Download Anderson makes her feature film directorial debut

By: Carmine Pascuzzi
Australian actress Brooke ‘Mikey’ Anderson makes her feature film directorial debut with “Off The Ledge”, an
independent feature film currently in post production. The cast is a melting pot of international actors from Australia,
America, Canada and Brazil. The film stars Brooke, along with Justin Whalin, Anne Ramsay, Nectar Rose, Jenny Mollen,
Nathan Baesel, Yan Feldman, Carlee Avers, Raymond O'Connor, Zosia Mamet and Bree Sharp.
Off The Ledge is an ensemble driven dramedy revolving around an eccentric New Years Eve Party where the partygoers
are oblivious to the true atmosphere of pain amid the celebration of life. Ultimately it's a fun but moving, exploration of
life, resolutions, and new beginnings. While still in post production, the film is already
cultivating buzz around the Hollywood community and has been compared to “Crash” meets “Animal House”, “The Big
Chill”; “Harold and Maude”; “Go”; and “Dazed and Confused" for the 20’s and 30’s.
Brooke and her business partner Dawn Higginbotham produced the film under their L.A. Production Company, Cordova
Pictures, in association with her Australian Production Company Gala Films. The duo co‐wrote the project along with
fellow filmmaker Andrew Piñon; keeping in tune with total independent filmmaking. The film will be entering the 2008
festival circuit with an anticipated theatrical release to follow.
The film has two other Australians involved in the production: Director of Photography and Stunt Coordinator Brett
Anderson ACS and Lauren Clifton from Sydney stepped into the role of Production Designer after working on seven
films in Canada.
The eclectic soundtrack features artists from Australia, USA and the UK. Australian artists such as Nathan Cavaleri are
involved in the music, and the theme track was written by two Australian songwriters, Dave Miller & Jamie Walker, and
produced by Cavaleri. Award winning composer Hal Lindes of the renowned Dire Straits is
currently composing the score.
Whilst Brooke has been acting since she was four years old, and recognised from numerous Australian Television
Productions, her aspirations broadened over the last several years to include a passion for the “behind the camera”
action. Actively studying writing, producing and directing in Hollywood, at UCLA and interning with such companies as
Capstone Pictures (with Jennie Lew Tugend, Producer of Lethal Weapon and Free Willy Movies) as well as Tony and
Ridley Scott’s Development Company Scott Free, Brooke then went on to 1st assistant director on the Indie Film
Diamonds and Guns filming in Las Vegas and starring Renee O’Connor of Xena. In between acting in five independent
feature films over the last four years; Brooke also co‐starred in the ABC hit series Lost, Fox’s sit‐com Happy Hour; and
is currently the voice of Alex and Dash in the innovative new GIAnimated Series Animalia, which premiered on Channel
10 Australia, BBC Britain, CBC Canada, and soon to be on PBS in the USA.
For more information on “Off The Ledge” please visit the official website www.offtheledgemovie.com