Paul Thomas Anderson filmography

Anderson in New York City, December 10, 2007

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.[1] 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,[2] 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."[3] Using the basis of The Dirk Diggler Story, Anderson wrote and directed an expansion of the film entitled Boogie Nights in 1997.[4] 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;[1] 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.[5]

His 1999 ensemble piece Magnolia followed four intertwined and peculiar stories in the San Fernando Valley.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10][11]

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.[12] 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.[13] He has also directed music videos for such artists as Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann, Joanna Newsom, and Radiohead.[14]

Feature films

Title Year Credited as Budget Box office Rotten Tomatoes[2] Notes Ref(s)
Director Writer Producer USD$
Hard Eight 1996 Yes Yes 2,000,000 222,559 83% [15]
[16]
Boogie Nights 1997 Yes Yes Yes 15,000,000 43,101,594 92% [17]
[18]
Magnolia 1999 Yes Yes Yes 37,000,000 48,451,803 84% Cameo: Man confiscating sign [19]
[20]
Minority Report 2002 — — — Cameo: Passenger aboard a train [21]
Punch-Drunk Love 2002 Yes Yes Yes 25,000,000 24,591,031 79% [22]
[23]
A Prairie Home Companion 2006 — — — Standby director [24]
There Will Be Blood 2007 Yes Yes Yes 25,000,000 76,181,545 91% [25]
[26]
The Master 2012 Yes Yes Yes 32,000,000 28,258,060 85% [27]
[28]
[29]
[30]
Inherent Vice 2014 Yes Yes Yes 20,000,000 14,710,975 74% [31]
[32]
[33]
Average 84%
Anderson at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival

Documentaries

Title Year Credited as Rotten Tomatoes[2] Notes Ref(s)
Director Writer Producer
Junun 2015 Yes Yes 100% [34]

Short films

Title Year Credited as Notes Ref(s)
Director Writer Producer
The Dirk Diggler Story 1988 Yes Yes [35]
Cigarettes & Coffee 1993 Yes Yes [35]
Flaghole Special 1998 Yes Yes [36]
Couch 2002 Yes Yes [35]
Mattress Man Commercial 2003 Yes Yes Bonus feature of
Punch-Drunk Love DVD		 [37]

Television

Title Year Credited as Network Notes Ref(s)
Director Writer Producer
Saturday Night Live 2000 Yes Yes NBC Episode: "Ben Affleck/Fiona Apple"
segment: "SNL FANatic"		 [38]
Documentary Now! 2016 IFC Voice role: Harrison Renzi
Episode: "Final Transmission"		 [39]

Music videos

Title Year Performer(s) Notes Ref(s)
"Try" 1997 Michael Penn [14]
"Across the Universe" 1998 Fiona Apple [14]
"Fast as You Can" 1999 Fiona Apple [14]
"Save Me" 1999 Aimee Mann [14]
"Limp" 2000 Fiona Apple [14]
"Paper Bag" 2000 Fiona Apple [14]
"Here We Go" 2002 Jon Brion [14]
"Hot Knife" 2013 Fiona Apple [14]
"Sapokanikan" 2015 Joanna Newsom [14]
"Divers" 2015 Joanna Newsom [14]
"Daydreaming" 2016 Radiohead [14]
"Present Tense" 2016 Radiohead [40]
"The Numbers" 2016 Radiohead [41]

Theatrical plays

Title Year Credited as Venue Notes Ref(s)
Director Writer
Untitled Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen play 2008 Yes Yes Largo Theatre Single performance [42]

