Andy Goddard
Born: 5th June 1968
Episodes Broadcast: 2006, 2008
Andy Goddard was born in Pembroke Dock, Wales but was raised on the Isle
of Skye in Scotland and pursued media studies at Napier University in
Edinburgh. In 1998, he wrote and directed the acclaimed short film
Little Sisters. Several more short pieces followed before Goddard
moved into episodic television with Stacey Stone. He was soon
working on a variety of programmes, including Taggart, The
Bill, Twisted Tales and Murphy's Law. Goddard was
recruited for the debut season of the Doctor Who spin-off
Torchwood, earning his first credit on Countrycide. Five further
Torchwood episodes followed over the course of two seasons, the
last being 2008's A Day In The
Death. Goddard was then given the opportunity to direct for
Doctor Who itself, taking the reins of the 2008 Christmas
special, The Next Doctor,
which starred David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and David Morrissey as a
man who believed himself to be the Doctor as well.
Goddard then joined former Torchwood lead writer Chris Chibnall
on Law & Order: UK, for which he would ultimately direct ten
episodes. Several installments of Downtown Abbey came next, after
which Goddard also began to work on American productions. His credits
during the rest of the 2010s included episodes of Once Upon A
Time, Dracula, The Level, and several Marvel
super-hero shows like The Punisher. His first feature film was
2014's Set Fire To The Stars with Elijah Wood; Goddard directed
and collaborated on the screenplay. In 2016, he both directed and
co-produced the Patrick Wilson movie A Kind Of Murder. At the end
of the decade, Goddard began directing episodes of the fantastical
Carnival Row, eventually becoming its executive producer. During
the Twenties, he directed and co-wrote the movie thriller Six Minutes
To Midnight starring Judi Dench.
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