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.
Filmography
Paul Thomas Anderson's best-known films, from newest to oldest.
- 2026Cameron Winter at Carnegie HallDirector
- 2025One Battle After AnotherDirector · Screenplay
- 2021Licorice PizzaDirector · Screenplay · Cinematography
- 2019AnimaDirector
- 2017Phantom ThreadDirector · Screenplay · Cinematography
- 2017HAIM / ValentineDirector
- 2016DaydreamingDirector
- 2015JununDirector
- 2014Inherent ViceDirector · Screenplay
- 2012The MasterDirector · Screenplay
- 2007There Will Be BloodDirector · Screenplay
- 2003Mattress Man CommercialDirector
- 2003CouchDirector · Screenplay
- 200312 ScopitonesDirector · Screenplay
- 2002Punch-Drunk LoveDirector · Screenplay
- 2002BallchewerDirector
- 1999MagnoliaDirector · Screenplay
- 1998Flagpole SpecialDirector · Screenplay
- 1997Boogie NightsDirector · Screenplay
- 1997Hard EightDirector · Screenplay
- 1993Cigarettes & CoffeeDirector · Screenplay
- 1992Production AssistantDirector
- 1988The Dirk Diggler StoryDirector · Screenplay · Cinematography
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