Allison Anders
Allison Anders | |
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61st Annual Peabody Awards (2002) | |
Born | Mary Allison Anders November 16, 1954 Ashland, Kentucky, U.S. |
Alma mater | UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television |
Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1987–present |
Known for | Gas Food Lodging Mi Vida Loca Grace of My Heart |
Children | 3 |
Allison Anders (born November 16, 1954) is an American
Early life
Anders was born in Ashland, Kentucky, to mother Alberta "Rachel" Anders (née Steed) and father Robert "Bob" Anders.[4][5] She has two sisters, one of whom, Luanna Anders,[6] starred in her first film, Border Radio. Her paternal side has ancestry that traces back to the Southern Hatfield family and, more distantly, to George Washington's spy, Caleb Brewster, while her maternal side includes another Washington spy, Abraham Woodhull.[5]
When Anders was 4 years old, her father abandoned the family. Anders' mother and father were divorced when she was 5. At age 12, she was gang raped by three boys at a party in Cape Canaveral, Florida, an event that influenced several of her films.[7] After her mother moved her and her sisters to Los Angeles, Anders suffered a mental breakdown at the age of 15 and was hospitalized. When she came out of the psychiatric ward, she was placed into foster care but ran away. She hitchhiked across the country, at one point ending up in jail. After turning 17, Anders dropped out of her Los Angeles high school and moved back to Kentucky. She later moved to London with the man who fathered her first child.[8]
In her early 20s, Anders moved back to
Career
Film
In 1986, Anders won a Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award for a script called Lost Highway that she wrote about her father.[12] She said that after writing the script she shared it with her father, and was able to have a relationship with him again.[9]
Anders' first film, the
Anders' second feature, the 1992 film
Her next film,
Anders' 1996 film,
In the late 1980s, Anders had become friends with members of pop group
Her 2001 autobiographical film,
Anders' 2012 film, Strutter, co-directed with Voss, completed a loose trilogy of films about Southern California musicians that began with Border Radio and Sugar Town. A black-and-white road picture, the film featured Luanna Anders from Border Radio, a scene in the motel room where Gram Parsons died, and a score with music by Ariel Pink and J Mascis.[22] The film was funded by a Kickstarter campaign.[23]
In 2013, Anders released the Lifetime-produced TV movie Ring of Fire, a June Carter Cash biopic that featured the musician Jewel. The film was inspired by John Carter Cash's book, Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash.[24]
Television
Anders began directing shows for broadcast and cable television in 1999, including several episodes in the second and third seasons of
In 2011, she directed an episode of the John Wells production, Southland, which involved a car chase scene.[25] Anders directed an episode of Turn: Washington's Spies, which was especially interesting to her because she has distant relatives on both sides of her family who were spies for George Washington.[5]
Other work
In 2013, Anders interviewed 94-year-old actress and Hollywood legend
Anders and her musician daughter, Tiffany Anders, started the Don't Knock the Rock Film and Music Festival in 2003 in Los Angeles.[27]
In 2006, she appeared in the road-trip documentary Wanderlust. Anders has also contributed to the web series Trailers from Hell.
In 2013, Anders bid on and won a rock and roll record collection formerly owned by the actress Greta Garbo. She created a website called "Greta's Records" to curate and share the collection of 50 records.[28]
In development / past projects
- Quanah Parker project at AMC Networks with writer Terry Graham[29][30]
Long-term associations
Anders counts filmmaker Wim Wenders as a mentor. She started as a fan, sending him letters and music, and Wenders eventually responded. Anders said that she created a faux grant that she "won" so that she and at least one other friend could study under Wenders on location for his film Paris, Texas. They have been friends for over 30 years.[31]
Teaching
In 2003, Anders became a Distinguished Professor at the
Awards
- 1986: Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting – Lost Highway
- 1986: Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards – Lost Highway[12][32]
- 1988: Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Feature – Border Radio[13]
- 1992: New York Film Critics Circle for Best New Director – Gas Food Lodging
- 1992: National Society of Film Critics for Best New Director – Gas Food Lodging
- 1992: Independent Spirit Awards for Best Screenplay nomination – Gas Food Lodging
- 1992: Independent Spirit Awards for Best Director nomination – Gas Food Lodging
