Ash Ketchum

William Witney was 22 when his first four directorial credits were released: a B-western (THE TRIGGER TRIO) and three serials that he co-directed, THE PAINTED STALLION, S.O.S. COAST GUARD, and ZORRO RIDES AGAIN, two of which are among the greatest serials ever made, all in 1937. He had to have directed at least the first serial when he was still 21, since all 12 chapters came out a month after his 22nd birthday. His directing career pretty much ended in 1974 with DARKTOWN STRUTTERS, yet, according to IMDB, he had one more directing credit in 1982, for a total of 140 directing credits. Pretty nice run, huh?

I don't think even Takashi Miike could match that.

RichC2

I think you're right, Miike is only a little past half way there. Damn slacker, he used to churn out like 5 - 6 movies a year. I suppose that happens when you start receiving higher budgets.

Osiris3657

You're like 80, aren't you

bootsy

I love this. You need to look through this post. I don't need to take any pills. If you follow along which I know it is hard for you and others to do. I once again didn't start the attacks. I gave my opinion of Anderson and then was promptly told to kick rocks. I don't know how you take that but when someone tells me to kick rocks for expressing my opinion I'm going to react strongly.

Also if you look through the first couple of pages there are posters that stated things like no one makes movies like PTA, no one has made a movie at age 26 like he has and on and on. So no know one came out and flat out said no director compares to him but it can be strongly implied when you title a thread 'who is the next PT Anderson'. I'll state again who the heck is PT Anderson to get that kind of praise. If I walk outside right now and asked the first 5 people who PT Anderson is they would either say 'who?', or say 'do you mean PT barnum?' PT Anderson is a good filmmaker but creating a thread 'who is the next PT Anderson' is a bit much. The guy hasn't done anything of significance to earn that kind of clout. When he does I'll give him his props.

DaveyJoe

Right or wrong, when you get angry and lose control over a subjective discussion on the internet, you're the one who looks foolish. And the "he started it" argument doesn't cut it.

Ash Ketchum

For the record, Tarantino is a huge fan of William Witney. When the New York Times' Rick Lyman initiated his series on "Watching Movies," in which he sat down with currently hot directors to view films that the directors chose, the first one was with Tarantino and the film was Witney's THE GOLDEN STALLION (1949), a color Roy Rogers western in which Roy takes the rap and goes to prison for something his horse, Trigger, was accused of, all so Trigger wouldn't be put down. Here's what Tarantino said in the article (printed on 9/15/00):

cpgator

Thats the same thing i think when i read his posts.

conscience

That's actually a good choice. Judging by Take Shelter only, which I really liked, to be the next King P.T. Anderson - he should probably work on his pacing. I thought Take Shelter lagged a few times for a shy-of-two-hour film, but he was getting there.

thematahara

Paul Thomas Anderson
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Paul Thomas Anderson

(2007)
Born Paul Thomas Anderson
June 26, 1970 (age 42)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names P.T. Anderson
Occupation Film director, script writer, producer
Years active 1988–present
Notable work(s) Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love, There Will Be Blood
Influenced by John Huston, Samuel Fuller, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Jean-Pierre Melville, Robert Altman, Jonathan Demme, Orson Welles, Max Ophüls, David Mamet, Jacques Tati, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Howard Hawks, Robert Downey, Sr.
Influenced Miranda July[1]
Partner Maya Rudolph
Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970), is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has written and directed feature films: Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), There Will Be Blood (2007), and The Master (2012). He has been nominated for five Academy Awards — There Will Be Blood for Best Achievement in Directing, Best Motion Picture of the Year, and Best Adapted Screenplay; Magnolia for Best Original Screenplay; and Boogie Nights for Best Original Screenplay.
Anderson has been hailed as being "one of the most exciting talents to come along in years"[2] and "among the supreme talents of today."[3] After the release of Boogie Nights and Magnolia, Anderson was praised as a wunderkind.[4] In 2004, Anderson was ranked twenty-first on The Guardian's list of the forty best directors.[5] In 2007, Total Film named him the twentieth greatest director of all time, while the American Film Institute regards him as "one of American film's modern masters."[6][7] In 2011, Entertainment Weekly named him the tenth-greatest working director calling him "one of the most dynamic directors to emerge in the last twenty years."[8]
Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Early career
2.2 1990s: Hard Eight, Boogie Nights and Magnolia
2.3 2000s: Punch-Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood
2.4 Future
3 Other work
4 Influences and style
4.1 Influences
4.2 Themes and style
4.3 Frequent collaborators
5 Personal life
6 Filmography
6.1 Feature films
6.2 Short films
6.3 Music videos
7 Accolades
8 References
9 External links
[edit]Early life

