Anthony Thaxton

Anthony Thaxton has won awards as a painter, an educator, and a television producer and filmmaker. He directed the acclaimed documentary, Walter Anderson: The Extraordinary Life and Art of The Islander (which was nominated for 4 Southeast Emmy Awards and won two- Best Documentary and Best Musical Score). Anthony’s vibrant watercolors have been featured on television and in numerous books, including Stations of the Cross and Love Letters: An Illustrated Courtship. He has produced Palate to Palette, for five seasons on Mississippi Public Broadcasting. Anthony’s photos and videography have been featured on Good Morning America, Fox and Friends, CNN.com, and in the pages of various magazines. He directed Morgan Freeman and Dolly Parton on projects. He is currently directing a major documentary on the life of famed writer Eudora Welty and is the cofounder of the Institute for Southern Storytelling at Mississippi College. Anthony is married to Amy Bryant Thaxton, and they have two children, Bryant and Sydney. Anthony lives in Raymond, Mississippi, where he owns his own production company, Thaxton Studios.