Biography
The
Darien Gap, Brad Anderson’s first feature, screened in competition
at the ‘96 Sundance Film Festival. Because of this film he was honored
by Variety in ‘97 as one of the “Ten Leading New Independent
Directors to Watch.” In 1998 his film Next
Stop Wonderland, featuring Hope Davis and Phillip Seymour Hoffman,
was picked up at Sundance by Miramax. It won the Grand Prix and Audience awards
at the Deauville Film Festival, as well as the Excellence in Filmmaking Award
by the National Board of Review.
In 2001 he had the unusual experience of having two of his films simultaneously hit theaters, both to overwhelming critical praise: the romantic comedy Happy Accidents (IFC Films), which stars Marisa Tomei and Vincent D’Onofrio; and the psychological thriller Session 9 (USA Films), which stars David Caruso, Josh Lucas and Peter Mullan.
In 2005 he made The Machinist (Paramount), which was produced and shot in Spain. It stars Christian Bale and Jennifer Jason Leigh and premiered at Sundance and the Berlin Film Festival. It won the 2006 Silver Melies as part of the European Fantastic Film Festival.
He is currently finishing his new film: the Hitchcockian thriller Transsiberian, which he co-wrote and directed. It was shot in Lithuania, Spain, and China and stars Emily Mortimer, Woody Harrelson, Ben Kingsley and Eduardo Noriega.
Projects in development include a paranoid thriller called Lucid and a musical called Non Stop to Brazil.
His television credits include episodes of Homicide; The Wire; The Shield; Surface; and an hour long film which he wrote and directed for Showtime's "Masters of Horror" anthology called Sounds Like.