Andrew Erwin
Birthdate: Sep 1, 1978
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, USA
Andrew Erwin (birthname: Andrew David Erwin) has been an Evangelical Christian-based filmmaker since 2006, when he made (as director/editor with brother Jon) the documentary feature, The Cross and the Towers (2006). Erwin served as film editor of the documentary, Hearing Everett: The Rancho Sordo Mudo Story (2008), and then three years later was director/story writer/producer/editor of the anti-abortion drama, October Baby (2011), with Rachel Hendrix and Jasmine Guy, earning $5.3 million on a $1 million budget.
Erwin was the film editor of the feature, Fully Alive (2012), followed by the Sony-released comedy, Moms’ Night Out (2014), for which he was director/producer/editor and which co-starred Sarah Drew, Sean Astin, Patricia Heaton, and Trace Adkins, and grossed $10.5 million globally. Erwin’s first commercial failure (as director/editor/executive producer) was the Christian football-themed Woodlawn (2015), starring Sean Astin, Jon Voight, and C. Thomas Howell earned a poor $14.4 million gross for distributor Pure Flix Entertainment.
Andrew Erwin’s second documentary (with Jon) as producer was the little-seen Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017), followed by one of the Erwin Brothers’ most successful features—with Andrew again as director/editor/executive producer--the Christian-themed biopic I Can Only Imagine (2018), with J. Michael Finley, Trace Adkins, Cloris Leachman, and Dennis Quaid, returning a $86 million gross for distributors Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions. Director-writer-producer Erwin, as director/producer, didn’t have the same commercial returns with I Still Believe (2020), with KJ Apa, Britt Robertson, Shania Twain, and Gary Sinise, which returned only $16.4 million in a Lionsgate release.
Erwin co-directed (with Jon) and executive producer the documentary, The Jesus Music (2021), featuring Christian musicians including Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, and Michael Tait, which returned a small $1 million box office for distributor Lionsgate, and then resumed his narrative projects as director/producer/editor with American Underdog (2021), a movie dramatizing Los Angeles Rams quarterback Kurt Warner, starring Zachary Levi, Anna Paquin, and Dennis Quaid, and returning for Lionsgate a disappointing $26.5 million box office. Erwin’s next Christian drama (as producer only) was Jesus Revolution (2023), with Joel Courtney, Jonathan Roumie, and Kelsey Grammer under the co-direction of brother Jon and Brent McCorkle, followed by a producer credit on Ordinary Angels (2023), starring Hilary Swank and Alan Richson, for which his brother Jon was co-writer and co-producer.
Andrew Erwin then served as film editor on the commercially successful The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024), starring Judy Greer, Pete Holmes and Lauren Graham under Dallas Jenkins’s direction and delivering a strong $40.3 million gross for distributor Lionsgate, followed by Andrew serving as a producer on director/writer Jon Gunn’s long-delayed biopic, The Unbreakable Boy (2025), starring Zachary Levi, Meghann Fahy, Jacob Laval and Patricia Heaton, produced by Kingdom Story Company and grossing over $7 million for Lionsgate. Erwin then co-directed (with co-director/writer Brent McCorkle) and was one of the producers of the sequel, I Can Only Imagine 2 (2026), with John Michael Finley, Milo Ventimiglia, Sophie Skelton, Trace Adkins, and Dennis Quaid, and which was released wide by Lionsgate.
Personal life
Andrew Erwin was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. His father is former Republican State Senator Hank Erwin, and his brother is his filmmaking partner Jon Erwin (who together are known as The Erwin Brothers).
Andrew Erwin Movies
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- 2026 |
I Can Only Imagine 2
Bart Millard, lead singer of MercyMe, faces a personal crisis at the peak of his success. As his world unravels, he struggles with his beliefs and inner demons while seeking a path through adversity.
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- 2021 |
American Underdog
The story of NFL MVP and Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner, who went from stocking shelves at a supermarket to becoming an American Football star.
- 2021 |
The Jesus Music
This documentary reveals Jesus Music's untold story - from its humble beginnings at the Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California through its transformation into the multi-billion-dollar industry of Christian Contemporary Music today.
- 2020 |
I Still Believe
The true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that proves that there is always hope.
- 2018 |
I Can Only Imagine
The inspiring and unknown true story behind MercyMe's beloved, chart topping song that brings ultimate hope to so many is a gripping reminder of the power of true forgiveness.
- 2015 |
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- 2025 |
The Unbreakable Boy
A young boy with both a rare brittle-bone disease and autism. But what makes him truly unique is his joyous, funny, life-affirming world view that transforms and unites everyone around him.
- 2023 |
Jesus Revolution
The true story of a national spiritual awakening in the early 1970s and its origins within a community of teenage hippies in Southern California.
- 2017 |
Steve McQueen: American Icon
Steve McQueen truly is an American Icon. One of America's most endearing and intriguing movie stars, he "is still the King of Cool" according to Esquire Magazine-50 years after the zenith of his career. The strangest thing about him, however, is barely known, despite countless bi... Read all
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Facts About Andrew Erwin
Mini-Mogul: Andrew Erwin formed Kingdom Story Company with brother Jon, pacting with distributor Lionsgate to produce Christian movies and which Erwin described as “Christian Pixar” or “Christian Marvel.”
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