Anderson Drew Boyd (born November 18, 1985) is an American

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producer Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film producer, supervises the making of films **Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...

and

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from

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. He studied filmmaking at the

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and is best known for his debut feature film, ''

Well Wishes ''Well Wishes'' is a 2015 American independent comedy film written and directed by Anderson Boyd and starring Shane Callahan, Anna Stromberg, Cullen Moss and Don Henderson Baker. The film was released digitally on May 10, 2016 and began streami ...

'' (2015).

Career

After leaving

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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

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nominated ''

Winter's Bone ''Winter's Bone'' is a 2010 American coming-of-age mystery drama film directed by Debra Granik. It was adapted by Granik and Anne Rosellini from the 2006 novel of the same name by Daniel Woodrell. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence as a poverty- ...

'' (2010), of which he was attributed by director

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with shaping into a

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, away from observational iterations. During this period he cut scenes for the films ''

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'' (2010) and ''Up Heartbreak Hill'' (2011). He worked as an on-line editor for the Sundance documentaries '' Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work'', ''

The Tillman Story ''The Tillman Story'' is a 2010 American documentary film directed by Amir Bar-Lev and narrated by Josh Brolin. It is about the death of professional-football-player-turned- Army-Ranger Pat Tillman in the War in Afghanistan, the coverup of the cir ...

,'' the

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documentary '' Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields'' and subsequently in creative

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with the

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nominated film '' The History of Future Folk'' and the

Adult Swim Adult Swim (AS; stylized as

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and often abbreviated as s is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television Television channel, channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programme ...

television series ''

The Heart, She Holler ''The Heart, She Holler'' is an American horror comedy television series created by Vernon Chatman and John Lee for Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. The series premiered on November 6, 2011 and ended on December 11, 2014, ...

'' and ''

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''. Boyd's feature directorial debut, ''

'', was a 2013 quarter-finalist of

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's American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest before entering production in October 2013. The film was lensed at 65 locations across

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over a period of 29 days with a production budget of only $300,000, qualifying it for the now-defunct North Carolina Film Incentive 25% refund. Boyd won Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Feature Narrative for the film at the 2015 Williamsburg International Film Festival. He is currently writing a follow-up feature film, an international

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concerning

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Filmography

Feature films

Short films

References

External links

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Caronova Pictures
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