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Ian McCrudden

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Anita O' Day - The Life of A Jazz Singer (co-directed with Robbie Cavolina) was nominated for a Grammy for Best Long Form Music Video and won a International Press Academy's award for Best Documentary for 2008.

Ian got his start at Stanford University, where he received the Golden Medal for non-fiction writing. His production of Night Baseball was honored at the National College Theater Festival, and Stanford University Press published his thesis on Samuel Beckett. McCrudden has directed many wonderful films including Cowboys and Indians (Ruby Knox), Äntligen Midsommar - A Swedish Midsummer Comedy (Luke Perry) Anita O' Day The Life of A Jazz Singer, Islander (Philip Baker Hall), Trespassers (Michelle Borth), The Things We Carry (Alexis Rhee), The Big Day (Julianna Margulies), Mr. Smith Gets a Hustler (Larry Pine), and Trailer The Movie. Ian also directs original plays in the United States and abroad, including most recently the acclaimed Patriotic Bitch Off-Broadway in NYC. Ian has collaborated on many of his film's scores and his debut album Start Over was released in March 2006. Dream Anyway, his second album, followed in November 2011.

Ian lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two boys.
BornMarch 11, 1971
BornMarch 11, 1971
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  • Awards
    • 3 wins & 5 nominations

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Ian McCrudden directs Thomas Hildreth and Tonantzin Carmelo
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(l to r) Alex Feldman, Ian McCrudden, JD Williams

Known for:

Child of Grace (2014)
Child of Grace
6.7
  • Director
  • 2014
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007)
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
7.9
  • Director
  • 2007
Islander (2006)
Islander
6.4
  • Director
  • 2006
The Things We Carry (2009)
The Things We Carry
6.6
  • Director
  • 2009

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Director

  • ROXANNE GAY: A True Crime Documentary
    • Director
    • Post-production
  • Tattoo Machine
    • Director
    • In Development
  • True Crime - Trapped by the Law
    • Director
    • In Production
  • Hopeful - The Story of MaineWorks (2022)
    Hopeful - The Story of MaineWorks
    • Director
    • 2022
  • Child of Grace (2014)
    Child of Grace
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Cowboys and Indians (2013)
    Cowboys and Indians
    • Director
    • 2013
  • Rickie Lee Jones: Live in Stockholm (Live Pa Berns) (2010)
    Rickie Lee Jones: Live in Stockholm (Live Pa Berns)
    • Director
    • TV Special
    • 2010
  • The Things We Carry (2009)
    The Things We Carry
    • Director
    • 2009
  • A Midsummer Comedy (2009)
    A Midsummer Comedy
    • Director
    • 2009
  • Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007)
    Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
    • co-director
    • 2007
  • Islander (2006)
    Islander
    • Director
    • 2006
  • Trespassers (2006)
    Trespassers
    • Director
    • 2006
  • Mr. Smith Gets a Hustler (2002)
    Mr. Smith Gets a Hustler
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Julianna Margulies and Ivan Sergei in The Big Day (1999)
    The Big Day
    • Director
    • 1999
  • Trailer: The Movie (1999)
    Trailer: The Movie
    • Director
    • 1999

Writer

  • ROXANNE GAY: A True Crime Documentary
    • Writer
    • Post-production
  • Tattoo Machine
    • Writer
    • In Development
  • True Crime - Trapped by the Law
    • Writer
    • In Production
  • Hopeful - The Story of MaineWorks (2022)
    Hopeful - The Story of MaineWorks
    • writer
    • 2022
  • Child of Grace (2014)
    Child of Grace
    • screenplay
    • writer
    • 2014
  • Cowboys and Indians (2013)
    Cowboys and Indians
    • Writer
    • 2013
  • A Midsummer Comedy (2009)
    A Midsummer Comedy
    • writer
    • 2009
  • Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007)
    Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
    • Writer
    • 2007
  • Islander (2006)
    Islander
    • Writer
    • 2006
  • Trespassers (2006)
    Trespassers
    • story
    • 2006
  • Trailer: The Movie (1999)
    Trailer: The Movie
    • writer
    • 1999

Editor

  • ROXANNE GAY: A True Crime Documentary
    • Editor
    • Post-production
  • Hopeful - The Story of MaineWorks (2022)
    Hopeful - The Story of MaineWorks
    • Editor
    • 2022
  • Nepenthe
    • Editor
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Rickie Lee Jones: Live in Stockholm (Live Pa Berns) (2010)
    Rickie Lee Jones: Live in Stockholm (Live Pa Berns)
    • Editor
    • TV Special
    • 2010
  • Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007)
    Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
    • Editor
    • 2007
  • Trespassers (2006)
    Trespassers
    • Editor
    • 2006
  • A mi amor mi dulce
    • Editor
    • Short
    • 2003
  • Mr. Smith Gets a Hustler (2002)
    Mr. Smith Gets a Hustler
    • Editor
    • 2002
  • Julianna Margulies and Ivan Sergei in The Big Day (1999)
    The Big Day
    • Editor
    • 1999
  • Trailer: The Movie (1999)
    Trailer: The Movie
    • Editor
    • 1999

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  • Height
    • 5′ 6¼″ (1.68 m)
  • Born
    • March 11, 1971
    • USA
  • Spouse
    • Annica McCruddenOctober 26, 2002 - present (2 children)

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    (Trosa, Sweden) Filming the movie Midsommarfesten with his wife (also in the film) and family

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