JamesAnderson
- Director
- Editor
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
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.”