Paul Thomas Anderson was born on June 26, 1970, in Studio City, California, to Edwina (née Gough) and Ernie Anderson, who was an actor, the voice of ABC, and a Cleveland television late-night horror movie host known as "Ghoulardi" (for which Anderson later named his production company).[9][10] Anderson grew up in the San Fernando Valley[11] and had a troubled relationship with his mother but was close with his father who encouraged him to become a writer or director.[12] He attended a number of schools, including Buckley in Sherman Oaks, John Thomas Dye School, Campbell Hall School, Cushing Academy and Montclair Prep.[13]
Anderson was involved in filmmaking at a young age[14][15] and never really had a backup plan to directing films.[16] He started making movies on a Betamax video camera which his dad bought in 1982 when he was twelve-years-old.[15] He later started using 8 mm film but realized that video was easier.[14] He began writing as a teenager and at the age of seventeen he began experimenting with a Bolex 16 mm camera.[14][17] After years of experimenting with "standard fare", he wrote and filmed his first real production as a senior in high school at Montclair Prep using money he earned cleaning cages at a pet store.[15] The film was a thirty-minute mockumentary shot on video called The Dirk Diggler Story (1988), about a well-endowed male porn star (inspired by John Holmes, who also served as a major inspiration for Boogie Nights).[12][13][14][17]
[edit]Career

[edit]Early career
After two semesters as an English major at Emerson College and only two days at New York University so he could "garner ammunition" on what he called a "bad situation," Anderson began his career as a production assistant on television movies, music videos and game shows in Los Angeles and New York.[13][18][19] With some money he won gambling, his girlfriend's credit card, and $10,000 his father set aside for college, Anderson decided to make a twenty minute film that would be his "college."[18]
The film he made was Cigarettes & Coffee (1993), a short film made for $20,000 connecting multiple story lines with a twenty-dollar bill.[13][17][20] The film was screened at the 1993 Sundance Festival Shorts Program and he decided to expand the film into a feature length film and was subsequently invited to the 1994 Sundance filmmakers' lab.[13][17][20] At Sundance filmmakers' lab, Michael Caton-Jones served as his mentor and saw Anderson as someone with "talent and a fully formed creative voice but not much hands-on experience" and gave Anderson some hard and practical lessons.[15]
[edit]1990s: Hard Eight, Boogie Nights and Magnolia
While at the Sundance filmmakers' lab, Anderson already had a deal with Rysher Entertainment to direct his first feature.[15] In 1996, Anderson made his first full-length feature, Sydney, which was retitled Hard Eight (1996).[12] Upon completion of the film, Rysher re-edited it.[15] Anderson, who still had the workprint of his original cut, submitted of the film[17] which was accepted and screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.[21][22] Anderson was able to get his version released but only after he retitled the film and came up with the $200,000 necessary to finish it which was contributed by himself, Gwyneth Paltrow, and John C. Reilly.[15][17] The version that was released was Anderson's and even though Rysher did nothing to promote it,[17] the acclaim from the film launched his career.[13]
Anderson began working on the script for his next feature film during his troubles with Hard Eight[15] completing the script in the summer 1995.[17] The result was Anderson's breakout film[23][24][25] Boogie Nights (1997), a full-length major motion picture based on his short The Dirk Diggler Story.[13][17][26] The script was noticed by New Line Cinemas president, Michael De Luca, who felt "totally gaga" reading it.[15] It was released on October 10, 1997 and was a critical and commercial success.[12] The film revived the career of Burt Reynolds[27][28] and provided breakout roles for Mark Wahlberg[29] and Julianne Moore.[30][31] The film received three Academy Award nominations, for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Burt Reynolds), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Julianne Moore), and Best Original Screenplay.[32]
After the success of Boogie Nights, Anderson was told by New Line he could do whatever he wanted for his next film and granted Anderson creative control without hearing an idea for the film.[12] Initially wanting to make a film that was "intimate and small-scale" as he started writing, the script "kept blossoming" and the resulting film was the ensemble piece Magnolia (1999), which tells the story of the peculiar interaction among the lives of several individuals in the San Fernando Valley, California.[33][34] Anderson used the music of Aimee Mann as a basis and inspiration for the film[35] commissioning her to write eight new songs.[36] Magnolia received three Academy Award nominations, for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Tom Cruise), Best Original Song for "Save Me" by Aimee Mann and Best Original Screenplay.[37] In an interview after the film's release Anderson was quoted as saying "... what I really feel is that Magnolia is, for better or worse, the best movie I'll ever make."[38]
[edit]2000s: Punch-Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood


