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Andrew Upton was born on 1 February, 1966 in Australia, is an Australian screenwriter. Discover Andrew Upton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?
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Playwright, screenwriter, producer, director |
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58 years old |
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Aquarius |
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1 February 1966 |
Birthday |
1 February |
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Australia |
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Australia
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He is a member of famous Playwright with the age 58 years old group.
Andrew Upton Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Andrew Upton's Wife?
His wife is Cate Blanchett (m. 1997)
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Cate Blanchett (m. 1997) |
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4 |
Andrew Upton Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Andrew Upton worth at the age of 58 years old? Andrew Upton’s income source is mostly from being a successful Playwright. He is from Australia. We have estimated Andrew Upton's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Andrew Upton is an Australian playwright, screenwriter, producer and director.
He has adapted the works of Gorky, Chekhov, Ibsen, and others for London's Royal National Theatre and the Sydney Theatre Company.
Upton and Blanchett met in Australia in the mid-1990s and married on 29 December 1997.
Upton and Blanchett formed a film production company, Dirty Films, whose projects include the films Bangers (1999) and Little Fish (2005).
Upton wrote, produced and directed the short, Bangers, which starred Blanchett.
Upton and his wife, actress Cate Blanchett, are the co-founders of the film production company Dirty Films, under which Upton served as a producer for the Australian film Little Fish (2005).
He wrote the original play Riflemind (2007), which premiered at the Sydney Theatre Company to favourable reviews, with Hugo Weaving starring and Philip Seymour Hoffman directing the London production.
Upton's original play Riflemind opened with Hugo Weaving, playing an ageing rock star planning a comeback, at the Sydney Theatre Company on 5 October 2007, and received a favourable review in Variety (magazine).
Upton shares writing credits for the feature film Gone (2007).
Upton and Blanchett became joint artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company from 2008 until 2012.
Upton attended The King's School, Parramatta, and University of Sydney.
As a playwright, Upton created adaptations of Hedda Gabler, The Cherry Orchard, Cyrano de Bergerac, Don Juan (with Marion Potts), Uncle Vanya, The Maids, Children of the Sun and Platonov for the Sydney Theatre Company (STC) and Maxim Gorky's The Philistines for the Royal National Theatre in London.
The London production of Riflemind, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, opened in 2008, but closed as a result of the financial pressure of the Global Financial Crisis after receiving poor popular press reviews.
In 2008, Upton and wife Cate Blanchett became joint artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company for what became a five-year term.
Upton wrote the libretto to Alan John's opera Through the Looking Glass, which premiered with the Victorian Opera in Melbourne in May 2008.
In June, 2014, Upton was recognised with the Rotary Professional Excellence Award, an award instituted "to honour a person who has demonstrated consistent professional excellence in his or her chosen vocation by contributing to the benefit of the wider community beyond their typical workplace role".
Upton acted in one of Julian Rosenfeldt's thirteen-part art film, Manifesto (2015).
The couple have three sons and one daughter, the latter adopted in 2015.
The couple's children appeared with Upton in segment 11 of the 2015 film Manifesto.
Upton and Blanchett purchased a house in East Sussex, England, in early 2016.