Bryan D. Andrews (born 1975) is an American animator, storyboard artist and writer known for his work in science fiction and superhero films. Born in 1975, Andrews began his film career with a credit in Warner Bros. Feature Animation's 1998 film Quest for Camelot. He contributed to Joseph: King of Dreams, Jackie Chan Adventures, Samurai Jack, My Life as a Teenage Robot, and various installments of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), such as Doctor Strange and Avengers: Endgame. Andrews also worked alongside Genndy Tartakovsky to produce the animated series Sym-Bionic Titan for Cartoon Network, which ran for 20 episodes.
Andrews was recognized at both the 2004 and 2005 Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on Star Wars: Clone Wars in the category of "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming one Hour or More). “ He has since received two Primetime Emmys for his work on Samurai Jack, one Primetime Emmy nomination each for Samurai Jack and Escape from Cluster Prime, one Art Directors Guild award for Avengers: Endgame, and one nomination for Doctor Strange.
Career Bryan D. Andrews was born in 1975. His first film credit was for the 1998 Warner Bros. Feature Animation film Quest for Camelot, on which he worked as a layout assistant. After working on other projects such as Joseph: King of Dreams, Jackie Chan Adventures, and Samurai Jack, Andrews received his first Primetime Emmy Award win in 2004 for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More) for his work on Star Wars: Clone Wars, an animated television short series created by Genndy Tartakovsky, who also worked with Andrews on Samurai Jack for Cartoon Network. Another Primetime Emmy Award the following year in the same category was given to Andrews alongside the series crew for their work on Clone Wars. Andrews would go on to be nominated twice, with one win, for the Primetime Emmys for his work on the Samurai Jack episode "The Four Seasons of Death". In 2006, Andrews received his second Primetime Emmy nomination as a writer for the My Life as a Teenage Robot special Escape from Cluster Prime.
Along with Genndy Tartakovsky and Paul Rudish, he co-created the animated television series Sym-Bionic Titan, which premiered on Cartoon Network on September 17, 2010. After 20 episodes, however, it was canceled due to lack of merchandise connected to the series, with the final episode airing April 9, 2011. He also worked with Tartakovsky as a storyboard artist on Iron Man 2, contributing to the climactic final action sequence.
Personal life Andrews has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the California Institute of the Arts.
Filmography Year Work Role Notes 1998 Quest for Camelot Layout assistant 2000 Joseph: King of Dreams Additional storyboard artist Direct-to-video film 2000–01 Jackie Chan Adventures Storyboard artist; director TV series; 6 episodes 2001 Constant Payne Storyboard artist TV short 2001–04, 2017 Samurai Jack Storyboard artist; writer; story TV series; 16 episodes 2003 Star Wars: Clone Wars Writer TV microseries 2003–09My Life as a Teenage RobotWriter, storyboard artistTV series 2004 The Powerpuff Girls2005 Escape from Cluster Prime Writer TV movie Sky High Storyboard artist Clone Wars: Connecting the Dots Himself Video documentary short Genndy's Scrapbook Clone Wars: Bridging the Saga2006 The BatmanStoryboard artist TV series; 5 episodes Happy Tree Friends TV series; 3 episodes2010 Iron Man 2 Shrek Forever After Additional story artist 2010–11 Sym-Bionic Titan Co-creator; storyboard artist; storyboard supervisor; writer TV series; 16 episodes 2011 Priest Storyboard artist: prologue animation2012 John Carter Storyboard artist The Avengers Hotel Transylvania2013 Iron Man 3 Thor: The Dark World 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron Ant-Man 2016 Doctor Strange2017 Smurfs: The Lost Village Story artist Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Storyboard artist2018 Avengers: Infinity War Skyscraper2019 Captain Marvel Avengers: Endgame PrimalStoryboard artist; writer; storyTV series 2021–24 What If...? Director, executive producer, supervising director TV series; 26 episodes 2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Special thanks 2025–present Marvel Zombies Showrunner, director, executive producer TV series; 4 episodes 2026 Avengers: Doomsday Storyboard artist
Accolades Year Award Category Work Shared with Result Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More) Star Wars: Clone Wars Brian A. Miller, Claudia Katz, Genndy Tartakovsky, Geraldine Symon, Jennifer Pelphrey, Mark Andrews, Darrick Bachman, Paul Rudish, Scott Vanzo, Yumun Jeong, Robert Alvarez Claudia Katz, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Shareena Carlson, Geraldine Symon, Genndy Tartakovsky, Darrick Bachman, Paul Rudish, Yumun Jeong, Dong Soo Lee, Jong Ho Kim, Scott Vanzo, Robert Alvarez, Randy Myers Outstanding Animated Program (for Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) Samurai Jack Genndy Tartakovsky, Brian A. Miller, Mark Andrews, Hueng-soon Park, Kwang-bae Park, Randy Myers, James T. Walker Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More) Escape from Cluster Prime Rob Renzetti, Fred Seibert, Scott D. Peterson, Alex Kirwan, Brandon Kruse, Heather Martinez, Chris Reccardi, Chris Savino, Robert Alvarez Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Samurai Jack Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Award Doctor Strange Charles Wood, Ray Chan, Julian Ashby, Thomas Brown, et al. Avengers: Endgame Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Animated Program Primal Genndy Tartakovsky, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Keith Crofford, Mike Lazzo, Oussama Bouacheria, Julien Chheng, Ulysse Malassagne, Erika Forzy, Shareena Carlson, Darrick Bachman, and David Krentz
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