Name |
Eric Chase Anderson |
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Naionality |
American |
Date of Birth |
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Place of Birth |
Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Famous for |
Acting |
Eric Chase Anderson is an American actor, writer & illustrator. Eric was born in Houston, Texas, and is the brother of filmmaker Wes Anderson. Anderson's first novel, Chuck Dugan Is AWOL, "a novel with maps", was published in 2004 by Narnia Books. His illustrations have also appeared in Time magazine and The New York Observer.
He illustrated all of the maps, covers, and other packaging of the Criterion Collection editions of his brother's films Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and The Darjeeling Limited. Anderson also helped his brother conceptualize the production design for The Royal Tenenbaums by making detailed maps of each room in the Tenenbaum house for the production designers to use as guides, in addition to creating all of the drawings and paintings credited to Richie Tenenbaum in the film. He also takes on small roles in his brother's films.
He was the voice of Kristofferson Silverfox in his brother's 2009 film, Fantastic Mr. Fox. While in film school, he directed The Ant Colony, which was shown for two nights at the Biograph Theater in Washington, DC.