Justin Anderson

Justin Anderson (born 23 March 1967) is a British film director and screenwriter.

Biography Anderson trained as a painter at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, where he won the John Ruskin Prize for painting. He then worked as an assistant for Scottish artist Bruce McLean before continuing his studies at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam, where he first began experimenting with video. Upon returning to London, he made several short films for Levi's, shooting on Super 8 and 16 mm film. He then briefly worked at HHCL, an advertising agency, until moving to a shared studio with fashion designer Flora McLean, for whom he made Dress No. 1 for SHOWstudio's Future Tense series that was covered by Diane Pernet. He also directed another video that was featured on Vogue Italia.

Anderson has directed short films and commercials in collaboration with fashion designers such as Roksanda Ilincic, Richard Nicoll and Jonathan Saunders, fashion houses such as Armani and Agent Provocateur, as well as companies such as Replay Jeans and Schweppes.

In December 2014, Anderson was awarded the option of the Booker-nominated novel Swimming Home by Deborah Levy. Swimming Home competed in Tiger Competition at 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam, where it had its premiere on 29 January 2024.

Filmography Year Title Notes 2008 Dress No. 1 For House of Flora 2010 Chore For Damaris A Poem for A 2011 Bike For Armani Les Fleurs du Mal For Agent Provocateur Twin Parallel 2012 Ariane For Armani Get Richard For Richard Nicoll 2013 Soup For Bruce McLean 2014 Jumper Hyperflex For Replay 2016 Grape For Schweppes The Idyll Based on Idylle by Guy de Maupassant 2024 Swimming Home Based on Swimming Home by Deborah Levy

Awards Year Event/Body Recipient Award Work Slade School of Fine Art Justin Anderson John Ruskin Prize 2011 Twin Parallel Best Styling Twin Parallel 2012 Best Artistic Direction Berlin Fashion Film Festival Get Richard Best Fashion Film Get Richard Best Idea 2014 A Shaded View on Fashion Film Jumper ASVOFF Grand Prix Jumper Berlin Fashion Film Festival Best Cinematography 2015 Fashion Film Festival Milano Justin Anderson Best Established Director Jumper