Paul Thomas Anderson

Directing·Jun 26, 1970·Studio City, California, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another2026 · Self	Self
One Battle After Another2025 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Art-House America: Austin Film Society2023 · Self	Self
"Sr."2022 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Licorice Pizza2021 · Director of Photography, Writer, Director, Producer	Director of Photography, Writer, Director, Producer
Anima2019 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Phantom Thread2017 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
HAIM / Valentine2017 · Director	Director
A Christmas Eve Conversation With Quentin Tarantino & Paul Thomas Anderson2015 · Self	Self
Junun2015 · Self (voice) (uncredited), Director	Self (voice) (uncredited), Director
Chryskylodon Blues2015 · Self	Self
Inherent Vice2014 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Altman2014 · Self	Self
The Master2012 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
There Will Be Blood2007 · Producer, Director, Writer	Producer, Director, Writer
Mattress Man Commercial2003 · Director	Director
112 Scopitones2003 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Couch2003 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Ballchewer2002 · Director	Director
Punch-Drunk Love2002 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Minority Report2002 · Bus Passenger (uncredited)	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
That Moment: Magnolia Diary2000 · Self	Self
Magnolia1999 · Man Confiscating Sign (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer	Man Confiscating Sign (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer
Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes1999 · Self	Self
TThe Jon Brion Show1999 · Director	Director
Flagpole Special1998 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Boogie Nights1997 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Hard Eight1997 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Cigarettes & Coffee1993 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Production Assistant1992 · self, Director	self, Director
The Dirk Diggler Story1988 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer	Director, Director of Photography, Writer
UUntitled Paul Thomas Anderson Western Musical ProjectDirector, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Cameron Winter at Carnegie HallDirector	Director
What Happens at NightWriter	Writer
12 ScopitonesDirector	Director