Andrew Wagner is an American

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. He is best known for directing the drama ''

Starting Out in the Evening ''Starting Out in the Evening'' is a 2007 American drama film directed by Andrew Wagner. The screenplay by Wagner and Fred Parnes is based on the novel of the same name by Brian Morton. Plot Now aging and ailing, the one-time celebrated author ...

'' (2007).

Career

Wagner made his feature film debut by directing the experimental comedy '' The Talent Given Us'' (2004), which starred several members of his own family. He followed this up with the literary drama ''

'' (2007), which was based on a novel by Brian Morton and starred

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. The film was a significant critical success. Wagner's third film, '' Breakable You'' (2017), is another drama adapted from one of Morton's novels. Wagner's production company is Daddy W Productions.

Personal

Wagner is an alumnus of The Collegiate School. He received degrees in Creative Writing and Psychology from

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

. He received an M.F.A. at the

AFI Conservatory The AFI Conservatory is a private not-for-profit graduate film school in the Hollywood Hills district of Los Angeles. Students (called "Fellows") learn from the masters in a collaborative, hands-on production environment with an emphasis on st ...

where he was a Directing Fellow. Wagner is the son of Allen Wagner and Judy Wagner, and the brother of Emily Wagner and Maggie Wagner. All appeared in '' The Talent Given Us''. Wagner is married to Chelsea Gilmore.

Filmography

* '' Breakable You'' (

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) * ''

'' ( 2007) * '' The Talent Given Us'' ( 2004)

References

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male screenwriters Collegiate School (New York) alumni Brown University alumni AFI Conservatory alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Film directors from New York City Screenwriters from New York (state) {{US-screen-writer-stub