Christian was raised in Hollywood. His mother was a radio personality on KMPC, and when he was a boy, she took him to the movie premieres she covered in her news broadcasts. He became a child actor and performed in live radio commercials. By the age of 18, Christian volunteered to serve in the United States Air Force. He was a graphic designer with the 62nd Military Airlift Wing (MAC), and then produced military training films with the Aerospace Audiovisual Service (MAC) and worked with one of the first units to make films on videotape, rather than film stock. He received an Honorable Discharge for his service. In the 70s and 80s, he lived in San Francisco, where he freelanced as a graphic designer, creating numerous posters, brochures, print ads, and collateral materials. During the spring of 1984, he was employed by noted entertainment manager and attorney Jay Julien, whose clients included Robert DeNiro, Shelley Winters, Martin Scorsese, and Treat Williams. In 2008, he directed his first feature-length film, "Defcon 2012,” where he began to hone his filmmaking skills. He was soon writing and directing several award-winning short films. In 2015, he wrote, produced, and directed the feature documentary film  "When the World Came to San Francisco," which had its premiere at the de Young Museum of Fine Arts in San Francisco. The film won the DaVinci award for "Best Documentary" at the Andromeda Film Festival in Istanbul, as well as “Best Feature Documentary” at the “Liftoff Sessions” in Los Angeles. He co-wrote the song “The Ghosts of San Francisco” and produced and edited the music video, which won the "Mixed Genre Jazz Film Award" at the "New York Jazz Film Festival" the following year. His music video "Manhattan Montage", with music by composer Pat Thomi and photography by Miriam Danar, won "Top Music Video" at the "New York Jazz Film Festival.” Anderson has 29 certified film awards on his IMDb profile. He is a member of the International Screenwriters' Association and ASCAP.