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Paul Thomas Anderson
Directing

Paul Thomas Anderson
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1970-06-26,Studio City, California, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970), also known by his initials PTA, is an American filmmaker. Often described as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation, he is the recipient of three Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, four BAFTAs, three Critics Choice Awards, and nominations for a Grammy. He is the only person to have won the Academy Award for Best Director, as well as the Best Director Awards at the Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival. In addition to those accolades, he won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. Many of Anderson's films are psychological dramas characterized by depictions of desperate characters and explorations of dysfunctional families, alienation, loneliness, and redemption, alongside a bold visual style that uses constantly moving cameras and long takes. After his directorial debut, Hard Eight (1996), Anderson had critical and commercial success with Boogie Nights (1997), and received further accolades with Magnolia (1999) and Punch-Drunk Love (2002). There Will Be Blood (2007), Anderson's fifth film, is regarded as one of the greatest films of the 21st century. It was followed by The Master (2012) and Inherent Vice (2014), an adaptation of the 2009 novel by Thomas Pynchon. Anderson's next three films, Phantom Thread (2017), Licorice Pizza (2021) and One Battle After Another (2025) were all nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, while the last earned him wins for both and Best Adapted Screenplay and became his highest-grossing film. Anderson is noted for his collaborations with the cinematographer Robert Elswit, the costume designer Mark Bridges, the composers Jon Brion and Jonny Greenwood, and actors including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Daniel Day-Lewis, John C. Reilly, and Joaquin Phoenix. He has directed music videos for artists including Fiona Apple, Haim, Aimee Mann, Joanna Newsom, Michael Penn, Radiohead, and the Smile. He also directed a 2015 documentary about Greenwood's album Junun, and the short music film Anima (2019) for the Radiohead singer Thom Yorke. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Thomas Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Chryskylodon Blues

6

Chryskylodon Blues
2015-07-07

That Moment: Magnolia Diary

7.735

That Moment: Magnolia Diary
2000-01-01

Minority Report

7.356

Minority Report
2002-06-20

7.7

Magnolia
1999-12-17

Production Assistant

2

Production Assistant
1992-11-29

Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes

5.948

Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes
1999-09-09

6.7

Altman
2014-08-01

6.927

"Sr."
2022-09-02

A Christmas Eve Conversation With Quentin Tarantino & Paul Thomas Anderson

7

A Christmas Eve Conversation With Quentin Tarantino & Paul Thomas Anderson
2015-12-24

7.2

Junun
2015-10-08

Art-House America: Austin Film Society

0

Art-House America: Austin Film Society
2023-05-01

Final Transmission

0

Final Transmission
2016-10-12

Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another

0

Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another
2026-06-02

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

Leçon de Cinéma

7

Leçon de Cinéma
2004-03-20

Golden Globe Awards

7.2

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.396

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26