Steve Anderson Dies at 67; Director of ‘South Central,’
‘Cash’
Variety
Variety Staff
May 1, 2015
Filmmaker Stephen Milburn Anderson, best known for 1992’s
Oliver Stone-produced “South Central” and 2010’s “Cash,” starring Sean Bean and
Chris Hemsworth, died Friday, May 1, at his home in Denver after a battle with
throat cancer. He was 67.
Anderson was a pioneer in the use of digital filmmaking
and an early advocate of the New Mexico Film Incentive Program.
Anderson wrote and directed eight movies. His short
“Hearts of Stone” was the 1987 runner-up for Academy Award and played at the
Sundance Film Festival, where it came to the attention of Oliver Stone, who
subsequently produced Anderson’s first feature film, “South Central,” which was
released by Warner Bros. The movie received wide critical acclaim, most notably
in the New York Times where film critic Janet Maslin named Anderson one of the
“Who’s Who Among Hot New Filmmakers in America,” along with Quentin Tarantino
and Tim Robbins.
Anderson’s second
feature was originally titled “Rangers” and released in 1997 under the title
“Dead Men Can’t Dance.” In 2007, he wrote and directed “Cash”(originally titled
“The Root of All Evil”), starring Sean Bean and Chris Hemsworth in what was the
latter’s feature film debut.
Over the past 25 years Anderson worked as a producer,
writer, director, production manager, post-production supervisor, location
manager, camera assistant, electrician, grip and sound recordist.
In 1986-87 Anderson organized and produced the Discovery
Program, a series of 16 professional short films for Columbia Pictures and
David Puttnam. The first, “Ray’s Male Heterosexual Dance Hall,” won the Academy
Award for best short. The Discovery Program has produced more than 60 films in
all, garnering 14 Academy Award nominations and three Oscars (the program is
still ongoing).
In 1999 he co-founded the digital production film
festival Flicks on 66 (eventually renamed Digifest Southwest) in Albuquerque.
Thirty-four short digital films have been produced so far.
Anderson founded the Studio New Mexico, which hosted the
$30 million Tom Cruise-Paula Wagner production “Suspect Zero.” This film was
one of the first to take advantage of the fledgling New Mexico state funding
legislation.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in motion picture
production and American literature at the University of New Mexico and his
master’s degree in motion picture production at UCLA.
Anderson was a member of the Writers Guild of America and
also wrote several novels.
ANDERSON, Stephen Milburn
Born: 1947, New Mexico, U.S.A.
Died: 5/1/2015, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.
Stephen Milburn Anderson’s western – producer:
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