Maxim Anderson (25 April 1914 in London, England – 10 July 1959) was a British director and producer of documentaries.
[2] He was educated at Sloane School and Cambridge University He joined the GPO Film Unit in 1936 at age 22, and became a director.
[6] Anderson's 1942 documentary for Imperial Chemical Industries, The Harvest Shall Come gave a history of post-Victorian farmers, discussed the effect of the change from an agricultural economy to one based on industry, and gave a cautiously optimistic view of post-war agriculture.
[10] Words and Actions, produced by John Taylor, was made for the British Commercial Gas Association.
[13] In 1949 Anderson produced Daybreak in Udi for the Crown Film Unit, directed by Terry Bishop.
In 1950 Anderson directed Four Men in Prison, one of three feature-length documentaries produced that year by John Grierson for the CFU.
"[17] Anderson directed the cartoon documentary Every Five Minutes in 1951, covering fire prevention.