Brad Anderson
Brad Anderson (born 1964 in Madison , Connecticut ) is an American film director and screenwriter .
Life
Brad Anderson studied film history at Bowdoin College and film production in London . Brad Anderson's first film, The Darien Gap , premiered at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival . A year later, Anderson was named one of the "Ten Leading New Independent Directors to Watch" by the industry journal Variety .
His second film, Next Stop Wonderland , starring Hope Davis and Philip Seymour Hoffman , was also shown at the Sundance Film Festival . Miramax won the bid from several distributors who were interested in the production . With this film he won the Grand Prix and the Audience Award at the Festival of American Film in Deauville and the Excellence in Filmmaking Award from the National Board of Review .
In 2001 he had the unusual experience of seeing two of his films almost simultaneously released and receiving overwhelming critical praise for both films: the romantic comedy Happy Accidents , with Marisa Tomei and Vincent D'Onofrio , and the psychological thriller Session 9 , with David Caruso , Josh Lucas and Peter Mullan .
In 2003 he directed the film The Machinist with Christian Bale and Jennifer Jason Leigh in Spain . In 2006 this film was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival . The film celebrated its European premiere at the Berlinale . He won the Silver Méliès of the European Fantastic Film Festival Federation .
His latest thriller Transsiberian , the screenplay of which he wrote with Will Conroy , also celebrated its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008 and its European premiere at the Berlinale . The film was shot in Lithuania , Spain and the People's Republic of China with Woody Harrelson , Emily Mortimer , Kate Mara , Eduardo Noriega , Thomas Kretschmann and Ben Kingsley .
In addition to his movies, he also worked for television. Among other things, he shot episodes of Homicide , The Wire , The Shield - Law of Violence , Surface - Weird Depth and Fringe - Borderline Cases for the FBI and the one-hour film Sounds Like for the Masters of Horror series on Showtime TV .
His next projects include a thriller under the working title Lucid and the film musical Non Stop to Brazil . In 2012, he turned as director of the pilot episode of NBC - Mystery Series Midnight Sun .
Filmography (selection)
- 1996: The Darien Gap (Director, Screenplay, Production)
- 1998: Next Stop Wonderland (Director, Screenplay)
- 1999: Homicide ( Homicide: Life on the Street , TV series, directed by an episode)
- 2000: Happy Accidents (Director, Screenplay)
- 2001: Session 9 (Director, Screenplay)
- 2002, 2006: The Wire (TV series, director, 2 episodes)
- 2002: The Shield - Law of Violence ( The Shield , TV series, director: episode "Inferno")
- 2004: The Machinist ( El Maquinista , director)
- 2006: Surface (TV series, director, one episode)
- 2006: Masters of Horror (TV series, director, one episode)
- 2008: Transsiberian (Director, Screenplay)
- 2010: The Reign of the Shadows (Vanishing on 7th Street)
- 2013: The Call - don't hang up! (The Call)
- 2014: Stonehearst Asylum - You will never leave these walls (Stonehearst Asylum)
- 2014–2015: Forever (TV series, director, 3 episodes)
- 2018: Beirut (Director)
- 2019: Fractured (Director)
- 2019: Treadstone (TV series, director, 2 episodes)
Web links
- Brad Anderson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- "It's fun to torture a character" , interview on critic.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anderson, Brad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madison , Connecticut , United States |