William M. Anderson

William Mills Anderson (12 March 1948 – 4 January 2022) was a film editor from Northern Ireland, who was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for the film Dead Poets Society (1989). He had an extended, notable association with the director Peter Weir, beginning with the film Gallipoli (1981), including Dead Poets Society (1989), and continuing through to The Truman Show (1998). Anderson was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

William M. Anderson
Born	(1948-03-12)12 March 1948 Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died	4 January 2022(2022-01-04) (aged 73) Los Angeles, United States of America
Other names	Bill Anderson, Billy Anderson
Occupation	Film editor

Filmography

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1970	Cindy and Donna	Robert Anderson	First collaboration with Robert Anderson
1971	The Young Graduates		Second collaboration with Robert Anderson
1972	The Adventures of Barry McKenzie	Bruce Beresford	First collaboration with Bruce Beresford
1974	Barry McKenzie Holds His Own		Second collaboration with Bruce Beresford
1975	Aaron Loves Angela	Gordon Parks Jr.
1976	Don's Party	Bruce Beresford	Third collaboration with Bruce Beresford
1977	The Getting of Wisdom		Fourth collaboration with Bruce Beresford
1978	Money Movers		Fifth collaboration with Bruce Beresford
1980	Breaker Morant		Sixth collaboration with Bruce Beresford
	The Club		Seventh collaboration with Bruce Beresford
1981	Gallipoli	Peter Weir	First collaboration with Peter Weir
	Puberty Blues	Bruce Beresford	Eighth collaboration with Bruce Beresford
1982	The Year of Living Dangerously	Peter Weir	Second collaboration with Peter Weir
1983	Tender Mercies	Bruce Beresford	Ninth collaboration with Bruce Beresford
1984	Stanley	Esben Storm
	Razorback	Russell Mulcahy
1985	King David	Bruce Beresford	Tenth collaboration with Bruce Beresford
1987	Big Shots	Robert Mandel
1988	1969	Ernest Thompson
1989	Dead Poets Society	Peter Weir	Third collaboration with Peter Weir
	Old Gringo	Luis Puenzo
1990	A Shock to the System	Jan Egleson
	Green Card	Peter Weir	Fourth collaboration with Peter Weir
1991	At Play in the Fields of the Lord	Héctor Babenco
1992	1492: Conquest of Paradise	Ridley Scott
1993	Fearless	Peter Weir	Fifth collaboration with Peter Weir
1994	City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold	Paul Weiland
1995	Just Cause	Arne Glimcher
1996	Down Periscope	David S. Ward
1998	The Truman Show	Peter Weir	Sixth collaboration with Peter Weir
2000	Ordinary Decent Criminal	Thaddeus O'Sullivan
2002	Igby Goes Down	Burr Steers
2004	If Only	Gil Junger
2005	Aegis	Junji Sakamoto
2006	.45	Gary Lennon
2007	Snow Angels	David Gordon Green
	Say It in Russian	Jeff Celentano
	Midnight Eagle	Izuru Narushima
2008	Assassination of a High School President	Brett Simon
	While She Was Out	Susan Montford

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role
1990	RoboCop 2	Irvin Kershner	Supervising editor
1992	Turtle Beach	Stephen Wallace

Producer

Year	Film	Director	Credit
1970	Cindy and Donna	Robert Anderson	Associate producer
1971	The Young Graduates

Sound department

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1978	The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith	Fred Schepisi	Sound editor
	Money Movers	Bruce Beresford	Dubbing editor
1980	Breaker Morant		Sound editor	Uncredited
1985	The Little Sister	Jan Egleson

Documentaries

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1976	The Crew	Donald McAlpine

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role
2008	Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North	Katrina Browne Alla Kovgan Jude Ray	Supervising editor

TV movies

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1976	The Understudy	Eric Luithle
1977	5 Weeks in a Balloon	Chris Cuddington
1985	A Time to Live	Rick Wallace
1988	Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss	Dick Bartlett

TV series

Editor

Year	Title	Notes
1974	The Evil Touch	2 episodes
2004	Frontline/World

Editorial department

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	POV	Supervising editor	1 episode

See also

• List of film director and editor collaborations

External links

• William M. Anderson at IMDb