Anthony Thaxton is an award winning television director, painter, educator, photographer, writer, musician, and filmmaker. He is a founding partner in the Institute for Southern Storytelling at Mississippi College. He lovingly writes, produces, directs, and edits programming about the south. He won the Southeast EMMY Award for Outstanding Historical Documentary (Walter Anderson: The Extraordinary Life and Art of The Islander) and was nominated for Best Editor and Best Director. The Walter Anderson film aired nationwide on PBS stations and companion book was a bestseller and is in its second printing. Anthony has produced/directed/edited/filmed five seasons of Palate to Palette, a popular series on Mississippi Public Broadcasting featuring Robert St. John and Wyatt Waters. He’s directed Morgan Freeman on an educational film used by the Mississippi Department of Education (wrote the script and directed Freeman in his home) and directed Dolly Parton, Brooke Shields, Kathy Lee Gifford and others on a PSA commercial shoot for the Mississippi Department of Education. Anthony’s video packages have been used on CNN, Good Morning America, and Fox & Friends. His artwork and writing have been featured in regional and national magazines, including Charles Stanley’s In Touch Magazine. He is an award-winning educator teaching video production, art, and graphic design to middle school, high school and college students. Anthony owns Thaxton Studios, a 30-year production company whose jobs include numerous corporate, government, educational, inspirational, political, commercial, and short film projects (including shows featuring his own skills as a painter and illustrator). He loves spending time with his beautiful wife, Amy, and his gifted children, Bryant and Sydney. He lives in Raymond, Mississippi with his family.
