JACK ANDERS

Age: 37
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 185
Hair: blond
Eyes: blue
Marital Status: married (one child)
D.O.B.: 8-29-42
Missing Since: 6-25-79
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Birthplace: Mercer, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Residence: Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Occupation: Camera Operator/Director of Photography

Education: B.A. NYU Film school & Mercer County Community College

Hobbies: Hunting, fishing, drinking beer, plays drums for a local Newark punk band "The Monsters", pursuing the opposite sex

NOTE: best friends with Mark Tomaso and Alan Yates

  CREDITS:
  • "The Green Inferno" (1979, incomplete) 
  • "The Last Road to Hell" (1978, grand jury
    prize, best documentary New York Critics
    Association Film Festival)
  • "Slaves of South Africa" (1976, Academy of Arts nomination, best documentary, best editing)
  • "Vietnam: Horror in the Rice Patties" (1975)
  • "Decoding the Middle Class" (1974, 1st  assistant camera)
  • "The Conundrum of Cambodia" (1973, camera operator/assistant editor) 1969-1972 worked on industrials as director of photography/camera assistant
BACKGROUND:

Jack Anders had worked very closely with Alan Yates for many years as a cinematographer and camera operator. Together with Mark Tomaso, the three had become very close working companions. Although Alan Yates was known for being very exacting in his quest for the right footage, and practically demanding blood from his film crew, Jack Anders followed him across the world like a happy lap dog. He would have done anything to get the shot. 

Jack Anders was born and raised in rural Tennessee in the area where they shot the film "Walking Tall." He later moved to the east coast, specifically downtown Manhattan, where he met and married a college sweetheart, Elizabeth Meyer. Together they moved across the bridge to nearby Newark, New Jersey. Married for two years, they have one son, Geoff, who is three years old.