Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970) is an American filmmaker. Often described as one of the most preeminent writer-directors of his generation, his accolades include a BAFTA Award, and nominations for eleven Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award. He is also the only person to have won Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival, the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and the Silver and Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. Anderson's films are often 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 camera shots 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), his fifth film, received widespread acclaim from critics, and has been widely regarded as one of the greatest films of the 21st century and of all time. It was followed by The Master (2012), which received equal praise, and Inherent Vice (2014), his first adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's work. Phantom Thread (2017) and Licorice Pizza (2021), Anderson's next two films, were both nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. His tenth film, One Battle After Another, will be released in 2025. 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 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 the documentary Junun (2015), about Greenwood's album Junun, and the short music film Anima (2019), for the Radiohead singer, Thom Yorke.

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