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), Ćntligen
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.