Biography
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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
California Here I Come
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2017
A Train Arrives at the Station
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2016
A Train Arrives at the Station
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2016
A Train Arrives at the Station
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2016
Juke: Passages from the Films of Spencer Williams
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2015
Juke: Passages from the Films of Spencer Williams
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2015
The Thoughts That Once We Had
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2015
California Sun
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2015
California Sun
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2015
The Tony Longo Trilogy
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2014
Reconversion
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2012
Maurice
Role: Thanks
MOVIE • 2011
Get Out of the Car
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2010
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2004
Red Hollywood
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1996
Red Hollywood
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1996
Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1975
Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1975