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Brad Anderson (born 1964 in Madison, Connecticut) is an American film director.
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Life and career
Before he began his film career, he attended Bowdoin College, where he majored in anthropology and Russian. He then went to London to finish his film education before returning to Boston.
His films have varied from Sundance Film Festival audience favorites Next Stop Wonderland (1998) and Happy Accidents (2000) to darker films such as Session 9 (2001) and The Machinist (2004), starring Christian Bale. His most recent film, Transsiberian (2008), a thriller starring Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, and Ben Kingsley debuted on July 18, 2008 in New York City and played in theaters nationwide. His last two films have notably been funded by Spanish production companies. Anderson will direct The Living and the Dead[1], based on the novel of the same name by Robert Tinnell and Todd Livingston.[2]
Anderson has also directed a number of television episodes. Most notably, in addition to having directed two episodes of The Wire, Anderson often directs episodes of Fringe.
In 2002, Anderson was a member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival. He is the nephew of Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor.
Selected filmography
Features
- Transsiberian (2008)
- The Machinist (2004)
- Session 9 (2001)
- Happy Accidents (2000)
- Next Stop Wonderland (1998)
- The Darien Gap (1996)
Shorts
- Frankenstein's Planet of Monsters! (1995)
Television
- Fringe (2009) TV Series (episode "Night of Desirable Objects")
- Fringe (2009) TV Series (episode "There's More Than One of Everything")
- Fringe (2009) TV Series (episode "Unleashed")
- Fringe (2009) TV Series (episode "The Transformation")
- Fringe (2008) TV Series (episode "In Which We Meet Mr. Jones")
- Fear Itself (2008) TV Series (episode "Spooked")
- Masters of Horror (2006) TV Series (episode "Sounds Like")
- The Wire (2006) TV Series ("A New Day")
- The Wire (2002) TV Series (episode "The Cost")
- The Shield (2002) TV Series (episode "Inferno")
- Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) TV Series (episode "Bones of Contention")
References
External links
- Brad Anderson at the Internet Movie Database
- Official website
- Interview on "Transsiberian" at IFC.com
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