Paul Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. In his piggy bank there are not many full-length works, but what are they: "Oil", "Love knocking down", "Master", etc.

It is not often that film critics indulge directors with such flattering statements as "one of the most attractive and bright talents that have appeared in cinema in recent years", "one of the highest talents of our time" or even "one of the most dynamic directors who have declared themselves in the last 20 years." but Paul Anderson deserves it. His works are enthusiastically received by the public and collect record box office receipts.

Paul Thomas Anderson was born in the USA, in Studio City (California), on March 26, 1970. Paul's father, Ernest, worked as a DJ and TV presenter in the horror genre "Goulardi". The family of Edwina Gough and Ernest Anderson had nine children, the sixth of whom was Paul. The mother's relationship with her son was not easy, she never took his hobby seriously. But his father, on the contrary, supported Paul in his desire to become a film director or writer.

It was Ernest who gave the boy his first video camera. This was his 12th birthday. Paul hadn't been attracted to school before, but now he was completely absorbed in filming. The boy changed many schools, in the graduation class he worked part-time at a pet store. There he had to remove animal cages. Even then, Paul was writing scripts with might and main and dreamed of filming his first full-length film. For this reason, he went to work to save up for the film.

His first work was a tape, which was made in the genre of mocumentari (documentary with elements of fiction and falsification) and was called "The Story of Dirk Diggler". The picture is dedicated to the biography of a representative of porn films, the prototype of which was a real actor from adult films of the 70-80s, John Holmes. Later, he also inspired the director to shoot another film - "Boogie Nights".

Anderson never had any special aspirations for education; he stayed at the film school at New York University for exactly two days. His father sent him there. He gave him $ 10 thousand and blessed him. As a result, Anderson spent this money on the film. So in 1992 the short film "Cigarettes and Coffee" was released, presented in 1993 at the American National Independent Film Festival "Sundance", where it received critical and audiences recognition.

Having never received an education, Anderson began working as an assistant on film sets. Participated in the creation of films, videos and television shows in New York and Los Angeles.

In 1996, Paul Anderson directed the full-fledged Eight Fatal movie (tentatively titled Sidney), presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It stars Philip Baker Hall, John Reilly and Gwyneth Paltrow.

In October 1997, a picture was released about the life of a porn actor, called "Boogie Nights." Film critics praised Paul Anderson's directorial work, but she did not receive success at the box office. But the performers of the main roles were among the highly paid actors in Hollywood.

In 1999, the most successful, according to the author, work, entitled "Magnolia", was presented, dedicated to the suicide of the fictional character Ronald Opus and the relationship between the inhabitants of the director's hometown. The film won the main prize at the Berlin Film Festival. In addition, Tom Cruise was awarded a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor, and the film itself was nominated for an Oscar, including for Best Screenplay.

In 2002, the romance comedy "Knocking Down Love" with comedian Adam Sandler in the title role was released. At the Cannes Film Festival, Paul won second prize for Best Director.

In the period from 2003 to 2007, 3 more Anderson films were released, but the director shot the most famous film in 2007. At the box office, he appeared under the name "Oil" (the working title of the tape sounded like a quote from the Bible - "And there will be blood") and grossed a record $ 76 million. In total, the film was nominated for 8 Oscar nominations.

And already in September 2012, the premiere of the new film "Master" took place at the Venice Film Festival, where Paul received the "Silver Lion" award for directing. In the story, an ingenuous World War II veteran finds himself a strange friend - a hypnotist, an intellectual and the founder of a new religion similar to Scientology. The main role was played by Philip Seymour Hoffman - Anderson's great friend. He starred in all of the director's films, except "Birth Defect" and "Phantom Thread", which were released after Hoffman's death. The actor passed away in February 2014.

In 2014, Anderson filmed the work of Thomas Pynchon "Birth Defect". The work was financed by the daughter of the American billionaire Megan Ellison. The comedy-drama received two Academy Award nominations - for adapted screenplay by Anderson and costume design by Mark Bridges.

