About Dirt City
(Above: Trevor Anderson at work. Good directors hold coffee and point.)
Dirt City Films is the production company of filmmaker Trevor Anderson, based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (a.k.a. Dirt City).
Email: trevor@dirtcityfilms.com
About Trevor Anderson
photo credit: Sean Dennie
Trevor Anderson is a self-taught filmmaker and musician who lives and works in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He has written and directed five short films: RUGBURN (2005), ROCK POCKETS (2007), DINX (2008), CARPET DIEM (2008) and THE ISLAND (2008). His films have screened at dozens of international film festivals. RUGBURN has been broadcast in the USA by MTV. At the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto, ROCK POCKETS won the inaugural Lindalee Tracey Award, presented to "an emerging Canadian filmmaker working with passion, humour, a strong sense of social justice and a personal point of view." DINX and ROCK POCKETS are currently shortlisted for the Iris Prize in Cardiff, Wales. CARPET DIEM and THE ISLAND will both be released in Fall 2008. Trevor also plays music with his band THE WET SECRETS (www.wetsecrets.ca)
Awards
winner, Audience Award for Best Short Film, Fairy Tales Calgary International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival - DINX (2008)
Honourable Mention for Experimental Film, Iris Prize Festival - Rock Pockets (2008)
winner, Lindalee Tracey Award, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival - Rock Pockets (2007)
winner, 30th Anniversary Award, Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Festival 50 / 104 - Rock Pockets (2007)
Honourable Mention for Innovative Short Film, Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival - Rock Pockets (2007)
nominated, Golden Sheaf - Documentary Short Subject, Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival - Rock Pockets (2007)
nominated, Golden Sheaf - Original Music - Nonfiction, Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival - Rock Pockets (2007)
nominated, Golden Sheaf - Overall Sound - Nonfiction, Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival - Rock Pockets (2007)
nominated, AMPIA, Best Screenwriter, Drama Under 60 Minutes - Rugburn (2006)
winner, Jury Award for Best Local Short, Fairy Tales International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival - Rugburn (2006)
shortlisted, Alberta Centennial Award for Best Alberta Film, Calgary International Film Festival - Rugburn (2005)
links
affiliates
Ouat Media - International distribution of Trevor Anderson's short films is handled by Ouat Media.Film and Video Arts Society - Alberta - Edmonton's film and video co-op.
collaborators
Wes Doyle, C.S.C. - Director of Photography on Rugburn, DINX and The Island.Zebra Society - Steven Hope was Director of Photography and Editor of Rock Pockets.
Wolf Willow Sound - Sound on Rugburn, Rock Pockets, DINX and The Island.
Rat Creek Design - Animators of The Island.
other
The Wet Secrets - Trevor Anderson and friends are The Wet Secrets.Kobot Industries - Bryan Kulba designed this website.
