the Hugo Awards for "Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form"[12] and at the Ray Bradbury Award for "Outstanding Dramatic Presentation".[13]
References
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External links
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