WACHOWSKI, Andy 1967–

(The Wachowski Brothers, Andrew Wachowski)

PERSONAL

Full name, Andrew Paul Wachowski; born December 29, 1967, in Chicago, IL; son of Ron (in business) and Lynne (a nurse and painter) Wachowski; brother of Larry Wachowski (a director, producer, and writer); married Alisa Blasingame, 1991; Education: Attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School and Emerson College.

Addresses:

Agent—William Morris Agency, One William Morris Place, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Saville Productions, 468 North Camden Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manager—Circle of Confusion, 8548 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232.

Career:

Director, producer, and writer. Eon Entertainment (production company), principal. Worked as a house painter and carpenter. Also known as Andrew Wachowski.

Member:

Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America West.

Awards, Honors:

All with Larry Wachowski: Grand Jury Award—honorable mention, L.A. Outfest, outstanding American narrative feature, honorable mention, Stockholm Film Festival, and Grand Special Prize nomination, Deauville Film Festival, all 1996, International Fantasy Film Award, best film, Fantasporto, Saturn Award nomination, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, best writer, and Chlotrudis Award nomination, best director, all 1997, all for Bound; honorable mention (also with Mehdi Benoufa), Stockholm Film Festival, 1997, for Assassin(s); Saturn Award, best director, Reader's Choice Award, best foreign language film, Mainichi Film Concours, Saturn Award nomination, best writer, Sierra Award nomination, best screenplay, original, Las Vegas Film Critics Society, Nebula Award nomination, best script, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and Amanda Award nomination, best foreign feature film, all 2000, for The Matrix; Andy and Larry Wachowski named to Power 100 List, Premiere magazine, 2002 and 2003.

CREDITS

Film Director with Larry Wachowski as the Wachowski Brothers:

Bound, Gramercy Pictures, 1996.

The Matrix, Warner Bros., 1999.

The Matrix Reloaded, Warner Bros., 2003, also released as The Matrix Reloaded: The IMAX Experience, IMAX Corporation, 2003.

The Matrix Revolutions, Warner Bros., 2003, also released as The Matrix Revolutions: The IMAX Experience, IMAX Corporation, 2003.

King Conan: Crown of Iron, Warner Bros., 2005.

Film Executive Producer with Larry Wachowski:

(And Barrie M. Osborne, Andrew Mason, Erwin Stoff, and Bruce Berman) Bound, Gramercy Pictures, 1996.

The Matrix, Warner Bros., 1999.

The Matrix Reloaded, Warner Bros., 2003, also released as The Matrix Reloaded: The IMAX Experience, IMAX Corporation, 2003.

The Matrix Revolutions, Warner Bros., 2003, also released as The Matrix Revolutions: The IMAX Experience, IMAX Corporation, 2003.

Film Producer with Larry Wachowski:

The Animatrix (animated short films), Warner Home Video, 2003.

King Conan: Crown of Iron, Warner Bros., 2005.

V for Vendetta, Warner Bros., 2005.

Film Appearances:

Independents' Days (short documentary film), Nomad Films International, 1997.

Window cleaner, The Matrix, Warner Bros., 1999.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, The Matrix: The Movie Special (documentary), MTV, 1999.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Himself, "Making The Matrix," HBO First Look, HBO, c. 1999.

Himself, "The Matrix Revolutions," HBO First Look, HBO, 2003.

RECORDINGS

Video Work:

Executive producer, The Matrix Revisited, Warner Home Video, 2001.

Video Appearances:

Himself, The Matrix Revisited, Warner Home Video, 2001.

Himself, The Burly Man Chronicles (documentary), Warner Home Video, 2004.

Video Game Director:

(With Larry Wachowski as the Wachowski Brothers; and production designer with Larry Wachowski) Enter the Matrix, Atari, 2003.

(With Larry Wachowski as the Wachowski Brothers) The Matrix Online (also known as MxO), Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, 2005.

The Matrix: Path of Neo, Atari, 2005.

WRITINGS

Screenplays with Larry Wachowski:

(And with Brian Helgeland) Assassin(s) (also known as Day of Reckoning), Warner Bros., 1995.

Bound, Gramercy Pictures, 1996.

The Matrix, Warner Bros., 1999.

The Matrix 2, Warner Bros., 2001.

The Matrix Reloaded, Warner Bros., 2003, also released as The Matrix Reloaded: The IMAX Experience, IMAX Corporation, 2003.

The Matrix Revolutions, Warner Bros., 2003, also released as The Matrix Revolutions: The IMAX Experience, IMAX Corporation, 2003.

(As the Wachowski Brothers) "The Second Renaissance Part 1" (also known as "The Animatrix: The Second Renaissance Part 1" and "The Animatrix: The Second Renaissance Part I"), "The Second Renaissance Part 2" (also known as "The Animatrix: The Second Renaissance Part 2"), "Kid's Story" (also known as "The Animatrix: Kid's Story"), and "Final Flight of the Osiris" (also known as "The Animatrix: Final Flight of the Osiris"), The Animatrix (animated short films), Warner Home Video, 2003.

V for Vendetta, Warner Bros., 2005.

Stories for Films with Larry Wachowski:

Assassin(s) (also known as Day of Reckoning), Warner Bros., 1995.

"Kid's Story" (also known as "The Animatrix: Kid's Story"), The Animatrix (animated short films), Warner Home Video, 2003.

Teleplays; Pilots:

Ecto–Kid, Nickelodeon, 2001.

Videos:

The Matrix Revisited, Warner Home Video, 2001.

Video Games:

(With Larry Wachowski as the Wachowski Brothers) Enter the Matrix, Atari, 2003.

The Matrix: Path of Neo, Atari, 2005.

Internet Comic Books:

(With Larry Wachowski) The Matrix (based on the film of the same name), illustrated by Geoff Darrow, beginning 1999.

Comic Books:

With Larry Wachowski, author of Ecto–Kid, illustrated by Steve Skroce, Razorline/Marvel Comics.

Nonfiction:

(With Larry Wachowski) The Art of the Matrix, Newmarket Press, 2000.

Short Fiction:

(With Clive Barker and others) Clive Barker's "Hellraiser": Collected Best II, Checker, 2003.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Gale Group, 2004.

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, April 16, 1999, p. 7; April 18, 2003, p. 32.

Newsweek, December 30, 2002, pp. 80, 89.

NME, March 8, 1997, p. 26.

Publishers Weekly, October 4, 2004, p. 21.

Time, June 2, 2003, p. 87.

Variety, February 10, 2003, p. 8; May 26, 2003, pp. 6–7.

Electronic:

The Matrix, http://www.whatisthematrix.com/cmp/comix, April 14, 2000.