Andy Goddard

• Name — Andy Goddard • Born — 1968 • Birthplace — Pembroke Dock, Wales • Occupation — * Director • screenwriter • producer • Years Active — 1997–present

Goddard was born in Pembroke Dock, Wales and grew up on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. He later studied film, photography and television at Napier University in Edinburgh. Goddard's debut short Little Sisters was nominated for a BAFTA Award and won the Gold Hugo Award for Best Narrative Short Film at the 34th Chicago International Film Festival. The film went on to win the DM Davies Award at the Welsh International Film Festival and the Grand Prix in European Competition at Festival du film de Vendôme. His television work includes episodes of The Bill, Once Upon a Time, Torchwood, Law & Order: UK, Downton Abbey, and Doctor Who. In 2014, Goddard collaborated with actor Celyn Jones on Set Fire to the Stars, a feature-length film depicting Dylan Thomas' first trip to America in 1950. Jones portrayed the Welsh poet, opposite Elijah Wood, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Goddard. The film premiered at the 68th Edinburgh International Film Festival, and Goddard and Jones were nominated for the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Screenwriting. He has directed the psychological thriller film A Kind of Murder, starring Patrick Wilson and Jessica Biel, an adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel The Blunderer.

• Year — Title — Credited as — Format — Notes • Director — Writer • 1998 — Little Sisters — Short film • 1999 — Yabba Yabba Ding Ding — Short film • 2000 — Rice Paper Stars — TV short • Kings of the Wild Frontier — TV short • 2001 — Stacey Stone — TV series — 7 episodes • 2003 — Taggart — TV series — 2 episodes • Casualty — TV series — Episode: "Hurt the One You Love" • The Bill — TV series — 2 episodes • 2005 — Hex — TV series — Episode: "Noir" • Twisted Tales — TV series — 4 episodes • Murphy's Law — TV series — 2 episodes • 2006 — Wire in the Blood — TV series — Episode: "Time to Murder and Create" • The Outsiders — TV film • 2006–08 — Torchwood — TV series — 6 episodes • 2008 — Doctor Who — TV series — Episode: "The Next Doctor" • 2009–11 — Law & Order: UK — TV series — 10 episodes • 2011–12 — Downton Abbey — TV series — 5 episodes • 2011 — Outcasts — TV series — 2 episodes • 2013 — Dracula — TV series — 2 episodes • Once Upon a Time — TV series — Episode: "Save Henry" • 2014 — Set Fire to the Stars — Film • 2016 — A Kind of Murder — Film — Also co-producer • Daredevil — TV series — Episode: "Regrets Only" • The Level — TV series — 3 episodes • 2016, 2018 — Luke Cage — TV series — 2 episodes • 2017 — Iron Fist — TV series — Episode: "Bar the Big Boss" • The Punisher — TV series — 2 episodes • 2018 — Altered Carbon — TV series — 1 episode • 2019 — Six Minutes to Midnight — Film • Carnival Row — TV series — 2 episodes • 2023–24 — Monarch: Legacy of Monsters — TV series — 2 episodes; also executive producer