Andrew Norman Wilson

Biography

Andrew Norman Wilson is a writer, director, and artist based in New York. His first work of video art, Workers Leaving the Googleplex, went viral and was recently exhibited in MoMA's main collection gallery for over two years. His first narrative short, In the Air Tonight, went viral and premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival. His first magazine essay, "It's Not What the World Needs Right Now," went viral and led to his signing with CAA. His films have premiered at Sundance, the New York Film Festival, and Rotterdam. His work is in collections such as the Museum of Modern Art New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, The Getty Museum, and The Centre Pompidou, and he has exhibited at LUMA Arles, MoMA PS1, and the Gwangju and Berlin Biennials. He has taught at UCLA, SAIC, and Cooper Union, and lectured at Oxford University, Cambridge University, Harvard University, and Yale University. His work has been featured in Artforum, ArtReview, BOMB, Frieze, The New Yorker, and Wired, and he has published writing in Harper’s, The Baffler, and the Paris Review. In 2021, he was named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine. His films have won awards at the San Francisco International Film Festival and the International Film Festival Rotterdam. He has participated in the Oxbelly Director’s Lab and the Locarno Filmmakers Academy. He has served on the juries of the Palm Springs Film Festival and the Tabor Film Festival. He has directed music videos for U2, Naomi Scott, Oneohtrix Point Never, and John Maus, and directed campaigns for Google and MCM.