Deborah Anderson facts for kids

Deborah Leigh Anderson (born in 1970) is a talented artist from England. She is a musician, photographer, and film director. Early in her career, she sang on albums for her father, Jon Anderson, who is also a famous musician. Her song "Feel the Sunshine" was released in 1995 and became her first song to appear on music charts in the UK and Europe. She has also worked with many other recording artists, lending her voice to their projects. In 2009, she released her first solo album, Silence, which came out with her photography book called Paperthin. This book featured photos of actors and musicians.

Deborah's photography has been seen on albums by the singer Pink and in popular magazines like Cosmopolitan and Vogue. Her second photo book, Room 23, showed her pictures of celebrities. In 2013, Deborah Anderson started directing films.

Early Life and Family Connections

Deborah Anderson's early music included collaborations with her father Jon Anderson

Deborah Anderson is the daughter of the singer Jon Anderson and Jennifer Anderson. Her sister, Jade Anderson, is also a singer. In 1983, her father wrote a song named "Deborah" for her on his album Private Collection with Vangelis.

Deborah's first musical experiences were working with her father. She sang backing vocals on his projects, including "Song of Seven" in 1980, and albums like Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (album) (1989), Deseo (1994), Angels Embrace (1995), and Toltec (1996). She went to Roedean School in Brighton. Before her big break in music and photography, she also had her own store selling vintage fashion.

Music Career Highlights

In 1995, Deborah Anderson released "Feel the Sunshine" with Alex Reece. This drum & bass song was very popular. It reached number 2 on the UK Dance Singles Chart in 1995 and number 4 the next year. It also made it onto the Eurochart Hot 100 in 1996. Because of this success, Deborah signed with Mo' Wax records. Her first solo song, "Lonely Without You," came out in 1997.

She has also worked as a singer on many other projects. She sang on "Skin Against Skin" for DJ Krush in 1997, which was later used in the TV show La Femme Nikita. She also collaborated with artists like Fallen Angels, DJ Shadow, Zero 7, and Tipper. In 2005, she helped write and sang three songs on Télépopmusik's album Angel Milk, including the single "Into Everything".

Her first solo album, Silence, was released in 2009. This album was released at the same time as Paperthin, a special coffee table book filled with her photographs.

Photography and Filmmaking Work

Deborah Anderson has a strong eye for visuals. She worked as an art director for The Gansevoort Hotel group. She took photos for the album covers of singer Pink, including I'm Not Dead, Funhouse, and The Truth About Love. She also created images for marketing campaigns for Bebe Stores.

Her photographs have been published in many well-known magazines around the world. These include Elle, GQ, Cosmopolitan, Architectural Digest, Hello, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and Vanity Fair.

In 2013, Deborah started directing films. Her documentary film "Women of the White Buffalo" was released in 2022.

Films Directed by Deborah Anderson

Deborah Anderson has directed several films and music videos:

• 2013: Aroused – This was her first film as a director and producer. She also released a photography book with the same name.
• 2014: Deborah Falconer: Lift Your Gaze – A music video she directed.
• 2016: Walking Prayers – She directed and produced this film, and also edited it.
• 2018: My Revolution Lives in This Body – A film directed by her, based on a story by Eve Ensler.
• 2019: Jon Anderson: Makes Me Happy – A music video for her father, which she directed, produced, and edited.
• 2020: Women of the White Buffalo – A full-length documentary film that she directed, wrote, produced, and edited.
• 2020: Raise the Vibration – A short film that she directed and edited.

Awards and Recognitions

Deborah Anderson's documentary film, Women of the White Buffalo, has received several awards:

• 2019: She won the Red Nation Film Award of Excellence for Best Documentary.
• 2019: She also won the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Award for Best Director in a Documentary Feature.
• 2020: At the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema Award (IIFC Award), she won multiple awards for Women of the White Buffalo, including:
  • Best Director Documentary
  • Best Feature Documentary
  • Golden Era Humanitarian Award
  • Summerhawk Native American Award

See also

• List of female film and television directors
• List of film and television directors
• List of British women photographers
• List of women writers