Andrew Upton is an Australian playwright, screenwriter, producer and director.
10 Facts About Andrew Upton
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Andrew Upton has adapted the works of Gorky, Chekhov, Ibsen, and others for London's Royal National Theatre and the Sydney Theatre Company.
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Andrew Upton wrote the original play Riflemind, which premiered at the Sydney Theatre Company to favourable reviews, with Hugo Weaving starring and Philip Seymour Hoffman directing the London production.
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Upton and his wife, actress Cate Blanchett, are the co-founders of the film production company Dirty Films, under which Upton served as a producer for the Australian film Little Fish.
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Andrew Upton attended The King's School, Parramatta, and the University of Sydney.
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Andrew Upton wrote, produced and directed the short, Bangers, which starred Blanchett.
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Andrew Upton shares writing credits for the feature film Gone.
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Andrew Upton wrote the libretto to Alan John's opera Through the Looking Glass, which premiered with the Victorian Opera in Melbourne in May 2008.
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Andrew Upton acted in one of Julian Rosenfeldt's thirteen-part art film, Manifesto.
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In June, 2014, Andrew Upton was recognised with the Rotary Professional Excellence Award, an award instituted "to honour a person who has demonstrated consistent professional excellence in his or her chosen vocation by contributing to the benefit of the wider community beyond their typical workplace role".