Drew Goddard

Andrew Brion Hogan Goddard (born February 26, 1975) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer most closely associated with the horror genre. He began his career writing episodes for the television shows ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''Angel'', ''Alias'', and ''Lost''. After moving into screenwriting in film, he wrote ''Cloverfield'' (2008), ''World War Z'' (2013), and ''The Martian'' (2015), the latter earning him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2011, he made his directorial debut with ''The Cabin in the Woods''.

In 2015, Goddard created the Netflix series ''Daredevil''. Soon after, he directed several episodes of ''The Good Place'' and served as an executive producer for ''10 Cloverfield Lane'' (2016) and ''The Cloverfield Paradox'' (2018), the next installments in the ''Cloverfield'' franchise. In April 2024, it was announced he would write and direct a new film in ''The Matrix'' franchise. Provided by Wikipedia