Ian McCrudden

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.