# Bryan Andrews (filmmaker)

Bryan D. Andrews (born 1975) is an American storyboard artist and writer known for his work in science fiction and superhero films. Born in 1975, Andrews began his film career with a credit in Warner Bros. Feature Animation's 1998 film Quest for Camelot. He contributed to Joseph: King of Dreams, Jackie Chan Adventures, Samurai Jack, My Life as a Teenage Robot, and various installments of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), such as Doctor Strange and Avengers: Endgame. Andrews also worked alongside Genndy Tartakovsky to produce the animated series Sym-Bionic Titan for Cartoon Network, which ran for 20 episodes.
Andrews was recognized at both the 2004 and 2005 Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on Star Wars: Clone Wars in the category "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming one Hour or More). He has since received two Primetime Emmys for his work on Samurai Jack, one Primetime Emmy nomination each for Samurai Jack and Escape from Cluster Prime, one Art Directors Guild award for Avengers: Endgame, and one nomination for Doctor Strange.

## Career

Bryan D. Andrews was born in 1975. His first film credit was for the 1998 Warner Bros. Feature Animation film Quest for Camelot, on which he worked as a layout assistant. After working on other projects such as Joseph: King of Dreams, Jackie Chan Adventures, and Samurai Jack, Andrews received his first Primetime Emmy Award win in 2004 for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More) for his work on Star Wars: Clone Wars, an animated television short series created by Genndy Tartakovsky, who also worked with Andrews on Samurai Jack for Cartoon Network. Another Primetime Emmy Award the following year in the same category was given to Andrews alongside the series crew for their work on Clone Wars. Andrews would go on to be nominated twice, with one win, for the Primetime Emmys for his work on the Samurai Jack episode "The Four Seasons of Death". In 2006, Andrews received his second Primetime Emmy nomination as a writer for the My Life as a Teenage Robot special Escape from Cluster Prime.
Along with Genndy Tartakovsky and Paul Rudish, he co-created the animated television series Sym-Bionic Titan, which premiered on Cartoon Network on September 17, 2010. After 20 episodes, however, it was canceled due to lack of merchandise connected to the series, with the final episode airing April 9, 2011. He also worked with Tartakovsky as a storyboard artist on Iron Man 2, contributing to the climactic final action sequence.

## Personal life

Andrews has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the California Institute of the Arts.

## Filmography

| Year | Work | Role | Notes |
| 1998 | Quest for Camelot | Layout assistant | |
| 2000 | Joseph: King of Dreams | Additional storyboard artist | Direct-to-video film |
| 2000–01 | Jackie Chan Adventures | Storyboard artist; director | TV series; 6 episodes |
| 2001 | Constant Payne | Storyboard artist | TV short |
| 2001–04, 2017 | Samurai Jack | Storyboard artist; writer; story | TV series; 16 episodes |
| 2003 | Star Wars: Clone Wars | Writer | TV microseries |
| 2003–09 | My Life as a Teenage Robot | Writer, Storyboard Artist | TV series |
| 2004 | The Powerpuff Girls | Writer, Storyboard artist | TV series |
| 2005 | Escape from Cluster Prime | Writer | TV movie |
| 2005 | Sky High | Storyboard artist | |
| 2005 | Clone Wars: Connecting the Dots | Himself | Video documentary short |
| 2005 | Genndy's Scrapbook | Himself | Video documentary short |
| 2005 | Clone Wars: Bridging the Saga | Himself | Video documentary short |
| 2006 | The Batman | Storyboard artist | TV series; 5 episodes |
| 2006 | Happy Tree Friends | Storyboard artist | TV series; 3 episodes |
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | Storyboard artist |
| 2010 | Shrek Forever After | Additional story artist | |
| 2010–11 | Sym-Bionic Titan | Co-creator; storyboard artist; storyboard supervisor; writer | TV series; 16 episodes |
| 2011 | Priest | Storyboard artist: prologue animation | |
| 2012 | John Carter | Storyboard artist | |
| 2012 | The Avengers | Storyboard artist | |
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | Storyboard artist | |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 | Storyboard artist | |
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark World | Storyboard artist | |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Storyboard artist | |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Storyboard artist | |
| 2015 | Ant-Man | Storyboard artist | |
| 2016 | Doctor Strange | Storyboard artist | |
| 2017 | Smurfs: The Lost Village | Story artist | |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Storyboard artist | |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Storyboard artist | |
| 2018 | Skyscraper | Storyboard artist | |
| 2019 | Captain Marvel | Storyboard artist | |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Storyboard artist | |
| 2019 | Primal | Storyboard artist; writer; story | TV series |
| 2021–24 | What If...? | Director, executive producer, supervising director | TV series; 26 episodes |
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Special thanks | |
| 2025 | Marvel Zombies | Showrunner, director | TV series; 4 episodes |

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Shared with | Result |
| 2004 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More) | Star Wars: Clone Wars | Brian A. Miller, Claudia Katz, Genndy Tartakovsky, Geraldine Symon, Jennifer Pelphrey, Mark Andrews, Darrick Bachman, Paul Rudish, Scott Vanzo, Yumun Jeong, Robert Alvarez for Vol. 1 | Won |
| 2005 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More) | Star Wars: Clone Wars | Claudia Katz, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Shareena Carlson, Geraldine Symon, Genndy Tartakovsky, Darrick Bachman, Paul Rudish, Yumun Jeong, Dong Soo Lee, Jong Ho Kim, Scott Vanzo, Robert Alvarez, Randy Myers for Vol. 2 | Won |
| 2005 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Animated Program (for Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) | Samurai Jack | Genndy Tartakovsky, Brian A. Miller, Mark Andrews, Hueng-soon Park, Kwang-bae Park, Randy Myers, James T. Walker for "The Four Seasons of Death" | Nominated |
| 2005 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Samurai Jack | for "The Four Seasons of Death" | Won |
| 2006 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More) | Escape from Cluster Prime | Rob Renzetti, Fred Seibert, Scott D. Peterson, Alex Kirwan, Brandon Kruse, Heather Martinez, Chris Reccardi, Chris Savino, Robert Alvarez | Nominated |
| 2017 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Samurai Jack | for "XCIII" | Won |
| 2017 | Art Directors Guild | Excellence in Production Design Award | Doctor Strange | Charles Wood, Ray Chan, Julian Ashby, Thomas Brown, et al. | Nominated |
| 2020 | Art Directors Guild | Excellence in Production Design Award | Avengers: Endgame | Charles Wood, Ray Chan, Julian Ashby, Thomas Brown, et al. | Won |
| 2021 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Animated Program | Primal | Genndy Tartakovsky, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Keith Crofford, Mike Lazzo, Oussama Bouacheria, Julien Chheng, Ulysse Malassagne, Erika Forzy, Shareena Carlson, Darrick Bachman, and David Krentz for "Plague of Madness" | Won |