Andy Tennant
Andrew Tennant is an American screenwriter, film and television director, actor, and dancer.
Also recorded as Andrew Wellman Tennant
Andy Tennant
Gordon Vasquez · Flickr: Andy Tennant, YPO, Dallas International Film Festival 2011 · CC BY 2.0
- Born
- 1955 · Chicago.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- screenwriter · dancer · actor · director · film producer
- Education
- University of Southern California · USC School of Dramatic Arts
- Languages
- English
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Early life
Early life
Tennant was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was raised in Flossmoor, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. His father was Don Tennant, a creative advertising talent with Leo Burnett Agency in Chicago. As a boy, he spent his summers on Old Mission Peninsula in northern Michigan and at Camp Minocqua in northern Wisconsin. He graduated from Homewood-Flossmoor High School in 1973. He studied theater under John Houseman at University of Southern California.
Personal life
Personal life
Tennant married photographer Sharon Kay Johnson on February 13, 1993. The couple have four children, three of whom are triplets. They currently reside in Los Angeles, California.
Television
Television
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Feature film director
Feature film director
He made his feature film directorial debut in 1995 with the comedy/family film It Takes Two starring Kirstie Alley, Steve Guttenberg and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. He directed the romantic comedy film Fools Rush In starring Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek in 1997. He directed and wrote the romantic/drama film Ever After: A Cinderella Story re-teaming with Drew Barrymore in 1998. He directed the biographical drama film Anna and the King loosely based on the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam, which gave a fictionalized account of the diaries of Anna Leonowens starring Oscar-winner Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-fat in 1999. He directed the romantic/comedy film Sweet Home Alabama starring Reese Witherspoon in 2002. He returned to television to direct as well as co-produce an episode of the Fox drama series The American Embassy starring Arija Bareikis in 2002. He returned to direct the romantic comedy film Hitch starring Will Smith and Eva Mendes in 2005. He directed the made-for-television Fox movie The Wedding Album starring Bruno Campos and Tara Summers in 2006. He directed the romantic comedy/adventure film Fool's Gold starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson in 2008. He directed the made-for-television movie Operating Instructions in 2009. He directed the action/romantic-comedy film The Bounty Hunter starring Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston in 2010. He directed the made-for-television movie Thunderballs in 2011. He served as an executive producer for the ESPN sports newsmagazine series E:60 earning three Emmy nominations and one win from 2011-2016. He directed an episode of the Amazon Video web series Betas starring Joe Dinicol in 2013. He directed the comedy film Wild Oats starring Shirley MacLaine and Jessica Lange in 2016. He directed two episodes of the Netflix web series The Kominsky Method starring Michael Douglas in 2018.
Film
Film
Acting roles
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- 1.WEDDINGS; Sharon Johnson, Andrew Tennant. The New York Times. 14 February 1993.
- 2.Sharon Johnson-Tennant - Artists - Robert Berman Gallery. www.robertbermangallery.com.
- 3.It Takes Two on Metacritic.
- 4.It Takes Two on Rotten Tomatoes.
- 5.Fools Rush In on Rotten Tomatoes.
- 6.Fools Rush In on Metacritic.
- 7.Ever After: A Cinderella Story on Rotten Tomatoes.
- 8.Ever After on Rotten Tomatoes.
- 9.Anna and the King on Rotten Tomatoes.
- 10.Anna and the King on Metacritic.
- 11.Sweet Home Alabama on Rotten Tomatoes.
- 12.Sweet Home Alabama on Metacritic.
- 13.Hitch on Rotten Tomatoes.
- 14.Hitch on Metacritic.
- 15.Fool's Gold on Rotten Tomatoes.
- 16.Fool's Gold on Metacritic.
- 17.The Bounty Hunter on Rotten Tomatoes.
- 18.The Bounty Hunter on Metacritic.
- 19.Wild Oats on Metacritic.
- 20.Wild Oats on Rotten Tomatoes.
- 21.Grobar, Matt. Isabelle Fuhrman Boards Thriller 'Unit 234' From Director Andy Tennant. Deadline Hollywood.
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