About

Known credits:
27
Birthday:
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Place of birth:
Chicago, Illinois
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Thom Andersen

Overview

Thom Andersen has lived in Los Angeles for most of his life. In the 1960s, he made short films, including Melting (1965), Olivia’s Place (1966), and --- ------- (1967, with Malcolm Brodwick). In 1974 he completed Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer, an hour-long documentation of Muybridge’s photographic work. In 1995, with Noël Burch, he completed Red Hollywood, a videotape about the filmwork created by the victims of the Hollywood Blacklist. Their work on the history of the Blacklist also produced a book, Les Communistes de Hollywood: Autre chose que des martyrs, published in 1994. In 2003 he completed Los Angeles Plays Itself, a videotape about the representation of Los Angeles in movies. It won the National Film Board of Canada Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 2003 Vancouver International Film Festival, and it was voted best documentary of 2004 in the Village Voice Film Critics’ Poll. He has taught film composition at the California Institute of the Arts since 1987.

Known for

Acting
2019 The House, The True One and The One That Follows, Is Yet to be Built Actor Voice-Over N/A
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2011 Twenty Cigarettes Actor Himself 58
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1984 Class Relations Actor 59
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Directing
2016 A Train Arrives at the Station Directing Director 59
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2015 Juke: Passages from the Films of Spencer Williams Directing Director 59
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2015 The Thoughts That Once We Had Directing Director 59
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2015 California Sun Directing Director N/A
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2014 The Tony Longo Trilogy Directing Director 59
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2012 Reconversion Directing Director 59
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2010 Get Out of the Car Directing Director 59
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2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself Directing Director 60
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1996 Red Hollywood Directing Director 59
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1975 Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer Directing Director 59
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1974 Olivia's Place Directing Director N/A
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1967 --- -------- (Rock and Roll Movie) Directing Director N/A
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1965 Melting Directing Director 58
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1964 Act Without Words Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself Writing Writer 60
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1996 Red Hollywood Writing Writer 59
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1975 Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer Writing Writer 59
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Production
2016 A Train Arrives at the Station Production Producer 59
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2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself Production Producer 60
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1975 Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer Production Producer 59
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Crew
2011 Maurice Crew Thanks N/A
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Editing
2016 A Train Arrives at the Station Editing Editor 59
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2015 Juke: Passages from the Films of Spencer Williams Editing Editor 59
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2015 California Sun Editing Editor N/A
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