Interview with Brad Anderson
About the film
Highlights:
In TRANSSIBERIAN, an American couple, Roy (Woody Harrelson) and Jessie (Emily Mortimer), decide to take the long way home from their recent sojourn in Asia on the legendary Trans-siberian Express train from Beijing to Moscow. On their way, they meet another couple from the West, Carlos (Eduardo Noriega) and Abby (Kate Mara), with whom they quickly form a familiar bond that often unites fellow travellers away from home. When Roy accidentally gets separated from the group at a stopover, Jessie begins to realize that their compatriots aren’t exactly who or what they seem to be. The real danger begins to surface as a deceitful Russian detective (Sir Ben Kingsley) and locals terrorize Jessie in this unforgettable journey.
Transcript:
The Darien Gap, Brad Anderson’s first feature, screened in competition at the ‘96 Sundance Film Festival. Because of this film he was honored by Variety in ‘97 as one of the “Ten Leading New Independent Directors to Watch.” In 1998 his film Next Stop Wonderland, featuring Hope Davis and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, was picked up at Sundance by Miramax. It won the Grand Prix and Audience awards at the Deauville Film Festival, as well as the Excellence in Filmmaking Award by the National Board of Review.
In 2001 he had the unusual experience of having two of his films simultaneously hit theaters, both to overwhelming critical praise: the romantic comedy Happy Accidents (IFC Films), which stars Marisa Tomei and Vincent D’Onofrio; and the psychological thriller Session 9 (USA Films), which stars David Caruso, Josh Lucas and Peter Mullan.
In 2005 he made The Machinist (Paramount), which was produced and shot in Spain. It stars Christian Bale and Jennifer Jason Leigh and premiered at Sundance and the Berlin Film Festival. It won the 2006 Silver Melies as part of the European Fantastic Film Festival.
Projects in development include: an adaptation of J.G..Ballard’s novel Concrete Island; and a musical called Non Stop to Brazil.
His television credits include episodes of Homicide; The Wire; The Shield; Surface; Sounds ...
The Darien Gap, Brad Anderson’s first feature, screened in competition at the ‘96 Sundance Film Festival. Because of this film he was honored by Variety in ‘97 as one of the “Ten Leading New Independent Directors to Watch.” In 1998 his film Next Stop Wonderland, featuring Hope Davis and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, was picked up at Sundance by Miramax. It won the Grand Prix and Audience awards at the Deauville Film Festival, as well as the Excellence in Filmmaking Award by the National Board of Review.
In 2001 he had the unusual experience of having two of his films simultaneously hit theaters, both to overwhelming critical praise: the romantic comedy Happy Accidents (IFC Films), which stars Marisa Tomei and Vincent D’Onofrio; and the psychological thriller Session 9 (USA Films), which stars David Caruso, Josh Lucas and Peter Mullan.
In 2005 he made The Machinist (Paramount), which was produced and shot in Spain. It stars Christian Bale and Jennifer Jason Leigh and premiered at Sundance and the Berlin Film Festival. It won the 2006 Silver Melies as part of the European Fantastic Film Festival.
Projects in development include: an adaptation of J.G..Ballard’s novel Concrete Island; and a musical called Non Stop to Brazil.
His television credits include episodes of Homicide; The Wire; The Shield; Surface; Sounds Like, an hour long film which he wrote and directed for Showtime’s “Masters of Horror”; as well as an episode of this season’s NBC horror anthology “Fear Itself”.
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