Andrew Ralph Adamson MNZM born 1 December 1966 is a New Zealand film director producer and screenwriter based mainly in Los Angeles California US where he made the blockbuster animation films Shrek and Shrek 2 for which he received an Academy Award nomination He was director executive producer and scriptwriter for C S Lewis The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Shooting took place in New Zealand primarily in and around Auckland but also in South Island where much of Peter Jacksons The Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed He also worked on the movies Batman Forever and Batman Robin as a visual effects supervisor He was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2006 Queens Birthday Honours List Description above from the Wikipedia article Andrew Adamson licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia