Brad Anderson Highlights

  • 2004: Directed Christian Bale in "The Machinist" about a man who has lost the ability to sleep, which has caused the deterioration of his physical and mental health
  • 2002: Directed episodes of "The Shield" (FX) and "The Wire" (HBO)
  • 2001: Directed the horror thriller "Session 9"
  • 2000: Helmed third feature, "Happy Accidents"; film produced by IFC Pictures outside of his Miramax deal; screened at the Sundance Film Festival; picked up for distribution by Paramount Classics; option later dropped; IFC Films released film in 2001, one week after opening of fourth movie
  • 1999: Directed an episode of NBC's "Homicide: Life on the Street"
  • 1998: Co-wrote with Vaus, edited and directed "Next Stop Wonderland"; world rights sold to Miramax at Sundance Film Festival
  • 1998: Signed three-picture deal with Miramax
  • 1995: Debut feature, "The Darien Gap"; film starred Lyn Vaus
  • 1993: Worked as an editor on the PBS series "The Americas"
  • 1992: Helped form the Boston Film Collective; produced and edited Collective's first short, "Crosley Fiver"
  • 1991: Served as a production assistant on the PBS documentary "Making Sense of the Sixties"
  • 1990: Returned to USA and moved to Boston
  • 1989: Moved to London to study filmmaking
  • 1987: Worked as a freelance film editor
  • 1974: Received first camera, a Super 8 at age 10 (date approximate)
  • Raised in Madison, Connecticut
  • Made the 40-minute experimental "A Short Film About Bowling"