While at NYU, Andelman directed a 15-minute short film entitled "Looking for Actionman". The film won a grant from director
Martin Scorsese. Interning with Annie Leibovitz lead Andelman to become the official photographer for
The Grateful Dead. In 2011, Andelman released his first book with the
Beastie Boys. Andelman left New York after graduating from NYU to shop a script in Los Angeles. He characterized it as "the worst script ever written" and said "he couldn't even get a meeting". Andelman worked as a 2nd unit director and cinematographer under director
Joseph Kahn. Working with Kahn was a fortuitous experience, as he went from working as a production assistant to 2nd unit director in the course of a single month. During that time as a 2nd unit director, beginning in the summer of 2000, he worked on over 20 music videos including ones for "
Elevation", "
South Side", and "
Hero" Andelman followed
Lenny Kravitz during 2002, shooting a documentary/concert film with colleague
Mark Seliger. Andelman went on to direct music videos for Kravitz's album
Baptism. He also directed Kravitz's campaign for
Kohl's. His other commercial works have included videos for
Warby Parker,
Target, and
Verizon. ==Music videos==