Directing
Duane Andersen
Duane's short film 30 MEETINGS/30 DAYS premiered at the Woods Hole Film Festival in 2022 and spent a year on the festival circuit in the US, UK, and India, winning the Ophelia Audience Award at the prestigious Cleveland International Film Festival. In May of 2023 it had its public digital premiere on Omeleto. Duane's feature directing debut, SUPERPOWERLESS, premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal in July 2016. He also co-directed the documentary feature "11/8/16" which was called "the most ambitious election day documentary in history," by IndieWire. It premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival in November 2017. Previously he produced and edited Dave Boyle's & Lynn Chen's SURROGATE VALENTINE TRILOGY (SURROGATE VALENTINE, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS, and I WILL MAKE YOU MINE) which premiered at South by Southwest Film Festival in 2011, 2012, and 2020, and was called "Cinema's most casual trilogy" by IndieWire. Duane also produced and edited Dave Boyle's WHITE ON RICE and BIG DREAMS LITTLE TOKYO. He also helped produce and was the production manager on Boyle's Spirit Award nominated MAN FROM RENO. He helped produce the award-winning documentary AN HONEST LIAR about magician James "The Amazing" Randi, directed by Tyler Measom and Justin Weinstein which premiered at Tribeca. Other films that he's helped produce include CONGRATULATIONS (Juan Carderelli and Eric Levy); A PICTURE OF YOU (J.P. Chan); YES, WE'RE OPEN (Richard Wong); MUST COME DOWN (Kenny Riches); LAST KIND WORDS (Kevin Barker); and CRAZY BEATS STRONG EVERY TIME (Moon Molson) which premiered at Sundance. Duane directed the short film THE LEMONADE TRADE which played at family film festivals worldwide.
Acting credits
6.4A mystery outside of San Francisco brings together small-town sheriff Paul Del Moral, Japanese author Aki Akahori, and a traveler from Reno who soon disappears, leaving behind his suitcase and a trail of questions.
Man from Reno
2014
NRAll the myths about vampires are just that. Crosses, holy water, garlic -- they do absolutely nothing! The only thing that can kill a vampire has been injected into Quinn, a rough and rugged hillbilly with a chip on his shoulder. Now he is wanted by both vampires and those who want to destroy them. Quinn's only hope of survival is Karel, a renegade vampire warrior who does the unthinkable -- she falls in love with him.
Vampire Chicks with Chainsaws
2006
7.0When Carmine “The Beans” Pasquale is nabbed by the FBI, he decides to testify against his mafia boss and go into the Witness Relocation Program with his wife Gina and son Vincent. Now known as George, Linda and Patrick Cheeseman, the Pasquale family is sent to suburban Utah to begin their new life. But can the “Cheesemans” survive in a world where everyone is Mormon, all coffee is bad and scrapbooking reigns supreme?
Mobsters and Mormons
2005
Behind the camera
NRWhen Jiminy tries to move, he feels like he's falling, so he makes an appointment with Dr. Scanlon, a government-certified psychoanalyst and dreamcather, to extract his past trauma. The procedure is routine, and Dr. Scanlon begins without concern until he discovers something locked in Jiminy's subconscious that he didn't expect.
The Falling
2025
NRA superhero loses his powers shortly after turning forty and must adjust to his new life.
Superpowerless
2016
NRA superhero loses his powers shortly after turning forty and must adjust to his new life.
Superpowerless
2016
NRA superhero loses his powers shortly after turning forty and must adjust to his new life.
Superpowerless
2016
6.4U.S. citizens in more than 25 states are followed as they set out on the morning of the presidential election, throughout the course of the day, until the polls close in the evening and the results are revealed.
11/8/16
2017
NRAfter being court ordered to attend Alcoholics Anonymous, Alicia reluctantly commits to going to thirty meetings in thirty days.
30 Meetings / 30 Days
2022