
Person
Drew Goddard
Writing · Born 1975-02-26 · Houston, Texas, USA
Biography
Andrew Brion Hogan Goddard (born February 26, 1975) is an American filmmaker most closely associated with the horror genre. He began his career writing episodes for the television shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Alias, and Lost. After moving into film screenwriting, he wrote Cloverfield (2008), World War Z (2013), and two Andy Weir adaptations: The Martian (2015) and Project Hail Mary (2026). For The Martian, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He also directed The Cabin in the Woods (2011) and Bad Times at the El Royale (2018). Goddard created the Netflix series Daredevil (2015–2018), part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He went on to direct several episodes of The Good Place. He served as an executive producer for 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) and The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), instalments in the Cloverfield franchise. Description above from the Wikipedia article Drew Goddard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Project Hail Mary
Executive Producer

Lost
Writer

High Potential
Executive Producer

Marvel's Daredevil
Executive Producer

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Writer

Superman
Thanks

Angel
Writer

The Martian
Screenplay

World War Z
Screenplay

The Good Place
Director
Filmography
- 2026Project Hail MaryExecutive Producer
- 2025SupermanThanks
- 2024High PotentialExecutive Producer
- 2018Bad Times at the El RoyaleDirector
- 2017Marvel's The DefendersWriter
- 2017Baby DriverThanks
- 2016The Good PlaceDirector
- 2016GrimsbyThanks
- 2015The MartianScreenplay
- 2015Marvel's DaredevilExecutive Producer
- 2013World War ZScreenplay
- 2012The Cabin in the WoodsDirector
- 2008Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along BlogFake Thomas Jefferson
- 2008CloverfieldScreenplay
- 2004LostWriter
- 2001AliasWriter
- 1999AngelWriter
- 1997Buffy the Vampire SlayerWriter
- —NevermoorWriter
- —The Matrix 5Director
- —PhonyExecutive Producer
- —PagansExecutive Producer
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