Andrew Saunderson got his start in filmmaking with the award-winning feature documentary Alien Boy (2013), directed by Brian Lindstrom. Andrew edited the film and proceeded to spend six years making multiple award-winning documentary films with Lindstrom.
After years of creating critically acclaimed documentaries and producing content for organizations such as Universal Music, TIME Magazine, and The New York Times, he was approached to work side-by-side with director Jean-Marc Vallée, as his assistant on the film, Wild (2014). Eager to transition into narrative features, Andrew learned daily from the director of Dallas Buyers Club (2013), Big Little Lies (2017), and Sharp Objects (2018).
In 2015, he wrote and directed the short film Birthday Boy, executive produced by Vallée and acquired by HBO and ShortsTV in 2016. That same year, Andrew also co-edited with his wife Amira Dughri the Academy Award nominated short documentary Joe's Violin (2016), directed by Kahane Cooperman.
His latest short film Summer Lightning (2019) premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival. He is also a co-editor with Armando Croda on an upcoming feature documentary about kindness. The film is directed by Kahane Cooperman and John Hoffman, produced by RadicalMedia.
Andrew was born in Seattle, WA and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.