Andrew Cosby is an American comic book creator, film producer, and screenwriter. He is the co-creator of the SyFy TV series ''

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'', and the co-founder of

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Career

Comics

Cosby worked at

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from 1993 to 1995, at which time he left the company to pursue a career in films and was involved producing the feature film adaptation of

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by comic book creator

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with

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, and had various projects with

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(Phoenix Pictures),

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(The Canton Company),

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, and

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. In 2005, Cosby launched

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, creating their first published comic, ''Zombie Tales''. Working with Mike Richardson and Dark Horse, Cosby set up ''Damn Nation'' at MTV Films/Paramount Pictures, a comic book Cosby created and was subsequently attached to write and produce.

Feature films

Cosby produced the 2013 film ''

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''. He has produced the film adaptation of ''

'', by

, ''Talent'', and ''Tag'' with Marc Platt Productions and Universal Studios, ''Damn Nation'' at

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Films/

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, ''The Nightmare of Hugo Baring'' with

(Phoenix Pictures), ''The Foundation'' at Paramount, ''Kringle'' with

(The Canton Company),

, ''Creature Tech'' with Fox, ''Unusual Suspects'' with Lloyd Levin and

, ''Saints Row'' with Lloyd Levin, based on the THQ video game, ''The Untamed'', based on the Stranger Comics graphic novel, and ''Among the Dead'' with Nick Spicer and XYZ Films. Cosby received sole script credit for 2019's ''

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'' film, a reboot of the

film series.

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and

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also contributed to the script, though both went uncredited. In October 2017, it was announced that Cosby would write the script for a film adaptation of the graphic novel ''Silver''.

Television

Cosby co-created the

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horror series ''

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'' and is the co-creator of the Syfy TV show ''

'', the series ran for five seasons ending in July 2012.

Awards and nominations

References

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