Thom Andersen
Thom Andersen has lived in Los Angeles for most of his life. In the 1960s, he made short films, including Melting (1965), Olivia’s Place (1966), and --- ------- (1967, with Malcolm Brodwick). In 1974 he completed Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer, an hour-long documentation of Muybridge’s photographic work. In 1995, with Noël Burch, he completed Red Hollywood, a videotape about the filmwork created by the victims of the Hollywood Blacklist. Their work on the history of the Blacklist also produced a book, Les Communistes de Hollywood: Autre chose que des martyrs, published in 1994. In 2003 he completed Los Angeles Plays Itself, a videotape about the representation of Los Angeles in movies. It won the National Film Board of Canada Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 2003 Vancouver International Film Festival, and it was voted best documentary of 2004 in the Village Voice Film Critics’ Poll. He has taught film composition at the California Institute of the Arts since 1987.
| Film | Credit |
|---|---|
 The House, The True One and The One That Follows, Is Yet to Be Built2019 · Voice-Over | Voice-Over |
 California Here I Come2017 · Director | Director |
 A Train Arrives at the Station2016 · Director, Producer | Director, Producer |
 Juke: Passages from the Films of Spencer Williams2015 · Director | Director |
 The Thoughts That Once We Had2015 · Director | Director |
| CCalifornia Sun2015 · Director | Director |
 The Tony Longo Trilogy2014 · Director, Producer | Director, Producer |
 Reconversion2012 · Director | Director |
 Twenty Cigarettes2011 · Self | Self |
 Get Out of the Car2010 · Director | Director |
 Los Angeles Plays Itself2004 · Director, Writer, Producer | Director, Writer, Producer |
 Red Hollywood1996 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 Class Relations1984 · Actor | Actor |
 Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer1975 · Director, Writer, Producer | Director, Writer, Producer |
 Olivia's Place1974 · Director | Director |
 --- -------- (Rock and Roll Movie)1967 · Director | Director |
 Melting1965 · Director | Director |
| AAct Without Words1964 · Director | Director |