References

  1. 1 2 Hirschberg, Lynn (December 19, 1999). "His Way". The New York Times. (The New York Times Company). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
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  3. ↑ Roger Ebert (February 27, 1997). "Hard Eight Movie Review & Film Summary". Chicago Sun-Times. (Sun-Times Media Group). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  4. ↑ McKenna, Kristine (October 12, 1997). "Knows It When He Sees It". Los Angeles Times. (Tronc, Inc.). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Oscars Ceremonies 1998". Oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  6. ↑ Schickel, Richard (December 27, 1999). "Cinema: Magnolia". Time. (Time Inc.). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Oscars Ceremonies 2000". Oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  8. ↑ Bradshaw, Peter (February 7, 2003). "Punch-Drunk Love". The Guardian. (Guardian Media Group). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Oscars Ceremonies 2008". Oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  10. ↑ Pilkington, Ed (April 26, 2011). "Church of Scientology snaps up Hollywood film studio". The Guardian. (Guardian Media Group). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  11. ↑ Brown, Lane (December 3, 2009). "So This New Paul Thomas Anderson Movie Is Definitely About Scientology, Right?". Vulture. (New York Magazine). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  12. ↑ NPR Stff (December 13, 2014). "Adapting 'Inherent Vice' Made Director Feel Like A Student Again". NPR. (National Public Radio, Inc.). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  13. ↑ Rooney, David (October 8, 2015). "'Junun': NYFF Review". The Hollywood Reporter. (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Kaufman, Gil (May 9, 2012). "Paul Thomas Anderson's Music Videos: 11 Clips From Radiohead, Fiona Apple, Joanna Newsom & More". Billboard. (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
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  16. ↑ "Hard Eight (1996)". Box Office Mojo. (Amazon.com, Inc.). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Boogie Nights (1997)". AllMovie. (All Media Network). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Boogie Nights (1997)". Box Office Mojo. (Amazon.com, Inc.). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Magnolia (1999)". AllMovie. (All Media Network). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Magnolia (1999)". Box Office Mojo. (Amazon.com, Inc.). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  21. ↑ Brian M. Raftery (July 12, 2002). "Did you spot the Minority Report cameos?". Entertainment Weekly. (Time Inc.). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Punch-Drunk Love (2002)". AllMovie. (All Media Network). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Punch-Drunk Love (2002)". The Numbers. (Bruce Nash). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  24. ↑ Carr, David (July 23, 2005). "Lake Wobegon Goes Hollywood (or Is It Vice Versa?), With a Pretty Good Cast". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  25. ↑ "There Will Be Blood (2007)". AllMovie. (All Media Network). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  26. ↑ "There Will Be Blood (2007)". Box Office Mojo. (Amazon.com, Inc.). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  27. ↑ "The Master (2012)". AllMovie. (All Media Network). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  28. ↑ "The Master (2012)". Box Office Mojo. (Amazon.com, Inc.). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  29. ↑ Davis, Edward (April 18, 2012). "Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Master' Has A $30 Million Dollar Budget, Production Mostly Stonewalls NYTimes Article". IndieWire. (Penske Media Corporation). Retrieved June 21, 2016. The budget was approximately $30 million.
  30. ↑ Fleming, Mike (May 9, 2011). "Harvey Weinstein Buys World Rights To Paul Thomas Anderson's Untitled Next Film". Deadline. Mail.com Media Corporation. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  31. ↑ "Inherent Vice (2014)". AllMovie. (All Media Network). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  32. ↑ "Inherent Vice (2014)". Box Office Mojo. (Amazon.com, Inc.). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  33. ↑ "Inherent Vice (2014)". The Numbers. (Bruce Nash). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  34. ↑ "Junun (2015)". AllMovie. (All Media Network). Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  35. 1 2 3 Wickman, Forrest (September 13, 2012). "The Minor Works of Paul Thomas Anderson". Brow Beat. Slate. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
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  37. ↑ Singer, Matt (September 11, 2012). "The Theme That Connects All of Paul Thomas Anderson's Movies". IndieWire. (Penske Media Corporation). Retrieved June 21, 2016. …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.
  38. ↑ 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.
  39. ↑ Hutchinson, Sean (October 12, 2016). "How Paul Thomas Anderson Ended Up in 'Documentary Now!'". Inverse. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  40. ↑ Strauss, Matthew (September 15, 2016). "Radiohead Share New "Present Tense" Video, Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson: Watch". Pitchfork. Condé Nast. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  41. ↑ Ivie, Devon (October 5, 2016). "Paul Thomas Anderson's New Radiohead Music Video Is a Tranquil, Soothing Treat". Vulture. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  42. ↑ Confalone, Nick (August 6, 2008). "Paul Thomas Anderson's Top-Secret Play Revealed". Vulture. (New York Magazine / New York Media). Retrieved June 30, 2016.

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