Adam Sandler, Paul Thomas Anderson, Emily Watson, and Philip Seymour Hoffman at Cannes in 2002
After the release of Magnolia, Anderson stated that he would like to work with Adam Sandler in the future and that he was determined to make his next film 90 minutes long.[25][33] His next feature was the comedy/romance film Punch-Drunk Love (2002), partly based on David Phillips (also called The Pudding Guy), starring Adam Sandler with Emily Watson as his love interest.[39] The story centers around a beleaguered small-business owner (Sandler) with anger issues and seven emasculating sisters.[39] Sandler received critical praise for his role in his first major departure from the mainstream comedies which made him a star.[27][40] Roger Ebert wrote that "Sandler, liberated from the constraints of formula, reveals unexpected depths as an actor. Watching this film, you can imagine him in Dennis Hopper roles. He has darkness, obsession and power."[41] At the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, the film won best director and was nominated for the Golden Palm.[42]
Anderson's most recent film, There Will Be Blood (2007), was loosely based on the Upton Sinclair novel Oil!.[43] The budget of the film was $25 million, and it gained $76.1 million worldwide.[44] Anderson had previously stated that he wanted to work with Daniel Day-Lewis[25][33] who starred in and won an Oscar for Best Leading Actor for his role.[45] Paul Dano received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor.[46] Anderson was nominated for Best Director from the Directors Guild of America.[47] The film also received eight Academy Award nominations, tying with No Country For Old Men for the most nominations.[48] Anderson received nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, losing all three to the Coen Brothers for No Country For Old Men.[45] There Will Be Blood was largely regarded as one of the greatest films of the decade, and some parties further declaring it one of the greatest American films ever made.[49]
[edit]Future
In December 2009 Variety reported that Anderson was working on a new script tentatively titled The Master, about a "charismatic intellectual" who starts a new religion in the 1950s.[50] Though the film makes no reference to the movement, it has "long been widely assumed to be based on Scientology."[51] Frequent Anderson collaborator Philip Seymour Hoffman was reported to be attached as the lead.[50] Reese Witherspoon[52] and Jeremy Renner[53] were rumored to star opposite Hoffman but the roles officially went to Joaquin Phoenix[54] and Amy Adams.[55] The Master is scheduled for release on October 12, 2012.[56]
It has been reported by several sources that Anderson is now working on an adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel Inherent Vice, with rumors of Robert Downey Jr in the lead.[57] In February 2011 it was reported that Megan Ellison, daughter of billionaire Larry Ellison, would finance both The Master and Inherent Vice.[58]
[edit]Other work

In addition to films, Anderson has directed several music videos, including several for musician Fiona Apple.[59][60] Anderson was a standby director for Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion for insurance purposes, as Altman was 80 years old at the time.[61] Anderson was not formally credited in the film, but receives a "Special thanks to ..." toward the end of the closing credits.[61] In 2008, Anderson co-wrote and directed a 70 minute play at the Largo Theatre.[62] The play consisted or a series of vignettes starring Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen with a live musical score by Jon Brion.[62]
[edit]Influences and style

