Brad Anderson

Born in Madi­son, Con­necti­cut, he attend­ed Bow­doin Col­lege, where he majored in anthro­pol­o­gy and Russ­ian, before fin­ish­ing his film edu­ca­tion at Lon­don Film School. He start­ed out direct­ing the roman­tic com­e­dy films Next Stop Won­der­land (1998) and Hap­py Acci­dents (2000), both pre­sent­ed at Deauville. After mak­ing two cult films, Ses­sion 9 (2001) and The Machin­ist (2004), star­ring Chris­t­ian Bale, he con­tin­ued to direct genre films such as Transsi­ber­ian (2008), The Call (2013) or Beirut (2018).