Anderson Boyd
Anderson Boyd | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 18, 1985 |
| Education | Ravenscroft School University of North Carolina at Wilmington |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Anderson Drew Boyd (born November 18, 1985) is an American director, screenwriter, producer and film editor from Raleigh, North Carolina. He studied filmmaking at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and is best known for his debut feature film, Well Wishes (2015).[1]
Career[edit]
After leaving Wilmington, North Carolina for Manhattan, Boyd matriculated into then worked for a post-production trade school before hiring into its sister company. His first major screen credit was the Academy Award nominated Winter's Bone (2010), of which he was attributed by director Debra Granik with shaping into a neo-noir, away from observational iterations. During this period he cut scenes for the films Cold Weather (2010) and Up Heartbreak Hill (2011).[1][2]
He worked as an on-line editor for the Sundance documentaries Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, The Tillman Story, the SXSW documentary Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields and subsequently in creative offline editing with the Independent Spirit Award nominated film The History of Future Folk and the Adult Swim television series The Heart, She Holler and Delocated.
Boyd's feature directorial debut, Well Wishes, was a 2013 quarter-finalist of Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest before entering production in October 2013. The film was lensed at 65 locations across North Carolina over a period of 29 days with a production budget of only $300,000, qualifying it for the now-defunct North Carolina Film Incentive 25% refund.[2] Boyd won Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Feature Narrative for the film at the 2015 Williamsburg International Film Festival.[3] He is currently writing a follow-up feature film, an international crime drama concerning 3D printing.[4]
Filmography[edit]
Feature films[edit]
| Year | Title | Credited as | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | Editor | ||
| 2019 | The Fox Hunter | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2018 | Dead Envy | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2015 | Well Wishes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Short films[edit]
| Year | Title | Credited as | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | Editor | ||
| 2013 | The Redwoods | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2013 | Every Story Ends in Stone | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2010 | The Last Dinner | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Anderson Boyd". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- ^ a b "Raleigh native's locally filmed 'Well Wishes' is sweetly sentimental". newsobserver. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- ^ "Filmed Produced by Drew Boyd '04 Wins at WILLiFEST". www.ravenscroft.org. Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- ^ SAG-AFTRA Foundation (2016-05-13), The Business: Q&A with WELL WISHES, retrieved 2016-06-21
External links[edit]
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Writers from Raleigh, North Carolina
- Ravenscroft School alumni
- University of North Carolina at Wilmington alumni
- American film editors
- Film producers from New York (state)
- American male screenwriters
- Film directors from New York City
- Businesspeople from Raleigh, North Carolina
- Film directors from North Carolina
- Screenwriters from New York (state)
- Screenwriters from North Carolina