Andrew W. Marlowe Biography

Fast Facts

• He won the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting in 1992
• Graduated from the University of Southern California with a M․F․A in screenwriting
• He earned a B․A․ in English literature from Columbia University in New York
• Quote: "When you're writing a novel, you can go into people's back stories, tell readers what they're thinking without having to show it through the subtleties of behavior․"
• Quote: "The thing about writing for television is that you can create an extended conversation with the culture․ You can come into their living room 30, 40, 50, 75, 100 times, and it's interesting for that․"
• Quote: "(On writing "Castle") "It's the same sort of process of throwing ideas out there and editing them back, and if we're missing an element, working that element in․ It's a very familiar process to any of the writers out there who have been in a room․""
• He has gained a reputation for having all of his works become a major success