---
name: "Andy Bienen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andy-bienen"
fi1m_id: "andy-bienen"
imdb_id: "nm0081493"
tmdb_id: 2837
wikidata_id: "Q96216039"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:25:04.999692+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."
---

# Andy Bienen

## Identity

Andy Bienen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andy-bienen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andy-bienen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0081493
- **TMDB ID:** 2837
- **Wikidata ID:** Q96216039
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96216039, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0081493/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2837

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96216039, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0081493/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2837

## Biography

Andy Bienen is a screenwriter and associate professor of film at Columbia University. He holds an MFA in Film from Columbia’s School of the Arts.

Bienen co-wrote the screenplay for *Boys Don't Cry* (1999) with director Kimberly Peirce. The film received Academy Award recognition and was added to the National Film Registry in 2019. His other credits include the story for *Yellow Rose* (2019) and story consultant work on *Toe to Toe* (2009). He has taught screenwriting at New York University, the New School and La Fémis in Paris.

*Sources: arts.columbia.edu, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Boys Don't Cry* (1999), Fi1m 85, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/boys-dont-cry.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *Boys Don't Cry* (1999), Writer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/boys-dont-cry.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/andy-bienen