Paul Thomas Anderson
Born
26 June 1970 (55)
Place of Birth
Studio City, California, USA
Also known as
Paul Anderson, P.T. Anderson
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 Internation...
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 (31)
One Battle After Another
2025
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
2023
"Sr."
2022
Licorice Pizza
2021
Anima
2019
Phantom Thread
2017
HAIM / Valentine
2017
A Christmas Eve Conversation With Quentin Tarantino & Paul Thomas Anderson
2015
Junun
2015
Chryskylodon Blues
2015
Inherent Vice
2014
Altman
2014
The Master
2012
There Will Be Blood
2007
Mattress Man Commercial
2003
Couch
2003
Ballchewer
2002
Punch-Drunk Love
2002
Minority Report
2002
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
2000
Magnolia
1999
Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes
1999
The Jon Brion Show
1999
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Flagpole Special
1998
Boogie Nights
1997
Hard Eight
1997
Cigarettes & Coffee
1993
Production Assistant
1992
The Dirk Diggler Story
1988
Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Western Musical Project
🎬 DirectorCameron Winter at Carnegie Hall
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