Andrew Blackman is a Director based in Auckland, New Zealand. In 2008 he relocated to Copenhagen, Denmark to study film. Andrew was quick to fall in with a tight-knit community of independent filmmakers and went on to work in various facets of film production and advertising. He lived in Copenhagen for nearly a decade and will credit part of his stylistic influence on this experience.
Andrew's work has featured in Vimeo Staff Picks, The Fader, VEVO, Monster Children, Ekko Film Magazines Top-Ten-Best, the BMVA's, and several international film festivals, galleries and cultural platforms.
His film If In Doubt Paddle Out premiered at the Nordic Panorama, went on to tour every major international surf-film-festival and premiered online on the esteemed global cultural platform NOWNESS.
His documentary INFERNO went to the Oscar-qualifying Outfest and BAFTA-qualifying Framline festivals. It was nominated for Best Art Film at the New Renaissance Film Festival and shortlisted for two 2020 Cannes Young Director Awards (YDA's).
Andrew holds an MA in Screen Production, Directing Drama with first-class honours from the University of Auckland.
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