Brandt Andersen

Brandt Andersen is a writer, director, and producer. In 2020 Andersen wrote and directed the live action feature short Refugee staring Yasmine Al Massri, Massa Daoud, Omar Sy, and Jason Beghe. The film opened at the Cairo International Film Festival, was short-listed for an Academy Award, and won Best Director, Best Actor and Best Drama Short at the French Riviera Film Festival.Andersen has produced films such as Everest staring Jake Gyllenhaal; Lone Survivor starring Mark Wahlberg; 2 Guns starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg, Martin Scorsese's Silence starring Adam Driver and American Made starring Tom Cruise.Andersen has worked on humanitarian efforts specifically focused on assisting Refugees. In October 2019 Andersen traveled with the CanDo Organization to a hospital and refugee camp in North East Syria. He was interviewing and filming doctors and nurses in the war-torn region during the U.S. troop withdrawal and subsequent Turkish offensive. In 2017, in association with... [Details Intro]