Writer/Producer/Director Steve Anderson is a partner and the creative force behind Santana Films. He is the producer/writer/director of the thriller "This Last Lonely Place", a Kickstarter success story, which stars Rhys Coiro, Xander Berkeley, and Carly Pope. Anderson also wrote and produced the Sony-released feature "The River Murders", starring Ray Liotta, Christian Slater, and Ving Rhames.
Anderson's filmography also includes the producer/director credit for the free speech documentary "F*ck", which was released theatrically by THINKFilm and showcased at over 100 film festivals worldwide. His debut film "The Big Empty" starred Jon Favreau, Kelsey Grammer, Daryl Hannah, Rachael Leigh Cook, and Sean Bean, and was released theatrically by Artisan. Additionally, he received a "Special Thank You" credit on the cult classic "Napoleon Dynamite".
A Peabody Award winner, Steve Anderson has an impressive background in documentary filmmaking, having shot seven national documentaries for PBS and thousands of hours of broadcast television. His experiences have been quite eventful, as he has been charged by lions on the Serengeti Plain, caught fire in the Malibu fires, and rattled homeless by an earthquake. He has also been blessed by Mother Teresa, drank martinis with Captain Kangaroo, flirted with Raquel Welch, and smoked hash with Hunter S. Thompson.
Anderson has been trained as a Hollywood stunt driver, flown aerial acrobatics, and shot hoops with Magic Johnson. He has also been shot at in the L.A. riots, chased O.J. up the freeway, and lounged in the grotto at the Playboy Mansion. Furthermore, he is one of the original guitarists and songwriters in the legendary upstate New York jam band Slipton Fell, and is known for his culinary skills, particularly his ability to make a "damn fine meatloaf".
Steve Anderson is currently single and resides in Santa Monica, California.
