Speaking with Collider. Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy revealed the three directors currently ready and raring to go on season two of Andor, which starts filming imminently here in the UK. Ariel Kleiman, Janus Metz, and Alonso Ruizpalacios will follow a similar pattern to season one directors Toby Haynes, Susanna White and Benjamin Caron in directing the four arcs of three episodes, with Ariel Kleiman helming half of the season with two of those arcs.
Andor broke from Star Wars tradition with its freshman season, opting to bring in only three directors and tasking them to direct blocks of episodes that tied into the narrative arcs being explored. Gilroy confirmed that this structure would return in Season 2, with Kleiman stepping into the same pattern as Toby Haynes by directing six episodes split into two blocks.
Since 2017, Kleiman has really solidified himself as a television director, with his most recent work being seen on Yellowjackets and The Resort. Danish filmmaker Metz has directed for a handful of television series, but his most notable work was this year’s spy thriller All the Old Knives which starred Chris Pine and Star Wars alum Thandiwe Newton. Fans of Andor star Diego Luna’s work in Narcos: Mexico may recognize Ruizpalacios’ name. The Mexican filmmaker directed a pair of episodes on the Netflix series back in 2018, before returning to television to direct episodes on Outer Range.
