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JamesAnderson

  • Director
  • Editor
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After training at Auckland's South Seas Film and Television School in 1999, James Anderson joined music shows Squeeze and Space, becoming a cameraman and editor on both. He made music documentaries in England, then returned home and set up company Two Heads with Nick Ward. The two launched globe-spanning music show Making Tracks and prime time hit Food Truck (Anderson was nominated for an AFTA award for his directing). In 2018, he launched TV series The Unortho_docs, which follows Kiwis chasing the dream in America. Anderson has also directed many high profile ads in New Zealand and the United States.

Screenography

2025 Camera Operator Film
Young and the Reckless
2021 Executive Producer Web
Pure New Zealand - Get NZ on the Map
2018 Director Commercial
The Unortho_docs
2018 Director, Writer, Producer Series
2016 Additional Camera Operator Film

Awards

2012 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Constructed Reality Series: The Food Truck
Nominated for Best Factual Series (with Nick Ward): for Funny Roots

2011 Aotearoa Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Television Director - Entertainment/Factual Programme: for The Food Truck
Nominated for Best Entertainment/Factual Entertainment Programme: Making Tracks

“He's the talky talky. I'm the makey makey.”

James Anderson jokes about his and Nick Ward's roles in company Two Heads, in their ScreenTalk interview with NZ On Screen, 26 September 2012