Anderson "Drew" Boyd is an award-winning writer, director, producer and editor. Over the past 20 years he’s earned credits on projects ranging from the Oscar-nominated WINTER’S BONE to theatrically released documentaries and everything in between. 

His directorial debut, WELL WISHES, exhibited on Netflix from 2016-2018. He’s since produced and edited several feature films, shorts and spec pilots. His latest screenplay, the Western odyssey MESCALERO, finished Top 50 in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences 2022 Nicholl Fellowship. Recently, he completed a spec pilot for a high-concept farce, THE TIME TRAVELER’S GALA, and his first novel, THE LEASE OF NATURE, releases on May 19th, 2026.

Boyd is a member of the Producers Guild of America, an affiliate member of American Cinema Editors, a United Arts Council Grantee and 3x Stowe Story Lab alum.

Feature FILM

I WANT TO LIVE ON MARS
Producer & Editor
Director: Mariya Somova.
Northeast Pennsylvania Film Festival (Best Feature), Sherman Oaks (Programmer’s Award)

WELL WISHES 
Writer, Director, Producer & Editor
Producer: Juan Cruz Pochat.
2016 Netflix Release, Napa Valley Film Festival (Nominee: Best Lounge Feature), San Diego (Nominee: Best Feature Narrative), Williamsburg International (Winner: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress)

WINTER’S BONE
Additional Editor
Director: Debra Granik. Producer: Anne Rosselini.
2011 Oscar Nominee (Best Picture), Sundance (Winner: Best Picture), Critics Choice Awards, Gotham Awards

DEAD ENVY
Producer & Editor
Director: Harvey Di Nardo. Producer: Meghan Weinstein.
Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival (Best Thriller)

THE S.S. SWENSON
Editor
Director: Victor Oliveira. Producer: Lindsay Nemeth.
Manhattan Film Festival

THE HISTORY OF FUTURE FOLK 
Associate Editor
Director: John Mitchell, Jeremy Kipp Walker. Producer: Andrew Goldman.
Independent Spirit Awards (FIND Audience Award Nom.), Fantastic Fest (Winner: Best Screenplay)

THE FOX HUNTER 
Producer & Editor
Director: Patrick Shanahan.
Indican Pictures Release

COLD WEATHER 
Additional Editor
Director: Aaron Katz. Producer: Brendan McFadden.
IFC Films Theatrical Release, SXSW, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago International, Locarno

SHEER  
Editor
Director: Ruben Mazzoleni, Producer: Juan Pochat.
reRun (Brooklyn), Distribution: Slow Cinema (Italy)

THE TILLMAN STORY 
Assistant On-line Editor
Director: Amir Bar-Lev. Producer: Robert Sharenow
Sundance (Grand Jury Nominee), Nat’l Board of Review (NBR Award), Producers Guild Nom. (Best Doc)

JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK 
On-line Editor
Directors: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg.
Sundance (Grand Jury Nominee), Nat’l Board of Review (NBR Award)

STRANGE POWERS: Stephin Merritt & the Magnetic Fields 
On-line Editor
Director: Kerthy Fix, Gail O’Hara. Producer: Paul Kloss.
Full Frame, SXSW, Florida International, Buenos Aires

UP HEARTBREAK HILL 
Additional Editor (The Edit Center)
Director: Erica Scharf. Producers: Christina D. King
Santa Barbara International, Cleveland International

TELEVISION & SHORT FILM

​CARDINAL VIRTUES (Short)
Producer & Editor Director: Chance Muehleck.
Lost Feliz Film Festival (Best Supporting Actor)

SUNFLOWER CARE (Spec Pilot)
Producer & Editor Director: Debi Yazbeck.

DELOCATED (TV)
Assistant Editor Directors: John Lee & Nick Jasenovec.
Season 3

THE HEART, SHE HOLLER (TV)
Assistant Editor Directors: Vernon Chatman & John Lee.
Season 1

FOR YOUR HOME (TV)
Editor Hosted by Vicki & Sloane Payne
Season 10

EVERY STORY ENDS IN STONE (Short)
Writer, Director & Editor
33rd Annual Breckenridge Festival of Film, Coney Island

THE REDWOODS (Short)
Director, Producer & Editor Producers: Warren Smith.
Miami Short Film Festival, Louisville International, Bahamas International

THE LAST DINNER (Short)
Writer, Director, Editor Producer: Brad Senter.
Big Apple, Appalachian (Best Short Nominee), SkyFest, OneCloudFest

TRUMP CARD (Short)
Writer, Director, Editor
Las Vegas Film Festival.

PENELOPE CHASE (Short)
Editor Director: Marisa Medina. Producer: Amanda Brennan.

THE LOST COLONY (Short)
Editor Director: Lisa Bertini. Producers:
Great Lakes (Best Short Documentary), Cucalorus

Education

The University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences
Concentration: Creative Studies

Honors: Summa Cum Laude

MISCEllany

United Arts Council | 2019 Grant Recipient

​Stowe Story Labs | 2019, 2021 & 2022 Alum

MESCALERO (Feature Screenplay)
2022 Nicholl Fellowship (Top 50), HUMANITAS New Voices (Top 14 Finalist), PAGE International Screenwriting Awards (Finalist), Cinequest Screenwriting Competition (Top 50),

​THE TIME TRAVELER’S GALA (Pilot)
2025 Raindance (Top 4 Finalist), Cinequest (Top 50), Coverfly Red List

Proficiency: Final Cut X & 7, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, DaVinci Resolve (Dolby Vision & HDR10+), EasyDCP (Creator, Player, & KDM Generator), After Effects, Frame.io, Motion, Logic X, Mocha, Compressor, Illustrator, Photoshop, Final Draft,
Movie Magic Budgeting/Scheduling