Andrew Dominik

Andrew Dominik (born 1967 in Wellington, New Zealand) is an Australian film director and screenwriter.

Life

Dominik lived in Australia since he was two years old and graduated at Melbourne 's Swinburne Film School in 1988, from.

From 2009 to 2010 he was engaged to actress Robin Tunney.

Career

In 2000 he made ​​his debut as a director and screenwriter with the film drama chopper. The production has been awarded several times, so Dominik won at the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards the award for Best Director.

Only in 2007, he turned to the Western The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck in the title roles his second feature film. Once again, he was also responsible for the screenplay. The film was in 2008 as Best Western drama awarded the track Award.

Another collaboration with Pitt came to the thriller Killing Them Softly (original working title: Cogan 's Trade ) in which the actor the lead role of criminals Jackie Cogan takes over, which is to investigate the robbery of a shielded by the mafia poker game. The material is based on the playing in Boston crime novel Cogan 's Trade by George V. Higgins from the year 1974. The film, in other roles with James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta and Sam Shepard occupied, received in 2012 an invitation to compete in the International Cannes film Festival in 2012.

Filmography

• 2000: Chopper
• 2007: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ( The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
• 2012: Killing Them Softly