Trevor Anderson

Directing

Biography

Trevor Anderson is a writer-director whose movies have screened at the Sundance Film Festival, Drumheller Prison, and places between. His feature film BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND premiered at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival and was released theatrically in North America in 2024. Trevor’s short films have screened at many A-list and LGBTQ+ film festivals, including three times at Sundance; three times at SXSW; twice at TIFF; and twice at the Berlinale, where his musical THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY (2012) won the D.A.A.D. Short Film Prize.

Known For

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Toronto, Canada, 1899. William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950) fervently believes that he is destined to become Prime Minister, but to do so he will first have to fight his personal obsessions and overcome the many obstacles he will encounter on his tortuous path to power.

The Twentieth Century

2019Movie

6.8

1987: While the other students wonder if new kid Robin is a boy or a girl, Robin forges a complicated bond with the school bully, making increasingly dangerous choices to fit in.

Before I Change My Mind

2024Movie

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Created by gay directors and actors, Boys On Film features numerous award-winning shorts that deal with all aspects of gay life. Volume 2: In Too Deep contains nine complete films: Till Kleinert's "Cowboy" starring Oliver Scherz and Pit Bukowski; Håkon Liu's "Lucky Blue" starring Tobias Bengtsson and Tom Lofterud; Matthieu Salmon's "Weekend In The Countryside" starring Théo Frilet, Pierre Moure, and Jean-Claude Dumas; Soman Chainani's "Kali Ma" starring Kamini Khanna, Brendan Bradley, and Manish Dayal; Julián Hernández's "Bramadero" starring Cristhian Rodríguez and Sergio Almazán; Craig Boreham's "Love Bite" starring Will Field and Aidan Calabria; "The Island" featuring director Trevor Anderson ; Arthur Halpern's "Futures (and Derivatives)" starring Kelly Miller, Cam Kornman, and Bill Barnett; and Tim Hunter's "Working It Out" starring Simon Kearney, Paul Ross, and Glaston Toft.

Boys On Film 2: In Too Deep

2009Movie

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A musical documentary that tells the true life story of Trevor's great-uncle Jimmy in six original songs.

The Man that Got Away

2012Movie

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Trevor tries to have his photo taken with his father.

The Little Deputy

2015Movie

5.5

Trevor reflects on his fear of dating.

Docking

2019Movie

4.3

Trevor considers, with the help of animation, a piece of fan mail he received.

The Island

2009Movie

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A dissatisfied bar waiter in a men's burlesque club is thrown back in time to relive a day from his childhood – in short-shorts.

DINX

2008Movie

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Figs in Motion

2010Movie

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The true story of the filmmaker's great uncle Jimmy, a gay chorus dancer on Broadway who checked himself into rehab for addiction and made a surprising new friend. Fresh Start/Old Blood enacts the crucial turning point in Jimmy's life; his full story is told in the 25 minute film, The Man That Got Away.

Fresh Start/Old Blood

2012Movie

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Punchlines

2009Movie

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A young transgender Indigenous musician and his rock band bring mumble punk to the Interstellar Rodeo. A rock ‘n’ roll survival story of a different stripe.