Andy Tennant

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Andy Tennant (born 1955) is an American screenwriter, film and television director, and dancer.

Biography

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Tennant was raised in Flossmoor, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. His father was Don Tennant, a legendary creative advertising talent with Leo Burnett Agency in Chicago. As a boy, he spent his summers on Old Mission Peninsula in northern Michigan and at Camp Minocqua in northern Wisconsin. He graduated from Homewood-Flossmoor High School in 1973. He studied theater under John Houseman at University of Southern California.

Personal life

Tennant is married to Sharon Johnson-Tennant. They have four children, including triplets.

Filmography

*"It Takes Two" (also known as "Me and My Shadow") (1995)
*"Fools Rush In" (1996)
*"Ever After" (1998)
*"Anna and the King" (1999)
*"Sweet Home Alabama" (2002)
*"How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" (2003)
*"Hitch" (2005)
*"Fool's Gold" (2008)

Television

* "Ferris Bueller" (Unknown episodes, 1990)
* "The Wonder Years" (2 episodes, 1989-1991)
* "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" (5 episodes, 1990-1991)
* "Keep the Change" (1992)
* "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures" (Unknown episodes, 1992)
* "Desperate Choices: To Save My Child" (1992)
* "The Amy Fisher Story" (1993)
* "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr." (2 episodes, 1993)
* "South of Sunset" (Unknown episodes, 1993)
* "Sliders" (1 episode, 1995)
* "The American Embassy" (1 episode, 2002)
*"Fool's Gold" (Screenplay, 2008)

Writing Credits

* "Moving Target" (Teleplay, 1988)
* "Ferris Bueller" (Unknown episodes, 1990)
* "What She Doesn't Know" (Teleplay, 1992)
* "Ever After" (Screenplay, 1998)
* "The Wedding Album" (Pilot, 2006)

Trivia

*"Ever After" is the only film that Tennant directed that is produced in Super 35 mm film cinematographic format. "It Takes Two" and "Fools Rush In" were produced in spherical cinematographic format. The other films directed by Tennant were produced in anamorphic cinematographic format, but IMDb claims that "Hitch" was filmed in Super 35 mm film format.

*Tennant's first acting role in a motion picture was in 1980 as a high school student, Melio, on an all-night scavenger hunt in a surreal film, "Midnight Madness" which cameo'd cowboy-hatted Pee Wee Herman as a pin ball arcade manager; Andy's first big break in films came when he was cast as a dancer and chorus member in the movies "Grease" and "Grease 2".

External links

*imdb name|id=0855035
*tv.com person|44090

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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Director, screenwriter, dancer
DATE OF BIRTH= 1955
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