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Drew Goddard Biography

Andrew Brion Hogan "Drew" Goddard (born February 26, 1975) is an American film and television screenwriter, director, and producer. He began his career as a writer on numerous acclaimed television series, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Alias, and Lost. Goddard received further recognition for writing the successful monster horror film Cloverfield (2008). He then made his directorial feature film debut with the horror-comedy film The Cabin in the Woods (2012). In 2015, Goddard wrote the screenplay for the acclaimed science fiction film The Martian, for which he won the National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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I love superheroes and I love weird horror films. . . I could definitely feel that there was a lack of movies like The Martian being made: smart genre movies that can appeal to adults.

Adults, Lack, Like, Martian, Smart, Superhero

I try not to get too cute for cute's sake.

Cute, Sake, Trying

Filmmaking is incredible introspective. It forces you to sort of examine yourself in new ways.

Filmmaking, Force, Incredibles, Sort, Way, Ways

I just go with what excites me.

Excites

Theres just something wonderful about getting a small group of people together in an isolated location, and theres something about cabins themselves that imply both horror and fun. When you go to a cabin, youre usually going to have a good time.

Fun, Horror, Isolated, Location, People, Together

I don't like nihilistic characters. As bad guys they're great, but as heroes they don't work.

Bad, Character, Characters, Guy, Hero, Like

The truth is, writing and directing are two very different jobs. They're not even remotely the same job. It took me a while, as a director, to understand that.

Job, Jobs, Took, Two, Writing

I do feel there's certainly some films where you can feel that the directors don't care about the genre and they don't care about their characters.

Care, Character, Directors, Films, Genre

Ive found that if you just try to make the film you want, youll find the right audience. If you try to please everyone, youre going to make really boring films.

Audience, Everyone, Film, Films, Trying, Want

I do love writing but it is a lonely profession. You're lonely and optimistic at the same time.

Lonely, Optimistic, Same, Writing

In a weird way, it's much easier, when I don't have to worry about being a writer, to just worry about the director job, which is really fun.

Director, Fun, Jobs, Weird, Worry, Writer

With horror movies, a bigger budget is actually your enemy. You want to feel the rough edges, the handmade quality to good horror films. Its a genre that benefits from not having everything at your disposal.

Budget, Enemy, Horror, Quality, Rough Edges

It's so rare that you meet your idols and they outdo your expectations.

Expectations, Idols, Meet, Outdo, Rare

This is what I do for fun - brainstorm about monsters!

Brainstorm, Fun, Monsters

The most fun characters to work with are characters that are complicated.

Character, Characters, Complicated, Fun, Work

Everything I've ever worked on has been hard to classify.

Classify, Everything, Hard, Has Beens, Worked