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Anderson adapted ]'s 2009 novel '']'' into a ] in 2014. Joaquin Phoenix starred in the film as Larry "Doc" Sportello, a ] ] and ] investigating a case involving the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend and her wealthy boyfriend.<ref>{{cite web|author1=NPR Stff|title=Adapting 'Inherent Vice' Made Director Feel Like A Student Again|url=http://www.npr.org/2014/12/13/369599571/adapting-inherent-vice-made-director-felt-like-a-student-again|website=]|publisher=(National Public Radio, Inc.)|accessdate=June 21, 2016|date=December 13, 2014}}</ref> In 2015, he directed the documentary '']'' about the making of ] in ], ], India by the Israeli composer ], English composer and Radiohead guitarist ], Indian ensemble the Rajasthan Express, and Radiohead producer ].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rooney|first1=David|title='Junun': NYFF Review|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/paul-thomas-andersons-junun-nyff-830826|website=]|publisher=(])|accessdate=June 21, 2016|date=October 8, 2015}}</ref> He has also directed music videos for such artists as ], ], ], and Radiohead.<ref name="Music-Videos">{{cite web|last1=Kaufman|first1=Gil|title=Paul Thomas Anderson's Music Videos: 11 Clips From Radiohead, Fiona Apple, Joanna Newsom & More|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7358055/radiohead-daydreaming-director-paul-thomas-anderson-other-music-videos|website=]|publisher=(])|accessdate=June 21, 2016|date=May 9, 2012}}</ref> | Anderson adapted ]'s 2009 novel '']'' into a ] in 2014. Joaquin Phoenix starred in the film as Larry "Doc" Sportello, a ] ] and ] investigating a case involving the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend and her wealthy boyfriend.<ref>{{cite web|author1=NPR Stff|title=Adapting 'Inherent Vice' Made Director Feel Like A Student Again|url=http://www.npr.org/2014/12/13/369599571/adapting-inherent-vice-made-director-felt-like-a-student-again|website=]|publisher=(National Public Radio, Inc.)|accessdate=June 21, 2016|date=December 13, 2014}}</ref> In 2015, he directed the documentary '']'' about the making of ] in ], ], India by the Israeli composer ], English composer and Radiohead guitarist ], Indian ensemble the Rajasthan Express, and Radiohead producer ].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rooney|first1=David|title='Junun': NYFF Review|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/paul-thomas-andersons-junun-nyff-830826|website=]|publisher=(])|accessdate=June 21, 2016|date=October 8, 2015}}</ref> He has also directed music videos for such artists as ], ], ], and Radiohead.<ref name="Music-Videos">{{cite web|last1=Kaufman|first1=Gil|title=Paul Thomas Anderson's Music Videos: 11 Clips From Radiohead, Fiona Apple, Joanna Newsom & More|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7358055/radiohead-daydreaming-director-paul-thomas-anderson-other-music-videos|website=]|publisher=(])|accessdate=June 21, 2016|date=May 9, 2012}}</ref> His films '']'' , '']'', '']'' and ''] '' are widely regarded as classics. | ||
== Feature films == | == Feature films == |
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American director, screenwriter, and producer Paul Thomas Anderson has directed seven feature-length films, five short films, twelve music videos, one documentary, one television episode as a guest segment director, and one theatrical play. He made his directorial debut with the mockumentary short film The Dirk Diggler Story (1988), at the age of 18, about a pornographic actor in the 1970s. Anderson followed it five years later with another short film, Cigarettes & Coffee in 1993. In 1996, Anderson wrote and directed the neo-noir crime thriller Hard Eight, starring Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Samuel L. Jackson. The film was well received, with film critic Roger Ebert saying of it in his review, "Movies like Hard Eight remind me of what original, compelling characters the movies can sometimes give us." Using the basis of The Dirk Diggler Story, Anderson wrote and directed an expansion of the film entitled Boogie Nights in 1997. The film starred Mark Wahlberg as Eddie Adams/"Dirk Diggler" during the Golden Age of Porn in the 1970s and his eventual downfall in the 1980s. Boogie Nights received widespread acclaim from critics and was a commercial success; at the 70th Academy Awards ceremony, the film received three Academy Award nominations, including for Best Supporting Actor (Burt Reynolds), Best Supporting Actress (Julianne Moore) and Best Original Screenplay.
His 1999 ensemble piece Magnolia followed four intertwined and peculiar stories in the San Fernando Valley. The film was another critical success for Anderson and at the 72nd Academy Awards, Magnolia received three nominations, for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Tom Cruise), Best Original Song for "Save Me" by Aimee Mann and Best Original Screenplay. Three years later he directed the romantic comedy-drama Punch-Drunk Love (2002), starring Adam Sandler as a man with seven overbearing sisters who suffers from anger issues. After a five-year absence, he directed the epic historical drama There Will Be Blood (2007), inspired by Upton Sinclair's novel Oil!. The critically acclaimed film won numerous awards including Best Actor for star Daniel Day-Lewis at the Academy Awards, with an additional seven Academy Award nominations. In 2012, he directed the drama The Master starring Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The film's fictional movement "The Cause" was widely compared to the real-life religion of Scientology in the media, despite not directly referencing it.
