---
name: "Brad Anderson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brad-anderson"
fi1m_id: "brad-anderson"
imdb_id: "nm0026442"
tmdb_id: 37948
wikidata_id: "Q598238"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "5 April 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "director"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-07T15:22:45.795866+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brad Anderson

## Identity

Brad Anderson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brad-anderson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brad-anderson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0026442
- **TMDB ID:** 37948
- **Wikidata ID:** Q598238
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Anderson_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q598238, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026442/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37948

Director. Born 5 April 1964 in Madison, Connecticut, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 5 April 1964, Madison, Connecticut, USA
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Clark Johnson](https://film.one/person/clark-johnson.md), [Ed Bianchi](https://film.one/person/ed-bianchi.md), [Eric Overmyer](https://film.one/person/eric-overmyer.md), [Adam Davidson](https://film.one/person/adam-davidson.md), [Agnieszka Holland](https://film.one/person/agnieszka-holland.md), [Alex Zakrzewski](https://film.one/person/alex-zakrzewski.md), [Anthony Hemingway](https://film.one/person/anthony-hemingway.md), [Dan Attias](https://film.one/person/dan-attias.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as director, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 89 (1), 2000s 85 (3), 2010s 76 (4), 2020s 56 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 73 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Crime 7, Mystery 4, Action & Adventure 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Anderson_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q598238, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026442/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37948

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Wire*](https://film.one/tv/the-wire.md) (90), [*Treme*](https://film.one/tv/treme.md) (82), [*Boardwalk Empire*](https://film.one/tv/boardwalk-empire.md) (80)
- **Disney+:** [*The Shield*](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md) (84), [*Fringe*](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md) (80)
- **Peacock:** [*Person of Interest*](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md) (78)
- **AMC+:** [*The Killing*](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md) (62)
- **Netflix:** [*I Will Find You*](https://film.one/tv/i-will-find-you.md) (56)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Brad Anderson is an American film and television director, producer and writer. Born on 5 April 1964 in Madison, Connecticut, he studied at Bowdoin College and the London Film School.

He began his career with independent romantic comedies including *Next Stop Wonderland* (1998) and *Happy Accidents* (2000). Anderson is known for thrillers and horror films such as *Session 9* (2001), *The Machinist* (2004) and *The Call* (2013). He has directed episodes of television series including two of *The Wire* (2002), multiple episodes of *Fringe* (2008–2011) and *Boardwalk Empire* (2010).

He is the nephew of actress Holland Taylor.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *I Will Find You* (2026), Fi1m 56, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/i-will-find-you.md)
- *Person of Interest* (2011), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *The Killing* (2011), Fi1m 62, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md)
- *Boardwalk Empire* (2010), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/boardwalk-empire.md)
- *Treme* (2010), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/treme.md)
- *Fringe* (2008), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *The Shield* (2002), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *The Wire* (2002), Fi1m 90, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wire.md)
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), Fi1m 89, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *I Will Find You* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/tv/i-will-find-you.md)
- *Worldbreaker* (2025), Director
- *The Silent Hour* (2024), Director
- *Blood* (2023), Executive Producer, Director
- *Devil in Ohio* (2022), series, Director
- *Peacemaker* (2022), series, Director
- *Invasion* (2021), series, Director
- *Clickbait* (2021), series, Director
- *Debris* (2021), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector* (2020), series, Director
- *Treadstone* (2019), series, Director
- *Fractured* (2019), Director
- *Titans* (2018), series, Director
- *Beirut* (2018), Director
- *The Brave* (2017), series, Director
- *The Sinner* (2017), series, Director
- *Frequency* (2016), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Zoo* (2015), series, Director
- *The Man in the High Castle* (2015), series, Director
- *Stonehearst Asylum* (2014), Director
- *Forever* (2014), series, Director
- *Almost Human* (2013), series, Director
- *The Call* (2013), Director
- *Alcatraz* (2012), series, Director
- *Person of Interest* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *The Killing* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md)
- *Undercovers* (2010), series, Director
- *Boardwalk Empire* (2010), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/boardwalk-empire.md)
- *Vanishing on 7th Street* (2010), Director
- *Rubicon* (2010), series, Director
- *Treme* (2010), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/treme.md)
- *Fringe* (2008), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *Spooked* (2008), Director
- *Fear Itself* (2008), series, Director
- *TransSiberian* (2008), Director, Screenplay
- *Sounds Like* (2006), Director, Writer
- *Masters of Horror* (2005), series, Director, Writer
- *Surface* (2005), series, Director
- *The Machinist* (2004), Director
- *The Wire* (2002), series, Director — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wire.md)
- *The Shield* (2002), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *Session 9* (2001), Editor, Screenplay, Director
- *Happy Accidents* (2000), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Next Stop Wonderland* (1998), Writer, Director, Editor
- *The Darien Gap* (1996), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- *Frankenstein's Planet of Monsters!* (1995), Director, Producer, Cinematography, Editor
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)
- *Wake Up! On the Road with a Zen Master* (1992), Director, Director of Photography
- *Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot* (1992), Costumer
- *The Dagon*, Director
- *The Dwarf*, Director
- *Moral Capacity*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Brad Anderson](https://film.one/media/person/60965/gallery-919ecf5b399e.jpg) Brad Anderson — Franz Richter (User:FRZ), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Brad_Anderson.0967.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Brad Anderson](https://film.one/media/person/60965/gallery-3922bc201c65.jpg) Brad Anderson — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Sitges Film Festival Best Director award 2001: Sitges Film Festival Best Director award (won), for *Session 9*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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