Andy Tennant, Writer-Director, Hitch, Sweet Home Alabama - StoryBeat with Steve Cuden: Episode 92

StoryBeat with Steve Cuden: Episode 92

Motion picture writer-director, Andy Tennant, has directed some of the most successful romantic comedy features of all time, including Hitch, starring Will Smith and Kevin James, and Sweet Home Alabama, starring Reese Witherspoon and Josh Lucas.

Prior to that, Andy co-wrote and directed the romantic fable, Ever After, starring Drew Barrymore and Anjelica Huston, and directed the epic drama, Anna and the King, starring Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat.

His last two action comedies, Fool’s Gold, starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson, which he also co-wrote, and The Bounty Hunter, starring Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler, brought his total worldwide box office over the billion-dollar mark.

For the last two years, Andy’s been directing and producing Chuck Lorre’s hit Netflix comedy, The Kominsky Method, starring Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin.

His latest feature, The Secret, based on Rhonda Byrne’s international best-seller, stars Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas, and will hit theaters in February 2020.

A native of Chicago, Andy studied theatre at USC. Andy’s first job in the movies was as a dancer in the blockbuster musical, Grease, before he eventually went on to direct such hit television shows as The Wonder Years and Sliders.

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