Anderson adapted Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel Inherent Vice into a film of the same name in 2014. Joaquin Phoenix starred in the film as Larry "Doc" Sportello, a stoner hippie and private investigator investigating a case involving the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend and her wealthy boyfriend. In 2015, he directed the documentary Junun about the making of album of the same name in Mehrangarh Fort, Rajasthan, India by the Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur, English composer and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, Indian ensemble the Rajasthan Express, and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich. He has also directed music videos for such artists as Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann, Joanna Newsom, and Radiohead. His films Boogie Nights , Magnolia , There Will Be Blood and The Master are widely regarded as classics.
Feature films
Title | Year | Credited as | Budget | Box office | Rotten Tomatoes | Notes | Ref(s) | |||
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Director | Writer | Producer | USD$ | |||||||
Hard Eight | 1996 | Yes | Yes | 3,000,000 | 222,559 | 83% | ||||
Boogie Nights | 1997 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 15,000,000 | 43,101,594 | 92% | |||
Magnolia | 1999 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 37,000,000 | 48,451,803 | 84% | Cameo: Man confiscating sign | ||
Punch-Drunk Love | 2002 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 25,000,000 | 24,665,649 | 79% | |||
There Will Be Blood | 2007 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 25,000,000 | 76,181,545 | 91% | |||
The Master | 2012 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 32,000,000 | 28,258,060 | 86% | |||
Inherent Vice | 2014 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 20,000,000 | 14,710,975 | 74% | |||
Untitled fashion drama film | 2017 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 35,000,000 | — | — | Filming | ||
Waterlily Jaguar | 2018 | Yes | Unknown | — | — | Executive producer | ||||
Average | 84% |
Documentaries
Title | Year | Credited as | Rotten Tomatoes | Notes | Ref(s) | ||
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Director | Writer | Producer | |||||
Junun | 2015 | Yes | Yes | 100% |
Short films
Title | Year | Credited as | Notes | Ref(s) | ||
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Director | Writer | Producer | ||||
The Dirk Diggler Story | 1988 | Yes | Yes | |||
Cigarettes & Coffee | 1993 | Yes | Yes | |||
Flagpole Special | 1998 | Yes | Yes | |||
Couch | 2002 | Yes | Yes | |||
Mattress Man Commercial | 2003 | Yes | Yes | Bonus feature of Punch-Drunk Love DVD |
Television
Title | Year | Credited as | Network | Notes | Ref(s) | ||
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Director | Writer | Producer | |||||
Saturday Night Live | 2000 | Yes | Yes | NBC | Episode: "Ben Affleck/Fiona Apple" segment: "SNL FANatic" |
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Documentary Now! | 2016 | IFC | Voice role: Harrison Renzi Episode: "Final Transmission" |
Music videos
Title | Year | Performer(s) | Notes | Ref(s) |
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"Try" | 1997 | Michael Penn | ||
"Across the Universe" | 1998 | Fiona Apple | ||
"Fast as You Can" | 1999 | Fiona Apple | ||
"Save Me" | 1999 | Aimee Mann | ||
"Limp" | 2000 | Fiona Apple | ||
"Paper Bag" | 2000 | Fiona Apple | ||
"Here We Go" | 2002 | Jon Brion | ||
"Hot Knife" | 2013 | Fiona Apple | ||
"Sapokanikan" | 2015 | Joanna Newsom | ||
"Divers" | 2015 | Joanna Newsom | ||
"Daydreaming" | 2016 | Radiohead | ||
"Present Tense" | 2016 | Radiohead | ||
"The Numbers" | 2016 | Radiohead |
Theatrical plays
Title | Year | Credited as | Venue | Notes | Ref(s) | |
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Director | Writer | |||||
Untitled Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen play | 2008 | Yes | Yes | Largo Theatre | Single performance |
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- Roger Ebert (February 27, 1997). "Hard Eight Movie Review & Film Summary". Chicago Sun-Times. (Sun-Times Media Group). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
- McKenna, Kristine (October 12, 1997). "Knows It When He Sees It". Los Angeles Times. (Tronc, Inc.). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
- "Oscars Ceremonies 1998". Oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
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- "Oscars Ceremonies 2008". Oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
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The budget was approximately $30 million.
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…and this hilarious "Mattress Man" commercial featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman, which was deleted from "Punch-Drunk Love" but can be found on the film's DVD.
- Hollwedel, Zach (January 22, 2015). "Watch: 'Saturday Night Live' Sketch 'Fanatic' Written & Directed By Paul Thomas Anderson And Starring Ben Affleck". IndieWire. (Penske Media Corporation). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
- Hutchinson, Sean (October 12, 2016). "How Paul Thomas Anderson Ended Up in 'Documentary Now!'". Inverse. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- Strauss, Matthew (September 15, 2016). "Radiohead Share New "Present Tense" Video, Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson: Watch". Pitchfork. Condé Nast. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
- Ivie, Devon (October 5, 2016). "Paul Thomas Anderson's New Radiohead Music Video Is a Tranquil, Soothing Treat". Vulture. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
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External links
- Paul Thomas Anderson filmography at IMDb
- Paul Thomas Anderson at Rotten Tomatoes
- Paul Thomas Anderson at AllMovie