[edit]Influences
Anderson never went to film school and learned the craft by watching films by the filmmakers he liked, reading books and magazines about the "technical stuff", and watching films accompanied by director's audio commentary.[11][16][17] He believes that film school is a "complete con" because "the information is there if you want it."[17] He cites Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, Jonathan Demme, Stanley Kubrick, Orson Welles, and Max Ophüls as his main influences as a filmmaker.[14][24][63]
[edit]Themes and style
Anderson is known for films set in the San Fernando Valley with realistically flawed and desperate characters.[16][64] Among the themes dealt with in Anderson's films are dysfunctional familial relationships,[24][63][65] alienation,[63] surrogate families,[66] regret,[63] loneliness,[24] destiny,[13] and ghosts of the past.[24] Anderson's films are known for their bold visual style[64] which includes stylistic trademarks such as constantly moving camera,[38][64] steadicam-based long takes,[23][24][67] memorable use of music,[23][38][64] and multilayered audiovisual imagery.[23][67]
Within his first three films, Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, and Magnolia, Anderson explored themes of dysfunctional families, alienation, and loneliness.[24][63] Boogie Nights and Magnolia were noted for their large ensemble casts.[25][64] In Punch-Drunk Love, Anderson explored similar themes but expressed a different visual style, shedding the influences and references of his earlier films, being more surreal and having a heightened sense of reality.[63][67] It was also short, compared to his previous two films, at 90 minutes.[25] There Will Be Blood stood apart from his first four films but shared similar themes and style such as flawed characters, moving camera, memorable music, and a lengthy running time.[64] The film was more overtly engaged with politics than his previous films,[25] examining capitalism and themes such as savagery, optimism, and obsession.[7]
[edit]Frequent collaborators
Anderson frequently collaborates with many actors and crew carrying them over from film to film.[68] Anderson has referred to his regular actors as "my little rep company" which includes John C. Reilly, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, William H. Macy, and Melora Walters.[69] Luis Guzmán is also considered an Anderson regular.[70] Hoffman acted in Anderson's first four films[71] as well asThe Master.[72] With the exception of Paul F. Tompkins, who had an equally minor role in Magnolia,[73] There Will Be Blood had an entirely new cast. Additionally, Robert Elswit has been cinematographer for Anderson's first five features.[74] Jon Brion has served as composer for three of his films (Hard Eight, Magnolia, and Punch-Drunk Love)[75] and Johnny Greenwood has served as composer on two (There Will Be Blood and The Master).[76] Anderson also regularly works with producing partners JoAnne Sellar and Daniel Lupi[74] as well as casting director Cassandra Kulukundis.[72]
[edit]Personal life

Anderson's partner is former Saturday Night Live cast member Maya Rudolph.[77] They have three children together: two daughters, Pearl Minnie,[78][79] born October 15, 2005,[80] and Lucille, born November 6, 2009,[81] and one son, Jack, born July 3, 2011.[82] Anderson currently resides in the San Fernando Valley with Rudolph and their three children.[72]
[edit]Filmography

[edit]Feature films
Hard Eight (also known as Sydney) (1996)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Magnolia (1999)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
The Master (2012)
[edit]Short films
The Dirk Diggler Story (1988)
Cigarettes & Coffee (1993)
Flagpole Special (1998)
Couch (2002)
[edit]Music videos
"Try" by Michael Penn (1997)
"Across the Universe" by Fiona Apple (1998)
"Fast as You Can" by Fiona Apple (1999)
"Save Me" by Aimee Mann (1999)
"Limp" by Fiona Apple (2000)
"Paper Bag" by Fiona Apple (2000)
"Here We Go" by Jon Brion (2002)
[edit]Accolades

Year Award Category Title Result
1996 Deauville Film Festival Grand Special Prize Sydney Nominated
1997 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Best New Film-Maker Boogie Nights
Sydney Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards New Generation Award Boogie Nights Won
Toronto International Film Festival Metro Media Award Won
1998 Academy Awards Best Original Screenplay Nominated
BAFTA Awards Best Screenplay Nominated
European Film Awards Screen International Award Nominated
Independent Spirit Awards Best First Feature Sydney Nominated
Best First Screenplay Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Director Boogie Nights Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
PEN Center USA West Literary Awards Best Screenplay Won
Satellite Awards Best Director Nominated
Best Motion Picture Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
Writers Guild of America Best Screenplay Nominated
1999 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards Best Director Magnolia Won
Best Screenplay Won
2000 Academy Awards Best Original Screenplay Nominated
Berlin International Film Festival Golden Berlin Bear Won
Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost" Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
Chlotrudis Awards Best Director Nominated
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Best Foreign Director Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Screenplay Nominated
San Sebastián International Film Festival FIPRESCI Film of the Year Won
Satellite Awards Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
Writers Guild of America Best Screenplay Nominated
2001 Bodil Awards Best American Film Nominated
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Best Foreign Film Nominated
Empire Awards Best Director Nominated
Guldbagge Awards Best Foreign Film Won
London Critics Circle Film Awards Screenwriter of the Year Nominated
Robert Festival Best American Film Nominated
2002 Cannes Film Festival Best Director Punch-Drunk Love Won
Palme d'Or Nominated
Gijón International Film Festival Best Screenplay Won
Best Feature Film Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards Best Director Won
2003 Central Ohio Film Critics Association Best Director Won
Best Screenplay Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
Chlotrudis Awards Best Director Won
Motovun Film Festival Propeller of Motovun Award Won
Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Screenplay Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Screenplay Nominated
2007 AFI Awards AFI Movie of the Year There Will Be Blood Won
Austin Film Critics Association Best Director Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards Best Director Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Best Director Won
New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Director Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards Best Director Won
Best Screenplay Won
2008 Academy Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
Best Director Nominated
Best Picture Nominated
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina Best Foreign Film Nominated
Amanda Awards Best Foreign Film Won
BAFTA Awards Best Director Nominated
Best Film Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
Berlin International Film Festival Best Director Won
Golden Berlin Bear Nominated
Chlotrudis Awards Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
David di Donatello Awards Best Foreign Film Nominated
Directors Guild of America Best Director Nominated
Golden Eagle Awards Best Foreign Film Won
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Best Non-European Director Nominated
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards Best Director Won
London Critics Circle Film Awards Director of the Year Won
Screenwriter of the Year Nominated
National Society of Film Critics Awards Best Director Won
Best Screenplay Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
PEN Center USA West Literary Awards Best Screenplay Won
PGA Awards Best Theatrical Motion Picture Nominated
Russian Guild of Film Critics Best Foreign Film Nominated
San Sebastián International Film Festival FIPRESCI Film of the Year Won
USC Scripter Award USC Scripter Award Nominated
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Best Director Nominated
Writers Guild of America Best Screenplay Nominated
2009 Bodil Awards Best American Film Won
César Awards Best Foreign Film Nominated
Empire Awards Best Director Nominated
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards Best Foreign Film Nominated
Guldbagge Awards Best Foreign Film Nominated
Robert Festival Best American Film Nominated
[edit]References

