My Journey to Adrienne
By Andy Ostroy | December 1, 2021
By Andy Ostroy | December 1, 2021
My Journey to Adrienne
Andy Ostroy on the importance of documentaries and why he made a film about his late wife, Adrienne Shelly.
Andy Ostroy is a film and television producer and director. His latest project, Adrienne, is an HBO documentary he produced and directed about his late wife, actor/writer/director Adrienne Shelly, who was murdered in 2006. Following her death, he produced Serious Moonlight, a script she’d written, and which starred Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton and was directed by Cheryl Hines. He’s working on producing a stage version of the script, and is also in development with a television series. He founded the Adrienne Shelly Foundation in 2006 which supports female filmmakers with grants and scholarships. and serves as the organization’s executive director.