Andrew Lanham is an American film screenwriter best known for his collaborations with

Destin Daniel Cretton Destin Yori Daniel Cretton is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the drama films ''Short Term 12'' (2013), ''The Glass Castle (2017 film), The Glass Castle'' (2017), ''Just Mercy'' (2019) as well as the Marvel Studios film ''S ...

, including '' The Shack'' (2017), '' The Glass Castle'' (2017), ''

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'' (2019), and ''

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'' (2021).

Career

In 2015, he began his career with a script for the drama film ''Boy21''. In 2016, Lanham started a series of collaborations with

, by co-writing the screenplay for the religious film '' The Shack''. A second collaborative effort with Cretton was developed in the same year with the drama film '' The Glass Castle''. In 2017, he drafted the screenplay for the western film '' The Kid''. In 2019, he wrote the script for Cretton's third film ''

''. In 2021, he gained notability when he wrote Cretton's superhero film ''

''. In February 2022, he was writing the screenplay for ''Harbinger'', based on the

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comic book series of the same name. In May 2024, he was writing the script for the

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film ''The Robots Go Crazy''.

Filmography

Accolades

In February 2020, Lanham's work on ''Just Mercy'' was nominated at the

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s for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture. In September 2022, Lanham work on ''Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'' was nominated at the

Hugo Awards The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) and chosen by its members. The award is administered by t ...

for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form and at the

Ray Bradbury Award The Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation (formerly the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation) is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) for science fiction or fant ...

for "Outstanding Dramatic Presentation".

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