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
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
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
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
Trevor reflects on his fear of dating.
Docking
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
Trevor tries to have his photo taken with his father.
The Little Deputy
Trevor considers, with the help of animation, a piece of fan mail he received.
The Island
Trevor provides a voice-over narration of Edmonton's High Level Bridge and drops his camera from the bridge in memory of those who have jumped.
The High Level Bridge
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Punchlines
A sugar rush of sex, politics, and rock 'n' roll, as seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy at the fair.
Rock Pockets
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.
Jesse Jams
A musical documentary that tells the true life story of Trevor's great-uncle Jimmy in six original songs.
The Man that Got Away
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Rugburn
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Figs in Motion
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Carpet Diem
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.