Trent Carlson - Writer/Director/Producer
 
If you asked Vancouver-based filmmaker Trent Carlson to name the most important aspect of a successful film, he would immediately answer "the script". It is this dedication to plot excellence, character development, and authentic dialogue that is the hallmark of every Anagram Pictures project.

This foundation helped drive the success Carlson enjoyed with his debut film and Anagram's second feature, The Delicate Art of Parking. The critically-acclaimed comedy premiered at the 2003 Montreal World Film Festival where it won the Golden Zenith Award for Best Film, then went on to screen at more than two dozen film festivals around the world. After winning several additional festival awards, the film was an instant hit at the box office when it opened in theatres across Canada in spring 2004. The DVD of the film is distributed by Lionsgate in Canada.

Carlson produced Anagram partner Andrew Currie's first feature, Mile Zero, with Blake Corbet, and acted as a Co-producer and second unit director on Anagram's most recent film, FIDO, (starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Billy Connolly, Tim Blake Nelson, Henry Czerny and Dylan Baker).

Carlson seeks out theme-driven stories that cross borders, add freshness to a genre, and have international appeal. He is currently in active development on several feature film projects including Children and Idiots, based on a group of short stories by Grant Buday called Monday Night Man, which Trent is co-writing with the author, and Past Imperfect from the bestselling psychological drama by John Matthews, which will be adapted by award winning screenwriter Gerald Wexler (Margaret's Museum.)