ANDERSON, Brad 1964–

PERSONAL

Born 1964, in Madison, CT; son of Pamela Taylor Anderson (a community services administrator); nephew of Holland Taylor (an actress). Education: Bowdoin College, B.S., Russian and anthropology, 1987; studied at International Film School, London, England, 1989.

Addresses: Agent—Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., Sixth Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. Film editor, 1987–89; Boston Collective, Boston, MA, cofounder, 1992; Boston Film and Video Foundation, Boston, MA, filmmaking instructor.

Awards, Honors: Best Director Award, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, and nomination for Grand Jury Prize—dramatic, Sundance Film Festival, both 1996, for The Darien Gap; Grand Special Prize and Audience Award, both Deauville Film Festival, and nomination for Grand Jury Prize—dramatic, Sundance Film Festival, all 1998, for Next Stop, Wonderland; Grand Special Prize nomination, Deauville Film Festival, 2000, for Happy Accidents; Best Director Award and Best Film Award nomination, Catalonian International Film Festival, both 2001, for Session 9; Nacrisse Award, best international film, and Grand Prize of European Fantasy Short Film in Silver, both Neuchatel International Fantasy Film Festival, and Best Film Award nomination, Catalonian International Film Festival, all 2004, for The Machinist.

CREDITS

Film Director:

The Darien Gap, Northern Arts Entertainment, 1995.

Frankenstein's Planet of Monsters!, 1995.

Next Stop, Wonderland, Miramax, 1998.

Happy Accidents, IFC Films, 1999.

Session 9, USA Films, 2001.

The Machinist (also known as El maquinista), Paramount Classics, 2004.

The Crazies, Paramount, 2006.

Director of Crosley Fever (short film); made A Short Flim about Bowling (experimental film).

Film Producer:

The Darien Gap, Northern Arts Entertainment, 1995.

Producer of Crosley Fever (short film).

Film Editor:

The Darien Gap, Northern Arts Entertainment, 1995.

Next Stop, Wonderland, Miramax, 1998.

Happy Accidents, IFC Films, 1999.

Session 9, USA Films, 2001.

Television Work; Series:

Editor, The Americas (documentary), PBS, beginning c. 1993.

Television Work; Miniseries:

Production assistant, Making Sense of the Sixties (documentary), PBS, 1991.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Bones of Contention," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as H: LOTS and Homicide), NBC, 1999.

"The Cost," The Wire, HBO, 2002.

"Inferno," The Shield (also known as The Barn and Rampart), FX Channel, 2002.

Television Director; Pilots:

Briar & Graves, Fox, 2005.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Himself, The Machinist: Brad Anderson and the Machinist (short documentary), Dreamlight Entertainment, 2005.

Himself, The Machinist: Breaking the Rules (short documentary), Paramount Home Video, 2005.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

The Darien Gap, Northern Arts Entertainment, 1995.

Next Stop, Wonderland, Miramax, 1998.

Happy Accidents, IFC Films, 1999.

Session 9, USA Films, 2001.