The press compares Paul Anderson to Quentin Tarantino, whom he, by the way, considers a friend. Tarantino also did not receive a special education, but this did not prevent him from becoming one of the best directors of our time.

Paul's individual directorial style consists of a special visual style, delayed plans and expanded presentation. The action of the films usually develops in the vicinity of the director's hometown, and the characters of the characters reflect all kinds of human vices.

In July 2015, it became known that Paul Anderson had joined the new Warner Bros. project. Pinocchio. It was reported that he will write the screenplay for the adaptation of the classic fairy tale and, possibly, take the director's chair. But in the fall of the same year, the director left the project for unknown reasons.

By this time, Warner had been trying to launch it for 5 years, but every time everything ended the same way. Brian Fuller already worked on the script, then Jane Goldman took over the business. Tim Burton showed interest in Pinocchio, but in the end he also refused to participate in it.

Since 2015, Anderson has starred in the documentary series Today, which is a parody of serious documentary films.

In between work on films, the director shoots video clips. So, in 2016, he worked with the British rock music group Radiohead, filming videos for the songs Daydreaming and Present Tense. The fact is that acquaintance and cooperation with "Radiohead" guitarist Johnny Greenwood goes back years. Greenwood is the man who wrote the soundtracks for most of Anderson's paintings.

On December 25, 2017, the world premiere of the film Phantom Thread took place. In addition to directing, Anderson is also a screenwriter, producer, actor and even the operator of this picture.

It tells the story of the talented couturier Reynolds Woodcock, who works for the British royal family. The title role is played by Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis, known to viewers for the films Gangs of New York and Lincoln. He is the only actor in Academy history to have won three Best Actor Oscars. Anderson has worked with Daniel before, he starred in his film "Oil".

The film is dedicated to perfectionism - a trait that is extremely important for Paul Thomas Anderson himself. The creation of this picture began with Anderson's unexpected hobby - at first he was interested in the life and career of the Spanish fashion designer Cristobal Balenciaga, and soon the entire era of haute couture in the 1950-1970s. Paul re-read many books on the topic, studied the world's museums and ateliers, and then "sparked" this idea and Daniel Day-Lewis. By the way, this is the last role of the actor. In the summer of 2017, he announced that he was leaving the cinema.

Paul's wife, Maya Rudolph, is the TV presenter of the evening musical and humorous program Saturday Night Live. Maya is also an actress and singer, but she never starred with Anderson. The star couple is raising four children: three daughters and a son.

Prior to marriage, Paul had a romantic relationship with Fiona Apple, an American singer. For her, he once shot several music videos. In his spare time, Anderson is fond of baseball. For his age (in 2018 he turned 48) he looks fit and energetic (his height is 179 cm, and his weight is about 75 kg).

By the way, the director has a tradition - before each premiere of his work, he shaves his head.

Paul Anderson is not particularly active on social networks, but once in an interview he admitted that he likes Instagram more than others. True, he does not spoil his fans with photographs. In 2015, he disappeared from the network for a long time, and only in May 2017 he published a photo, presenting the video of the group "Haim" for the song "Right Now", which he became director. After that, he again lost interest in Instagram and returned only in August 2018.

In 2018, Phantom Thread was nominated for an Oscar in six categories at once, including Best Film and Best Director.

In February 2018, Paul Thomas Anderson announced that he was working on a new project. And this film will be intended for family viewing. The director admits that his children asked for it. So the next picture will be careless, it is possible that it will become a fairy tale at all. Paul works on the script with his youngest daughter Lucy. He admits that the girl makes sure that her dad does not turn off the “right” path and write a “dark” story.

In June 2018, the Metacritic portal published a list of the most successful directors who have no unsuccessful films. Paul Thomas Anderson made it into this coveted top 30. Along with him, it included Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, J.J. Abrams and others.

1996 - "Fatal Eight" 1997 - "Boogie Nights" 1998 - "Special Flagpole" 1999 - "Magnolia" 2000 - "Fanatic" 2002 - "Love Knocking Down" 2003 - "Sofa" 2007 - "Oil" 2012 - "Master" 2014 - "Inborn Vice" 2017 - "Phantom Thread"

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