Films by Erik C. Andersen

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The Fright Gallery Presents - The Documentary

Every October, 25 friends take more than a month to create an original Halloween spectacle unlike anything you have ever seen or heard. With 10 years of footage, the director explores what influences them to do it and why 3000 people descend upon one house's front lawn to watch a show so unique, they return year after year.

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Having worked with many talented directors like Peyton Reed (Bring it On), Robert Rodriguez (Desperado), Jan De Bont (Speed), Brett Ratner (Rush Hour), and Doug Liman (The Bourne films), Erik C. Andersen learned the craft of editing by working with the masters. Andersen found early success when he won his first Emmy cutting A COMMUNITY OF CARING - JOE" for the American Heart Assoc. That success has followed him throughout his editing career with the projects he has edited winning over 100 prestigious awards for their directors.
In the early 90s, Andersen helped introduce one of the first computer-based editing systems, Lightworks, to the film industry. These systems have revolutionized the way editors cut today. He is one of 15 editors who authored the book Transitions - Voices on the Craft of Digital Editing.
Andersens talents extend not only to editing, but also to directing. He has created a huge following with his internet videos Star Wars Made Me This Way, Stop Blink Look, Behind the Scenes of the Family Guy, Battlestar Galactica Live Concert, and Double Trouble and just directed a TV pilot for Nancy Fox, founder of Mrs. Beasley's Gift Baskets. In post production is his first feature-length documentary called The Fright Gallery, which makes him one of the industrys brightest and most promising new talents.

I remember seeing many movies at the drive-in theater when I was a kid. But it was 'Star Wars' that made me think, "I don't know how they made that, but that's what I want to do: create a world that only exists on film." I was 11 years old at the time.

In 1985 I began pursuing my dream by majoring in film at Los Angeles Valley College. I quickly noticed that most of the other students liked directing their own projects but didn't care much about cutting them. To me, editing the film was every bit as important as directing it, so I volunteered to cut everyone else's projects.

I feel fortunate to have worked on many films including 'Hotel California', 'Animal', 'Madonna Truth or Dare', 'Bring It On', 'Down With Love', 'Mighty Joe Young', 'Mercury Rising', 'Speed 2', 'The Ghost and the Darkness', 'Broken Arrow', 'Desperado' and 'Four Rooms'.