Les Anderson brings over 30 years of commercial and
public television experience to the table. Before forming Red Sail
I was Executive Producer and Director of Programming
and Production at Orlando PBS station WMFE-TV and a Director at
then CBS afilliate WAGA-TV in Atlanta. My time as a cameraman at
Georgia Public Television and as a young Director at KBHK-TV in
San Francisco was a great learning experience.
As Executive Producer, Writer and Director, I have produced many
nationally distributed PBS programs such as:
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Firing Line with William F. Buckley. As director.
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Tomes & Talisman’s, a 15 program sci-fi drama.
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Just Around the Corner starring Judith Light. 12 program soap.
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The Cookin’ Cajun with Justin Wilson. Second season director.
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The Parchman Trials, a docu-drama with James Earl jones
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The Write Channel series. Comedy segments.
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Weather Matrix. 15 half-hour series.
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Communication One. Thirty one-hour series exploring human communication
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Future Vision. A one -hour high-tech documentary
Television specials include a series of vignettes in collaboration with the
late author Eudora Welty.
The Interview With series that included:
Eudora Welty, authors Richard Ford Barry Hannah, historian Shelby
Foote, Doris Lessing and Harry Crews.
I am an award-winning Producer-Director and have been honored with
national and local recognition including 4 Emmy's for work on the PBS
biographical documentaries including:
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Remembered. A&E,The Arts & Entertainment Channel
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Earl Cunningham, The Dragon. PBS PLUS and The Bravo Channel.
I spent time in the Gulf of Mexico to shooting the National Geographic
documentary Shell Ridge and Miss Judy.
The historical documentary Wings of the Past aired on the
Military Channel.
Videographer for WE Channel's Cheerleader U.
I spent years sailing the East Coast Intercoastal Waterway producing
nature, ecological and socielogical documentaries such as:
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Voyage of the Be Back Maybe
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Driven By the Wind. For the EPA and National Estuary Program
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Wild Canaveral.
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Mosquito Lagoon. For the EPA and National Estuary Program
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Oak Hill Florida, Net Ban. For the EPA and National Estuary Program
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Station Ponce Inlet. For the U.S. Coast Guard and PBS Orlando
* Full list of programs upon request.