Trevor Anderson (artist)

Anderson has written and directed numerous award-winning short films.

• Rugburn (2005) screened at dozens of international film festivals,[7] including the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and the Nashville Film Festival.
• Rock Pockets (2007) won the inaugural Lindalee Tracey Award at the 2007 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, presented annually to an emerging Canadian filmmaker working with "passion, humanity, a strong sense of social justice, and a sense of humor."[8] It won Honourable Mention for Most Innovative Short Film at the 2007 Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.[9] The film is shown in Vancouver high schools by the Out in Schools initiative to address LGBTQ issues, homophobia, and bullying in the classroom.[10]
• Dinx (2008) was made through the Drama Prize program at the National Screen Institute of Canada.[11] It, along with "Rock Pockets," was shortlisted for the Iris Prize in Cardiff, Wales, the world's largest gay and lesbian short film award.[12]
• Carpet Diem (2008) premiered at the American Film Institute's 2008 AFI Fest in Los Angeles,[13] and toured Canada in the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Best Shorts of 2009 National Tour.[14]
• The Island (2009) premiered at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival.[15] It won the Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Pink Apple Film Festival in Zürich, Switzerland.[16]
• Punchlines (2009), was created by Anderson when he participated in the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival Talent Lab,[17] which was led by Danny Boyle, Miranda July, and Don McKellar.[18]
• Figs in Motion (2010) was commissioned by the Art Gallery of Alberta to celebrate their grand re-opening.[19] The film played at the Expresión en Corto International Film Festival in Guanajuato, Mexico,[20] the Festival du nouveau cinéma in Montreal, Quebec;[21] and the Ann Arbor Film Festival in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[22]
• The High Level Bridge (2010) screened at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.[23] It was included in the 2010 Sundance Institute Art House Project, where it was favourably reviewed by Roger Ebert.[24] It screened at South by Southwest (SXSW),[25] the Los Angeles Film Festival,[26] and the Toronto International Film Festival.[27] At the American Film Institute's AFI Fest in Los Angeles, it won Honorable Mention for Live Action Short Film.[28]
• The Man That Got Away (2012) premiered at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival,[29] where it won the D.A.A.D Short Film Prize.[30] It screened at South by Southwest (SXSW),[31] and the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[32] The film was broadcast in Canada by CBC Television[33] and in France by Canal+.[34] It was included in the 2013 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art.[35]
• The Little Deputy (2015)
• Docking (2019)

• "Get Your Own Apartment" by The Wet Secrets (2008)
• "Floating in the Sky" by The Wet Secrets (2014)
• "Boys Like You" by Whitehorse (2017)

Anderson is co-founder and former drummer of the Canadian indie rock band The Wet Secrets, who have charted in the top ten on Canada's national campus radio chart.[36][37] On January 8, 2010, their song "Secret March" was named by Grant Lawrence of CBC Radio 3 as one of the "Top 20 Best Songs of the 2000s."[38] From 2001 to 2006, Anderson drummed in the Edmonton punk two-piece The Vertical Struts.[39]

In 2009, Anderson was commissioned by The City of Edmonton to create a piece of public art to commemorate the ICLEI World Congress, hosted in Edmonton in June, 2009. He gathered several leading Edmonton musicians and songwriters to create the collaborative hour-long musical composition and free concert, "That's Edmonton For You!"[40]

• Official Site: Dirt City Films
• Trevor Anderson at IMDb
• Official Site: The Wet Secrets