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Supermallet

I'm still waiting for Paul Thomas Anderson to become Paul Thomas Anderson. So far every one of his movies have felt like "Paul Thomas Anderson does his version of [insert director here]." Even Punch Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood, his two best and most mature films, are PTA doing Godard and Kubrick, respectively. I'm quite excited for the day we see a PTA film that's in his own voice completely.

riotinmyskull

i always felt PDL was more like his Hal Ashby film

Supermallet

Interesting. I've only seen Harold and Maude and Being There, so I don't know a lot about Ashby or his style. But PDL feels very French New Wave to me.

Dragon Tattoo

Punch Drunk Love is basically the only one of his movies I enjoy, so hopefully no one.

I'm more interested in who the next Refn or Fincher is.

riotinmyskull

i'd break it down like this:

hard eight = mamet
boogie nights = scorsese
magnolia = altman
punch drunk love = ashby
there will be blood = kubrick

and i'm thinking...
the master = malick?

Jules Winfield

No, I followed along quite well. You've got to be joking that you got mad over the term kick rocks. It's such an Aw, Shucks type of thing. If you're going to criticize P.T. Anderson, don't be surprised by dissenting opinion. I think he's fantastic but I totally get the criticisms toward Magnolia and PDL. But I really wonder about you when you react like this over kicking rocks. Come on, calm on down before you end up punching someone who disagrees with you.

conscience

Based on what? Seven and Fight Club? We want directors to get better as they go along - not worse.

Jules Winfield

Zodiac? The Social Network? The Game? Yeah, I like The Game.

Dragon Tattoo

All of the movies he's made that I've enjoyed.

conscience

Zodiac is good. I find his last three to be pretty ordinary and not up to the standards he set before with great films like Seven and Fight Club.

Cool.

RichC2

This is my hang up with PTA as well. He's very good, but he doesn't have his own voice yet. At a deeper level, Tarantino is perhaps the most derivative director out there, but he manages to take these aspects of other movies and make them uniquely his own. PTA is a great imitator to the greats, but hasn't done anything truly unique.

I tend to agree, I didn't actually care for Zodiac as much as most of his fans seem to. I never actually made it all the way through Benjamin Button and was disappointed by Dragon Tattoo. His style and directing were fine, the content didn't do much for me. Loved Social Network though.

Solid Snake

easily FNW. Pretty much from the intro you can tell wtf he's kind of dipping into there.

Jules Winfield

Benjamin Button was boring and bad. I loved The Social Network. Haven't seen Girl with Dragon Tattoo because the book wasn't particularly good and the Swedish movie wasn't that great as well. It felt like leftovers from movies like Seven.

bootsy

I didn't lose control and accusing me of that when you know I didn't makes it even worse. I pointed out to you where it began so if you choose to ignore that is your problem.

DaveyJoe

Bro, you've been talking shit. Mad shit.

RichC2

It's the internet, most people go off the rails far worse for far less.