Paul Thomas Anderson
Director, writer and producer Paul Thomas ANDERSON (1970, USA) started his film career as production assistant on TV films, music videos and game shows. Music always plays an important role in Anderson’s films. Boogie Nights (1998) and Magnolia (1999) were both nominated for three Academy Awards, and There Will Be Blood (2007) was nominated for seven Academy Awards. At the Venice Film Festival, Anderson’s feature film The Master (2012) was awarded the Silver Lion for Best Director, and both Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix won an award for Best Actor. The National Board of Review gave Anderson’s Inherent Vice (2014) the award for Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2017, he made his ninth feature film Phantom Thread, where he returns to collaborating with actor Daniel Day-Lewis and musician Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead).
Filmografie
(selection) Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1998), Magnolia (1999), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), There Will Be Blood (2007), The Master (2012), Inherent Vice (2014), Junun (2015, mid-length doc), Phantom Thread (2017)
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Punch-Drunk Love
Paul Thomas Anderson | 91' | USA | -
Beautiful scenes about saving stamps and too many sisters, but also about work, revenge and above all Love. Inventive, romantic film by PT Anderson wi -
The Master
Paul Thomas Anderson | 137' | USA | None
Focuses on special relationship between sect leader Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and his follower, the tormented alcoholic Freddie Quell (J -
Junun
Paul Thomas Anderson | 54' | USA | None
Junun is Paul Thomas Anderson’s debut documentary film, immersing us in a joyful meeting of musical minds brought together by composer Ben Tzur at Jod -
Inherent Vice
Paul Thomas Anderson | 148' | USA | International premiere
Anderson (Boogie Nights, The Master) is in fine form with this witty adaptation of ‘unfilmable’ Pynchon. Seventies detective Doc Sportello (Joaquin Ph -
Phantom Thread
Paul Thomas Anderson | 130' | USA | None
Couturier Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis in his farewell role) leads an extremely well-ordered life in post-war London, which is disrupted by the