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Paul Thomas Anderson

Career

Active from 1975 to 2026, with a break from 1976 to 1987, busiest in 2003 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score74/100
Highest rated
Poster for There Will Be Blood
There Will Be Blood
GoodWatch score88/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Adapted Screenplay

    2026 · Won · 79th British Academy Film Awards

    One Battle After Another

    Source: Wikidata

  • Directors Guild of America Awards · Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film

    2026 · Won · 78th Directors Guild of America Awards

    One Battle After Another

    Source: Wikidata

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Director

    2026 · Won · 79th British Academy Film Awards

    One Battle After Another

    Source: Wikidata

  • Golden Globe Awards · Best Director

    2026 · Won · 83rd Golden Globe Awards

    One Battle After Another

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

    2026 · Won · 98th Academy Awards

    One Battle After Another

    Source: Wikidata

  • Critics' Choice Awards · Best Director

    2026 · Won · 31st Critics' Choice Awards

    One Battle After Another

    Source: Wikidata

  • Golden Globe Awards · Best Screenplay

    2026 · Won · 83rd Golden Globe Awards

    One Battle After Another

    Source: Wikidata

  • Critics' Choice Awards · Best Adapted Screenplay

    2026 · Won · 31st Critics' Choice Awards

    One Battle After Another

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Best Picture

    2026 · Won · 98th Academy Awards

    One Battle After Another

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Directing

    2026 · Won · 98th Academy Awards

    One Battle After Another

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Best Picture

    2022 · Nominated · 94th Academy Awards

    Licorice Pizza

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Writing (Original Screenplay)

    2022 · Nominated · 94th Academy Awards

    Licorice Pizza

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Directing

    2022 · Nominated · 94th Academy Awards

    Licorice Pizza

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Best Picture

    2018 · Nominated · 90th Academy Awards

    Phantom Thread

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Directing

    2018 · Nominated · 90th Academy Awards

    Phantom Thread

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

    2015 · Nominated · 87th Academy Awards

    Inherent Vice

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Best Picture

    2008 · Nominated · 80th Academy Awards

    There Will Be Blood

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Directing

    2008 · Nominated · 80th Academy Awards

    There Will Be Blood

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

    2008 · Nominated · 80th Academy Awards

    There Will Be Blood

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Writing (Original Screenplay)

    2000 · Nominated · 72nd Academy Awards

    Magnolia

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Paul Thomas Anderson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    0.3, average 1.7
  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Wholesome
    2.1, average 3.4
  • Scare
    1.5, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Epic Character Study 2
  • Jon Brion Soundtrack 2
  • Cinematic Masterpiece 2
  • Haunting Score 2
  • Political Satire 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

35
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Toby Randall: The Rise of the Southern Mother
Toby Randall: The Rise of the Southern Mother

Director

2020s

8 titles · average score 71
Digger
Digger (2026)
GoodWatch score 60

Thanks

Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall
Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall (2026)
GoodWatch score 79

Director, Producer

Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another
Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another (2026)

Additional Photography

One Battle After Another
One Battle After Another (2025)
GoodWatch score 84

Writer, Producer

Escape Room
Escape Room (2025)

Executive Producer

Napoleon
Napoleon (2023)
GoodWatch score 58

Script Consultant

Beau Is Afraid
Beau Is Afraid (2023)
GoodWatch score 65

Thanks

Licorice Pizza
Licorice Pizza (2021)
GoodWatch score 79

Director of Photography, Director

2010s

10 titles · average score 75
Anima
Anima (2019)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Producer

The Dead Don't Die
The Dead Don't Die (2019)
GoodWatch score 51

Thanks

Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh
Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh (2018)
GoodWatch score 84

Additional Second Assistant Director

Waterlily Jaguar
Waterlily Jaguar (2018)

Executive Producer

Phantom Thread
Phantom Thread (2017)
GoodWatch score 83

Director, Writer

HAIM / Valentine
HAIM / Valentine (2017)

Director

Daydreaming
Daydreaming (2016)

Director

Junun
Junun (2015)
GoodWatch score 82

Director, Camera Operator

Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice (2014)
GoodWatch score 71

Producer, Writer

The Master
The Master (2012)
GoodWatch score 78

Producer, Writer

2000s

9 titles · average score 63
There Will Be Blood
There Will Be Blood (2007)
GoodWatch score 88

Producer, Director

Mattress Man Commercial
Mattress Man Commercial (2003)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

Couch
Couch (2003)
GoodWatch score 47

Director, Writer

12 Scopitones
12 Scopitones (2003)
GoodWatch score 68

Director, Writer

Punch-Drunk Love
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
GoodWatch score 77

Producer, Director

Minority Report
Minority Report (2002)
GoodWatch score 80

as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

The Truth About Charlie
The Truth About Charlie (2002)
GoodWatch score 45

Thanks

Ballchewer
Ballchewer (2002)

Director

Corky Romano
Corky Romano (2001)
GoodWatch score 28

Script Editor

1990s

6 titles · average score 77
Magnolia
Magnolia (1999)
GoodWatch score 79

as Man Confiscating Sign (uncredited)

Flagpole Special
Flagpole Special (1998)

Writer, Director

Boogie Nights
Boogie Nights (1997)
GoodWatch score 85

Director, Producer

Hard Eight
Hard Eight (1997)
GoodWatch score 76

Writer, Director

Cigarettes & Coffee
Cigarettes & Coffee (1993)
GoodWatch score 68

Writer, Director

Production Assistant
Production Assistant (1992)

Director

1980s

1 title · average score 56
The Dirk Diggler Story
The Dirk Diggler Story (1988)
GoodWatch score 56

Director of Photography, Writer