death_place death_date birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
los angeles , california , united states 26 november 1960 springfield , massachusetts , united states 6 november 1902 1930-1954 james anderson -lrb- director -rrb-
 james anderson assistant director
james anderson -lrb- director -rrb-

james anderson , also known as james a. anderson or james h. anderson , was an american filmmaker during the 1930s , 1940s and 1950s .
he is sometimes confused with james k. anderson , the actor , because their careers overlapped , and obviously the similarity in their names .
born on november 6 , 1902 , in his twenty-five year career , anderson worked on almost 75 pictures .
he began his career in film as an actor with a featured role in the silent era , in 1925 's `` the freshman '' , starring harold lloyd .
after appearing in several silent films , with the advent of sound he moved behind the camera , where he was a perennial assistant directors .
he would spend almost his entire career with rko radio pictures , from their inception in 1929 through 1949 .
as an assistant director he would work with such famous directors as george archainbaud , william a. wellman , walter lang , garson kanin , dorothy arzner , leo mccarey , and ida lupino .
late in his career he would also work as a unit or production manager on several films , including the classic `` mr. blandings builds his dream house '' in 1948 .
in 1950 he would become a freelance filmmaker , although he mostly worked with lupino 's independent production company , `` the filmakers '' , participating in nine of the twelve films they produced between 1949-54 .
his final film credit would be on the small screen , as the assistant director and production manager for the 1957 episode `` the mothers '' , on lupino 's television series , `` mr. adams & eve '' .
anderson died on november 26 , 1960 in los angeles , california .
