Director/Writer Andrew Wagner has created a portfolio of character-rich films celebrated for blending emotional nuance and grounded comedy.

He directed and co-wrote Breakable You, starring Holly Hunter, Tony Shalhoub, Alfred Molina, Cristin Milioti and Omar Metwally. The film had its World Premiere at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and screened in the Film Independent Series at the LACMA, curated by Elvis Mitchell. Breakable You was released by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions and premiered on Hulu.

Previously, Andrew directed and co-wrote Starting Out In The Evening, starring Frank Langella, Lili Taylor, Lauren Ambrose and Adrian Lester, which premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically by Roadside Attractions. Frank Langella received numerous Best Actor accolades from critics associations and the movie was named one of the Top 10 Independent Films by the National Board of Review, made over 30 critics’ Best Films of the Year lists, and was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards: Best Male Lead and Best Screenplay Adaptation.

Andrew’s first feature film, The Talent Given Us, was an Official Selection at the Sundance Film Festival. It also won the Jury Prize at the CineVegas Film Festival and Best First Feature at Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival.

It went on to play theatrically in over 30 cities and made the New York Times’ and other critics’ Best Films of the Year lists. Andrew was a Gotham Awards Breakthrough Director nominee.

Andrew was a Creative Writing major at Brown University and earned his MFA in directing at The American Film Institute, where his thesis film, The Last Days of Hope and Time, won the Franklin J. Schaffner Fellowship for Excellence in Directing. Andrew continues his affiliation with AFI today as a Senior Lecturer & Faculty Lead, Directing.