Kelly Anderson

Kelly Anderson

Director · Producer

Biography

Kelly Anderson is a Brooklyn-based documentary filmmaker and educator. Her films have been broadcast on POV, America ReFramed and HBO, and they have been shown in festivals including the Tribeca Film Festival, Sundance, Slamdance, Rotterdam and the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. She is also a Professor at Hunter College (CUNY) in New York City, where she is Chair of the Department of Film and Media Studies and teaches in the Integrated Media Arts (IMA) MFA program.

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Representative Works

Emergent City
Emergent City
8.0
/ English
My Brooklyn
My Brooklyn
6.4
/ English
Shift
Shift
7.5
/ English
Out at Work
Out at Work
3.8
/ English
Looking for a Space: Lesbians & Gay Men in Cuba
Looking for a Space: Lesbians & Gay Men in Cuba
No Rating Yet
/ Spanish
Every Mother's Son
Every Mother's Son
No Rating Yet
/ English
Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Cooper Square
Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Cooper Square
10.0
/ English
Never Enough
Never Enough
No Rating Yet
/ English
Making a Killing: Philip Morris, Kraft and Global Tobacco Addiction
Making a Killing: Philip Morris, Kraft and Global Tobacco Addiction
7.0
/ English
Because Reality Isn't Black and White
Because Reality Isn't Black and White
No Rating Yet
/ English
Unstuck: An OCD Kids Movie
Unstuck: An OCD Kids Movie
No Rating Yet
/ English
Daughters of Dykes
Daughters of Dykes
3.7
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Emergent City
2024Winner

Best Director

Emergent City

My Brooklyn
2013Nominee

Best Director

My Brooklyn

Shift
1999Winner

Best Director

Shift

Career Highlights

Out at Work
1997Highlight

Best Director

Out at Work

Looking for a Space: Lesbians & Gay Men in Cuba
1993Highlight

Career Highlight

Looking for a Space: Lesbians & Gay Men in Cuba

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