Brad Anderson (director)
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 Anderson at the Berlin Film Festival, 9 February 2008 |
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| Born | 1964 (age 47–48) Madison, Connecticut |
| Occupation | Film director |
Brad Anderson (born 1964) is an American film director. A director of thriller and horror films and television projects, he is best known for having directed The Machinist (2004), starring Christian Bale, as well as producing and directing several installments of the FOX science-fiction series Fringe.
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[edit] Early life
Anderson was born in Madison, Connecticut, the son of Pamela Taylor Anderson, a community services administrator.[1] He is the nephew of Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor. 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.
[edit] Film career
His films have varied from Sundance Film Festival audience favorites (and romantic comedies) Next Stop Wonderland (1998) and Happy Accidents (2000) to darker films such as Session 9 (2001) and The Machinist (2004), starring Christian Bale. He was inspired to use the Danvers State Hospital for Session 9 because he drove past it every day. His work on the psychological drama The Machinist, his most notable film to date, has helped earn Anderson a cult following.
His two most recent films were the well-received Transsiberian (2008), a thriller starring Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, and Ben Kingsley, and the horror film, Vanishing on 7th Street (2010), starring Hayden Christensen, John Leguizamo and Thandie Newton.[2]. Notably, both Transsiberian and The Machinist were funded by Anglo-German production companies.
In 2002, Anderson was a member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival. At one point, he was also one of the candidates to direct the sequel to Paranormal Activity.[3]
[edit] Television work
Anderson has directed numerous episodes of Fringe[4] as well as two episodes of The Wire.
[edit] Future projects
Anderson replaced Joseph Ruben as director of Bold Films thriller Jack[5] in May 2010, and cast John Cusack for the lead,[6] who has since been replaced by Liev Schrieber.
Anderson will direct The Living and the Dead,[7] based on the novel of the same name by Robert Tinnell and Todd Livingston.[8]
After working together on The Machinist, Anderson and Bale currently plan to collaborate again on an adaptation of J.G. Ballard's novel, Concrete Island.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Filmography
- The Darien Gap (1996)
- Next Stop Wonderland (1998)
- Happy Accidents (2000)
- Session 9 (2001) (also co-writer, with Stephen Gevedon)
- The Machinist (2004)
- Transsiberian (2008) (also co-writer, with Will Conroy)
- Vanishing on 7th Street (2010)
- Jack (TBA)
[edit] Shorts
- Frankenstein's Planet of Monsters! (1995)
[edit] Television
[edit] Fringe
- Fringe (2011) TV Series (episode "And Those We've Left Behind")
- Fringe (2011) TV Series (episode "One Night in October")
- Fringe (2011) TV Series (episode "Os")
- Fringe (2011) TV Series (episode "Immortality")
- Fringe (2010) TV Series (episode "Entrada")
- Fringe (2010) TV Series (episode "The Plateau")
- Fringe (2010) TV Series (episode "Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver.")
- 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")
[edit] Other Work
- Alcatraz (2012) TV Series (episode "Cal Sweeney")
- Person of Interest (2012) TV Series (episode "Legacy")
- Boardwalk Empire (2011) TV Series (episode "Battle of the Century")
- The Killing (2011) TV Series (episode "Orpheus Descending")
- Treme (2011) TV Series (episode "Carnival Time")
- Boardwalk Empire (2010) TV Series (episode "Belle Femme")[9]
- Undercovers (2010) TV Series (episode "Assassin")
- Treme (2010) TV Series (episode "Shallow Water, Oh Mama")
- Fear Itself (2008) TV Series (episode "Spooked")
- Masters of Horror (2006) TV Series (episode "Sounds Like")
- The Wire (2006) TV Series (episode "A New Day")[10]
- The Wire (2002) TV Series (episode "The Cost")[11]
- The Shield (2002) TV Series (episode "Inferno")
- Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) TV Series (episode "Bones of Contention")
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/9/Brad-Anderson.html
- ^ "Dark and Cruddy First Images from 'Vanishing on 7th Street'". http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20270.
- ^ Paranormal "Activity 2 Directing Gig Attracting Some Big Names". http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36120/paranormal-activity-2-directing-gig-attracting-some-big-names Paranormal.
- ^ "Brad Anderson Knows Jack, But Jack Doesn't Know Anything". http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37512/brad-anderson-knows-jack-but-jack-doesnt-know-anything.
- ^ "Brad Anderson Introduced to 'Jack', a Serial Killer With Amnesia". http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20210.
- ^ "John Cusack Signed on For Brad Anderson's 'Jack'". http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20361.
- ^ "Brad Anderson to Direct The Living and the Dead". http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/33903/brad-anderson-direct-the-living-and-dead.
- ^ "Brad Anderson to Adapt 'The Living and the Dead'". http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17700.
- ^ HBO. "Boardwalk Empire episode "Belle Femme" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/boardwalk-empire/episodes/01/09-belle-femme/synopsis.html. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ HBO. "The Wire episode "A New Day" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/the-wire/episodes/4/48-a-new-day/synopsis.html. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ HBO. "The Wire episode "The Cost" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/the-wire/episodes/1/10-the-cost/synopsis.html. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
[edit] External links
- Brad Anderson at the Internet Movie Database
- Official website
- Interview on "Transsiberian" at IFC.com
- Vanishing on 7th Street Facebook Page
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