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Andy Tennant

Andy Tennant most recently helmed the popular romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama starring Reese Witherspoon. Tennant also co-wrote and directed the romantic adventure Ever After starring Drew Barrymore, Dougray Scott and Angelica Huston. In 1999, Tennant directed Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat in Anna and the King, which received two Academy Award nominations.

A native of Chicago, Tennant studied theatre under John Houseman at the University of Southern California. For television he directed such hits as The Wonder Years, Parker Lewis Can't Loose and The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. He made his feature film directing debut with It Takes Two and subsequently directed Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek in Fools Rush In.

Tennant has several projects in development with his company Film Buff Productions including Being Booey and a thriller to be shot in Spain, which is a co-production with Julia Roberts' Red Om Films.


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Andy Tennant Facts

OccupationDirector
BirthplaceChicago, Illinois, USA

Selected Filmography

Sweet Home Alabama
Ever After
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.: The Complete Series
Hitch
Fools Rush In
Fool's Gold
It Takes Two
Sliders
Anna and the King
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