# Anderson Boyd > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anderson_Boyd > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anderson_Boyd.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Boyd > Source revision: 1349560629 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American film director}} {{About|American director and producer|Mississippi politician|Anderson Boyd (politician)}} {{Infobox person | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1985|11|18}} | birth_place = [Raleigh, North Carolina](/source/Raleigh%2C_North_Carolina) | education = [Ravenscroft School](/source/Ravenscroft_School)
[University of North Carolina at Wilmington](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Wilmington) | occupation = Filmmaker | years_active = 2009–present }} '''Anderson Drew Boyd''' (born November 18, 1985) is an American [director](/source/Film_director), [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter), [producer](/source/Film_producer) and [film editor](/source/film_editor) from [Raleigh, North Carolina](/source/Raleigh%2C_North_Carolina). He studied filmmaking at the [University of North Carolina at Wilmington](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Wilmington) and is best known for his debut feature film, ''[Well Wishes](/source/Well_Wishes)'' (2015).{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2326768/|title=Anderson Boyd|website=IMDb|access-date=2016-06-21}} == Career == After leaving [Wilmington, North Carolina](/source/Wilmington%2C_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](/source/Academy_Awards) nominated ''[Winter's Bone](/source/Winter's_Bone)'' (2010), of which he was attributed by director [Debra Granik](/source/Debra_Granik) with shaping into a [neo-noir](/source/neo-noir), away from observational iterations. During this period he cut scenes for the films ''[Cold Weather](/source/Cold_Weather)'' (2010) and ''Up Heartbreak Hill'' (2011).{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/movies-news-reviews/article79751212.html|title=Raleigh native's locally filmed 'Well Wishes' is sweetly sentimental|website=newsobserver|access-date=2016-06-21}} He worked as an [on-line editor](/source/Online_editing) for the [Sundance](/source/Sundance_Film_Festival) documentaries ''[Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work](/source/Joan_Rivers%3A_A_Piece_of_Work)'', ''[The Tillman Story](/source/The_Tillman_Story),'' the [SXSW](/source/South_by_Southwest) documentary ''[Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields](/source/The_Magnetic_Fields)'' and subsequently in creative [offline editing](/source/offline_editing) with the [Independent Spirit Award](/source/Independent_Spirit_Awards) nominated film ''[The History of Future Folk](/source/Future_Folk)'' and the [Adult Swim](/source/Adult_Swim) television series ''[The Heart, She Holler](/source/The_Heart%2C_She_Holler)'' and ''[Delocated](/source/Delocated)''. Boyd's feature directorial debut, ''[Well Wishes](/source/Well_Wishes)'', was a 2013 quarter-finalist of [Francis Ford Coppola](/source/Francis_Ford_Coppola)'s [American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest](/source/American_Zoetrope) before entering production in October 2013. The film was lensed at 65 locations across [North Carolina](/source/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](/source/North_Carolina_Film_Office) 25% refund. Boyd won Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Feature Narrative for the film at the 2015 Williamsburg International Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ravenscroft.org/page.cfm?p=66&newsid=3585|title=Filmed Produced by Drew Boyd '04 Wins at WILLiFEST|website=www.ravenscroft.org|access-date=2016-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808064242/http://www.ravenscroft.org/page.cfm?p=66&newsid=3585|archive-date=2016-08-08|url-status=dead}} He is currently writing a follow-up feature film, an international [crime drama](/source/crime_drama) concerning [3D printing](/source/3D_printing).{{Citation|last=SAG-AFTRA Foundation|title=The Business: Q&A with WELL WISHES|date=2016-05-13|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdcqFRgyYcw|accessdate=2016-06-21}} == Filmography == === Feature films === {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;" |Year ! rowspan="2" |Title ! colspan="4" |Credited as |- ! width="65" |[Director](/source/Film_director) ! width="65" |[Writer](/source/Screenwriter) ! width="65" |[Producer](/source/Film_producer) ! width="65" |[Editor](/source/Film_editor) |- |- style="text-align:center;" |2019 |style="text-align:left;" |''The Fox Hunter'' | | | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- |- style="text-align:center;" | 2018 |style="text-align:left;" |''Dead Envy'' | | | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- |- style="text-align:center;" | 2015 | style="text-align:left;" |''[Well Wishes](/source/Well_Wishes)'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |} === Short films === {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;" |Year ! rowspan="2" |Title ! colspan="4" |Credited as |- ! width="65" |[Director](/source/Film_director) ! width="65" |[Writer](/source/Screenwriter) ! width="65" |[Producer](/source/Film_producer) ! width="65" |[Editor](/source/Film_editor) |- style="text-align:center;" | 2013 | style="text-align:left;" |''The Redwoods'' | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} | |- |2013 |''Every Story Ends in Stone'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- |2010 |''The Last Dinner'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |} == References == == External links == *{{IMDb name|id=2326768}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160812030849/http://www.caronovapictures.com/ Caronova Pictures] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyd, Anderson}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Writers from Raleigh, North Carolina Category:Ravenscroft School alumni Category:University of North Carolina Wilmington alumni Category:American film editors Category:Film producers from New York (state) Category:American male screenwriters Category:Film directors from New York City Category:Businesspeople from Raleigh, North Carolina Category:Film directors from North Carolina Category:Screenwriters from New York (state) Category:Screenwriters from North Carolina Category:21st-century American male writers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Anderson Boyd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Boyd) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Boyd?action=history)). 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