- 1995: MacArthur Fellows Program[33]
- 2001: Independent Spirit Award for Best Film nomination – Things Behind the Sun
- 2002: Spirit of Silver Lake Award from the Silver Lake Film Festival
- 2002: Peabody Award for distinguished achievement and meritorious service – Things Behind the Sun
- 2013: Outstanding Directing of a Drama nomination – Ring of Fire[34]
Personal life
Anders has three children. Her two daughters are Tiffany Anders, a musician and music supervisor, and Devon Anders. Her son, Ruben Goodbear Anders, was fostered (and eventually adopted) by the Anders family for three years after the death of his mother, Nica Rogers,[35] who appeared in Mi Vida Loca.[20][36][37] Tiffany was named after the film Breakfast at Tiffany's.[9]
Filmography
Film
Year | Film | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Director | Writer | Producer | |||
1984 | Paris, Texas | Production Assistant | |||
1987 | Border Radio | Yes | Yes | Nominated – Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Feature 1988 | |
1992 | Gas Food Lodging | Yes | Yes | Screenplay Won – New York Film Critics Circle for Best New Director 1992 Won – National Society of Film Critics for Best New Director 1992 Nominated – Independent Spirit Awards for Best Screenplay 1992 Nominated – Independent Spirit Awards for Best Director 1992 | |
1993 | Mi Vida Loca | Yes | Yes | ||
1995 | Four Rooms – Segment: "The Missing Ingredient" | Yes | Yes | ||
1996 | Grace of My Heart | Yes | Yes | ||
1997 | Lover Girl | Yes | Executive Producer | ||
1999 | Sugar Town | Yes | Yes | Written by; Co-directed with Kurt Voss | |
2001 | Things Behind the Sun | Yes | Yes | ||
2002 | In the Echo (TV movie) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Written by; Producer; Costume designer |
2007 | The Pacific and Eddy | Yes | Executive Producer | ||
2009 | Until the Very Last Moment | Yes | Short; Executive Producer | ||
2011 | A Crush on You (TV movie)
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Yes | |||
The Lie | Acted, playing Allison | ||||
2012 | Strutter | Yes | Yes | Yes | Written by; Producer |
2013 | Ring of Fire (TV movie) | Yes | Nominated – Outstanding Directing of a Drama 2013
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Fireflies | Yes | Executive Producer | |||
Rock N Roll Mamas (documentary) | Yes | Executive Producer | |||
2014 | I Believe in Unicorns | Yes | Executive Producer |
Television
- 1999: Sex and the City – director, 4 episodes: "The Caste System", "La Donleur Exquise", "Drama Queen", "The Big Time"
- 2000: Grosse Pointe – director, 2 episodes: "Boys on the Side", "Star Wars"
- 2004: Cold Case – director, 1 episode: "Volunteers"
- 2006: The L Word – director, 1 episode: "Last Dance"
- 2006: Men in Trees – director, 1 episode: "Power Shift"
- 2006: What About Brian – director, 2 episodes: "What About First Steps", "What About the True Confessions?"
- 2011: Southland – director, 2 episodes: "Sideways", "Fallout"
- 2013: The Mentalist – director, 1 episode: "The Red Barn"
- 2014: Orange Is the New Black – director, 1 episode: "You Also Have a Pizza"
- 2014: Gang Related – director, 1 episode: "Invierno Cayó"
- 2014: The Divide – director, 1 episode: "Facts Are the Enemy"
- 2014–2015: Murder in the First – director, 4 episodes: "Pants on Fire", "Blue on Blue", "The McCormack Mulligan", "Nothing But the Truth"
- 2015: Turn: Washington's Spies – director, 1 episode: "False Flag"
- 2015: Proof – director, 1 episode: "Memento Vivere"
- 2017: Time After Time – director, 1 episode: "Suitcases of Memories"
- 2017: Riverdale– director, 2 episodes: "Chapter Seven: In a Lonely Place", "Chapter Fifteen: Nighthawks"
- 2017: Graves – director, 1 episode "The Opposite of People"
- 2018: Sorry for Your Loss – director, 1 episode: "Visitor"
- 2019–2023: Mayans MC– director, 2 episodes: "Kukuklan" and "My Eyes Closed and Then Filled on the Last of Childhood Tears"
Works and publications
- Anders, Allison. "On Claudia Weill's film 'Girlfriends.'" ISSN 0037-4806
References
- ^ Swartley, Ariel (September 19, 1999). "Film; Certified Genius, With a Tatoo [sic]". The New York Times. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- Frontline. PBS. November 22, 2001. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ University of California Santa Barbara. Archived from the originalon October 6, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ "Mary A Anders – Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes". FamilySearch. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ a b c Allison, Anders (June 21, 2015). "Real Gone Daddy". Blitter Baroque: workbook y public diary de Allison Anders. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ "Luanna Anders – Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes". FamilySearch. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ "Chicago Tribune: Chicago news, sports, weather, entertainment". Chicago Tribune. August 15, 2001.
