Andrew DeYoung
Andrew DeYoung has been a director, writer and/or editor of several short comedy films and videos since 2009 and TV series since 2016, and then finally was director/writer of his first feature with the acclaimed comedy, Friendship (2024), co-starring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd, with Kate Mara and Jack Dylan Grazer, and which was released by A24 after premiering in Toronto Film Festival’s Midnight Madness section, where it was the runner-up for the festival’s top prize, the People’s Choice Award.
Personal life
Andrew DeYoung was born and raised by his parents in the U.S. DeYoung attended and graduated from college.
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Facts About Andrew DeYoung
TV Life: Andrew DeYoung has directed and also written episodes for streaming and cable series and sketch comedy, including Hulu’s Pen15 (2019-2021) and Shrill (2019-2021), A24’s Would It Kill You To Laugh? (2022), Max’s Our Flag Means Death (2022-2023), and Netflix’s Decameron (2024).
Favorites: DeYoung—despite his predilection for comedy--has cited Terence Malick, Andrei Tarkovsky, Claire Deni,s and Andrea Arnold as four of his favorite filmmakers, though none of them has made a comedy.
