---
name: "Andrew DeYoung"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andrew-deyoung"
fi1m_id: "andrew-deyoung"
imdb_id: "nm2440581"
tmdb_id: 1572159
wikidata_id: "Q111383665"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "20 August 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "director"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T04:32:11.618842+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Andrew DeYoung

## Identity

Andrew DeYoung

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andrew-deyoung
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andrew-deyoung
- **IMDb ID:** nm2440581
- **TMDB ID:** 1572159
- **Wikidata ID:** Q111383665
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111383665, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2440581/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1572159

Director and producer. Born 20 August 1982 in Fresno, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 20 August 1982, Fresno, California, USA
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Also known as:** Andy DeYoung, 安德鲁·德扬
- **Frequently works with:** [Tim Robinson](https://film.one/person/tim-robinson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as director, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 78 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 76 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Drama 5, Mystery 2, Kids 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $17m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111383665, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2440581/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1572159

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Chair Company*](https://film.one/tv/the-chair-company.md) (80), [*Friendship*](https://film.one/film/friendship.md) (73)
- **Netflix:** [*The Baby-Sitters Club*](https://film.one/tv/the-baby-sitters-club.md) (85)
- **Apple TV:** [*Widow's Bay*](https://film.one/tv/widows-bay.md) (80)
- **Hulu:** [*PEN15*](https://film.one/tv/pen15.md) (80)
- **Disney+:** [*High Fidelity*](https://film.one/tv/high-fidelity-2020.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Andrew DeYoung

> Andrew DeYoung takes embarrassment seriously, borrowing the look of thrillers for absurd comedy. We like the resulting unease, especially when it comes with an ensemble worth caring about, as in *Widow’s Bay*.

Andrew DeYoung gives social embarrassment the visual seriousness of a conspiracy thriller. Humiliation can feel quite large enough to justify that treatment, without the director having to announce that a joke is coming. We like his willingness to let comedy become uncomfortable, though it needs people worth spending time with. *Widow’s Bay* (2026), the funny, unsettling island mystery on which he directs episodes, has them. Its ensemble gives us a reason to stay beyond finding out what happens next.

His earlier collaborations with Kate Berlant and John Early run from shorts to the special *Would It Kill You to Laugh?* (2022), which he directed and co-wrote. Alongside those partnerships came television work including episodes of *PEN15* (2019) and *Our Flag Means Death* (2022). These recurring collaborations are more revealing than a long list of television credits. His comedy is tied to particular performers and their taste for embarrassment; that specificity is a strength, but it may leave some viewers cold.

*Friendship* (2024), his feature debut as writer-director, brings male loneliness and friendship to the centre, with Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd. Robinson remains the important link to *The Chair Company* (2025), where DeYoung directed episodes and served as executive producer, helping to shape its mixture of comedy and conspiracy thriller. We can see the appeal of treating a man’s social difficulties with that degree of cinematic seriousness. The risk is that the careful treatment becomes tiring once the embarrassment stops being funny.

*Widow’s Bay* gives us firmer grounds for a recommendation, although we would not assign a collaborative programme’s every success to one episode director. We found ourselves caring about its ensemble, particularly Matthew Rhys and Kate O’Flynn, and that made the unsettling island mystery worth following. The reservation is concrete: its supernatural rules sometimes require more attention than they deserve. That is a frustration in a programme whose people already give us enough reason to keep watching. Start with *Widow’s Bay* for the ensemble, and bring some patience for the supernatural rules.

## Biography

Andrew DeYoung is an American director, screenwriter and producer. He studied screenwriting at California State University, Northridge and graduated in 2005.

DeYoung has directed episodes of television series including *PEN15* (2019–2021), *Shrill* (2019–2021), *Our Flag Means Death* (2022–2023), *The Chair Company* (2025–present, also executive producer) and *Widow's Bay* (2026). He co-wrote and directed the variety special *Would It Kill You to Laugh?* (2022), for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination. His frequent collaborators include Tim Robinson, Kate Berlant and John Early.

In 2024, DeYoung wrote and directed his feature debut *Friendship*, starring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd, which was nominated for a Critics' Choice Award and an Independent Spirit Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Widow's Bay* (2026), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/widows-bay.md)
- *Friendship* (2025), Fi1m 73, Executive Producer, Director, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/friendship.md)
- *The Chair Company* (2025), Fi1m 80, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-chair-company.md)
- *High Fidelity* (2020), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/high-fidelity-2020.md)
- *The Baby-Sitters Club* (2020), Fi1m 85, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-baby-sitters-club.md)
- *PEN15* (2019), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/pen15.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Widow's Bay* (2026), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/widows-bay.md)
- *The Chair Company* (2025), series, Director, Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-chair-company.md)
- *Friendship* (2025), Executive Producer, Director, Writer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/friendship.md)
- *The Decameron* (2024), series, Director
- *AirBnb* (2023), Director
- *Would It Kill You to Laugh? Starring Kate Berlant + John Early* (2022), Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- *I Love That for You* (2022), series, Director
- *Our Flag Means Death* (2022), series, Director
- *Teenage Bounty Hunters* (2020), series, Director
- *The Baby-Sitters Club* (2020), series, Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-baby-sitters-club.md)
- *DAVE* (2020), series, Director
- *High Fidelity* (2020), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/high-fidelity-2020.md)
- *mixed-ish* (2019), series, Director
- *Rachel* (2019), Director
- *Shrill* (2019), series, Director
- *Miracle Workers* (2019), series, Director
- *PEN15* (2019), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/pen15.md)
- *The Other Two* (2019), series, Director
- *A.P. Bio* (2018), series, Director
- *555* (2017), Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Editor
- *555* (2017), series, Executive Producer, Editor, Director, Writer, Creator
- *Brown* (2016), Editor, Writer, Director
- *Netflix Presents: The Characters* (2016), series, Writer
- *Shopping* (2015), Producer, Editor, Cinematography, Writer, Director
- *Ohio* (2015), Executive Producer, Director, Writer
- *Dinner Party* (2015), Director, Cinematography, Editor
- *Man Seeking Woman* (2015), series, Director
- *Rubberhead* (2014), Writer, Director
- *Santa Monica* (2014), Director
- *No Is a Full Sentence* (2014), Editor, Director
- *The Eric Andre Show* (2012), series, Editor

## Gallery

- ![Andrew DeYoung](https://film.one/media/person/22679/gallery-69cbe4314f7f.jpg) Andrew DeYoung — Image via TMDB
- ![Andrew DeYoung](https://film.one/media/person/22679/gallery-67f5a2aee415.jpg) Andrew DeYoung — Image via TMDB

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