Eric Chase Anderson

Eric Chase Anderson (born 1973) is an American author, illustrator and actor.

Early life

Anderson was born in Houston, Texas.^[1]

Career

Anderson's first book for young readers, Chuck Dugan Is AWOL: A Novel, With Maps, was published in 2005 by Chronicle Books. His illustrations have also appeared in Time magazine and The New York Observer and as part of a marketing campaign for Virgin Mobile. He illustrated all of the maps, covers, and other packaging of the Criterion Collection editions of his brother's films Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and The Darjeeling Limited.

Anderson also helped conceptualize the 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.

In 2005, he published an opinion piece in The New York Times concerning the Randy "Duke" Cunningham affair.^[2]

Personal life

He is the brother of filmmaker Wes Anderson.^[3]

As actor

References

External links

• Eric Chase Anderson at the Internet Movie Database
• Publisher's site for Chuck Dugan is AWOL
• Los Angeles Times review of Chuck Dugan is AWOL