Prior to teaming up in Los Angeles, Anderson had a New York and London-based advertising agency, In The Mix, and Kubicek worked as a trader on the American Stock Exchange.

Afterward, they produced Cook Off!, a short film mockumentary which won an award at the Aspen Comedy Festival.

Despite making a healthy profit on the movie, Halcyon filed for bankruptcy in 2009 as a response to a lawsuit from their financier due to payment problems.

[13][15] In 2013, Kubicek and Anderson released In God We Trust, a documentary they directed about Eleanor Squillari, Bernie Madoff's secretary for 25 years and her search for the truth about the fraud.

[16][17][18] That year, they acquired the rights to Beatrix Ost's memory books to release a film adaptation.