- ^ Frontline. PBS. November 22, 2001. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ a b c d Stone, Judy (September 30, 1992). "Tough Road To Acclaim Allison Anders, Raped At 12, Catatonic For A Year, Has Seen Her Fortunes Change. Her Survival Tale "Gas Food Lodging" Won Fame In Film Festivals. Today It's Back In Town". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ a b Mercurio, James P. (1996). "Contemporary Melodrama: Interview with Allison Anders". Creative Screenwriting. Vol. 3, no. 4. pp. 25–28. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ Anders, Allison (May 31, 2016). "Alice in the Cities: A Girl's Story". Criterion.com. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
- ^ a b "Notable Winners: Allison Anders. First Place, 1986". Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Morris, Chris (January 15, 2007). "Border Radio: Where Punk Lived". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ Lim, Dennis (January 19, 2007). "The fade-out of L.A.'s punk rock scene: 'Border Radio,' a time capsule of underdog mythology, deserves its spot in the history of independent film". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- Berlinale 1992. 1992. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (July 31, 1992). "Review/Film -- Gas Food Lodging; Rueful Women, Rootless Men In a Dreary Western Town". The New York Times. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (September 13, 1996). "One Fine Day at the Brill Building". The New York Times. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (September 17, 1999). "Film Review; A Los Angeles Snapshot Of Ashrams and Ambition". The New York Times. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ Rooney, David (January 28, 2001). "Review: 'Things Behind The Sun'". Variety. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ a b c Espinoza, Galina; Wang, Cynthia (August 27, 2001). "Nightmare Revisited: Filming in the House Where She Was Raped Helped Allison Anders Heal". People. Vol. 56, no. 9. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ Weintraub, Bernard (August 7, 2001). "Assault as Autobiography; A Filmmaker Draws on Her Memories of Being Raped at 12". The New York Times. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ Harvey, Dennis (October 18, 2012). "Review: 'Strutter'". Variety. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ Anders, Allison. ""Strutter" a film by Allison Anders & Kurt Voss". Kickstarter. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ Morris, Christopher (May 22, 2013). "Allison Anders, Jewel Sing June Carter Cash's Praises". Variety. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ SouthLAnd First (March 5, 2012). "Exclusive interview with "Fallout" director Allison Anders". SouthLAnd First. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
- ^ Dursin, Andy (March 24, 2014). "Aisle Seat 3-25: The Swimmer, Wolf of Wall Street". Film Score Monthly. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ Markowitz, Andy (August 28, 2013). "Allison and Tiffany Anders: Don't Knock the Rock, Around the Clock". Musicfilmweb. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ "Greta's Records By Allison Anders". Greta's Records By Allison Anders. January 21, 2013. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ Graham, Terry (January 29, 2008). "Letters From Readers – April 2008 – Wild West: Quanah Quest". HistoryNet. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ Schneider, Michael; Adalian, Josef (December 19, 2007). "Cabler AMC to build on drama success". Variety. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ Anders, Allison; Wenders, Wim (September 9, 2015). "Allison Anders (Grace of My Heart) Talks with Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas) for The Talkhouse Film Podcast". The Talkhouse. Archived from the original on September 17, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ Anders, Allison. "Alison Anders' Letter". Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards. Archived from the original on September 30, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ "MacArthur Fellows: Meet the Class of 1995: Allison Anders, Filmmaker, Los Angeles, California". MacArthur Foundation. July 1, 1995. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ Variety Staff (August 16, 2013). "'Ring of Fire': Emmy Nominee Allison Anders on a Jewel of a Composition". Variety. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ Cobo-Hanlon, Leila (July 21, 1994). "Another Side of the 'Crazy Life' : Although flattered to see themselves on screen, for many Echo Park youths, the depiction of their lives in 'Mi Vida Loca' may be true but it misses the untold stories of compassion and understanding". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ Archerd, Army (September 12, 1995). "Pols vie for spots on 'Murphy Brown'". Variety. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ Brett, Anwar (March 25, 1995). "Making Life Into Movies: Anwar Brett meets a rare film director who downplays the violence of her characters' lives". The Independent. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
Further reading
Printed material
- Anders, Allison, OCLC 797629367
- Roman, Shari. "Allison Anders." Digital Babylon: Hollywood, Indiewood & Dogme 95. Hollywood: Lone Eagle, 2001. pp. 142–144. OCLC 464743610
- White-Stanley, Debra. 2003. ""God Give Me Strength": The Melodramatic Sound Tracks of Director Allison Anders". OCLC 704028308
- Murphy, J. J. "Shifting Goals and Plotlines in Gas Food Lodging." Me and You and Memento and Fargo How Independent Screenplays Work. New York: Continuum, 2007. OCLC 651772634
- Campbell, Neil. "The Idioms of Living: Donna Deitch and Allison Anders." Post-Westerns Cinema, Region, West. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2013. pp. 272–304. OCLC 856584709
- Silverstein, Melissa. "On 'Gas Food Lodging.'" ISSN 0037-4806
Audio visual material
- Mori, Mark, and OCLC 651047709
- Calabrese, Peter, Tamara Gould, Jack Walsh, Xandra Castleton, Alexis Lezin, Danny L. McGuire, OCLC 55072014
- DiPersio, Vince, Adam Bardach, OCLC 891699575
- OCLC 123421251
External links
- Allison Anders at IMDb
- Allison Anders on Tumblr– Blitter Baroque: workbook y public diary de Allison Anders
- Allison Anders on Tumblr– Gretas Records by Allison Anders