Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson

  • Born: 1970-6-26
  • Birthplace: Studio City, California, U.S.
  • Height: 5' 10½" (1.79 m)
  • Profession: Director, screenwriter, producer
  • Nationality: America
  • Graduate School: New York University (dropped out)
  • Representative Works: Magnolia, Punch-DrunkLove, There Will Be Blood, The Master, Inherent Vice, Phantom Thread
    • PTA (Paul Thomas Anderson) , born on June 26, 1970 in Studio City, California, USA, is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.
    In 1993, the short film "Coffee and Cigar" was filmed. In 1996, he shot his first feature feature film " Hard Eight ". In 1997, he produced and directed the feature film " Boogie Nights " [1]  , which won a nomination for the best original screenplay at the 70th Academy Awards [2]  . In 1999, he wrote and directed the feature film " Magnolia ", which won the 72nd Oscars nomination for best original screenplay [3]  . In 2002, he won the Best Director Award at The 55th Cannes Film Festival for his romantic movie " Punch-DrunkLove " [4] . In 2007, he wrote and directed the feature film " There Will Be Blood ", which won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival [5] . In February 2009, he was selected as the 22nd among the "50 Greatest Contemporary Film Directors" by the American "Entertainment Weekly" [6] .   
    In 2012, he directed the feature film " The Master ", which won the 69th Venice International Film Festival Best Director Award [7]  and became the first director in film history to win the Three International Film Festivals In Europe Grand Slam [7]  . In 2014, he directed the feature film " Inherent Vice ", which won the 87th Oscars nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay [8]  . In 2015, a documentary short film "Hosting" was filmed. In 2016, he shot the MV for the single " Burn the witch ". In 2017, he produced and directed the feature film " Phantom Thread ", which was nominated for Best Director in the 90th Academy Awards [9]  .

    Early Experience

    PTA grew up in Studio City in the 1970s where the pornographic culture industry in the United States flourished. He has been obsessed with pornographic movies since his youth, and his interest in movies far exceeds his studies. He always got into trouble while attending expensive private schools, and was expelled for bad behavior in the sixth grade. He then studied at Santa Monica College for a while, and then at Emerson College in Boston for a year. In 1988, PTA, who was still in high school, shot a pseudo-documentary short film "The Legend of Cannon King Dige". He then persuaded his parents to help him apply to the New York University Film School, but he only stayed there for two days. Because he thinks it is not true to learn how to make films instead of learning how to make films in art school, so he chose to drop out  .

    Performing Experience

    In 1993, PTA used the tuition refunded by the university and the money given by his father and the parents of his wealthy friends to shoot the short film "Coffee and Cigar". The film attracted attention at the sundance film festival and later a Hollywood studio An invitation was sent to him, and he entered Hollywood   .
    In 1996, he filmed his first feature feature film " Hard Eight ", but because the film was filmed without understanding the laws of the market at all, it caused a lot of criticism in the United States. PTA was also fired by the production company, but The film was invited to the Cannes International Film Festival to participate in the screening   .
    In 1997, producer and director by Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg , Julianne Moore , Burt Reynolds co-starred in the feature film " Boogie Nights ", the film is United States, "Entertainment Weekly" opt-in "one hundred new movie classic"   , by virtue of the PTA The film was nominated for the Best Original Screenplay at the 70th Academy Awards  .
    In 1999, he wrote and directed the feature film " Magnolia " co-starred by Julianne Moore, William H.Macy and Thomas Cruise Mapother IV . The film won the Golden Bear Award for Best Picture at the 50th Berlin International Film Festival , and PTA won the 72nd for this film. Nominated for Best Original Screenplay by Oscars . In 2010, the film was selected as one of the "Top 100 Best Films in Ten Years" by "Empire" magazine .   
    In 2002, he directed the romance film " Punch-DrunkLove " starring Adam Sandler and Emily Watson . The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or , the main competition unit of The 55th Cannes Film Festival , and PTA won the award for best director .  
    In 2007, based on the novel "Petroleum" created by Upton Sinclair, he wrote and directed the feature film " There Will Be Blood ". The film was co-starred by Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis , Kevin J. O'Connor and Ciarán Hinds . The film won 80th. Nominated for Best Picture in the Academy Awards and Golden Bear for Best Picture   in the 58th Berlin International Film Festival  . PTA won the Silver Bear for Best Director in the 58th Berlin International Film Festival   and was nominated for the Best Director and Best Director in the 80th Academy Awards. Best Adapted Screenplay Award   .
    In February 2009, PTA was ranked 22nd in the "50 Greatest Contemporary Film Directors" by the American "Entertainment Weekly"   . In 2012, he directed the feature film " The Master " co-starred by Joaquin Rafael Bottom and Philip Seymour Hoffman . The  film was nominated for the Golden Lion Award for Best Picture at the 69th Venice International Film Festival  , and PTA won the Best Director Award. This became the first director in film history to win the Three International Film Festivals In Europe Grand Slam   .
    In 2014, directed the feature film " Inherent Vice " based on Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. 's novel of the same name . The film was co-starred by Joaquin Rafael Bottom , Josh James Brolin and Reese Witherspoon . PTA won the 87th Oscars Best Adaptation for this film. Nominated for Script Award .  
    In 2015, PTA used a handheld camera to shoot a short documentary about the life of Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood in India, "Hosting   . "
    On May 4, 2016, PTA released the MV for Radiohead’s single " Burn the witch "   ; on May 8, the MV for Radiohead’s song " Daydreaming " was released   .
    In 2017, he produced and directed the feature film " Phantom Thread " starring Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis and Leslie Manville , which won the 90th Academy Awards for Best Picture, and PTA was nominated for Best Director .  

    Personal Life

    PTA's father is a voice actor for a local TV and radio station in Studio City, and is also the host of a music show. PTA ranks third among the five children in the family   .

    Character Evaluation

    PTA’s personal image style is more inclined to European Jean Renoir. Among American filmmakers, he has combined the advantages of the two directors, Spike Lee and Robert Altman, and used them in his own films.   .
    In addition to talents, PTA also learns from others. He likes a series of sports shots like Jean Renoir. He is technically quoting classics like Martin Scorsese, and he is good at collective scheduling like Robert Altman. An out-and-out all-round genius; he stays on the edge of art films, constantly pursuing change, and is the eternal darling in the eyes of film critics. His "Magnolia" has a smooth rhythm, complex narrative, full of imagination, and almost perfect   .
    PTA's films have never been included in the ranks of mainstream commercial films. He is more similar to a humanist. Social issues, human morality and nature are all the themes of his films. His films or works of literary masters, or rewriting the prototype stories in the "Bible", ensure the human taste and intellectual realm of the film. In the film, PTA directly confronts the tragedies or dilemmas faced by human beings in different situations. , Embodies a sense of responsibility, and looks forward to the revival of the audience’s soul  .
    PTA, which started as an independent film, showed his preference for the two pioneering motifs of eroticism and religion in film creation. At the same time, he took an ironic approach to deconstruct these two motifs. This form of playfulness and heavy narrative not only fully characterizes Anderson's insistence on personality and temperament, but also witnesses his exploration of human nature and the responsibility of the times in the way of movies   . Comment on )
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    Hard Eight reviews

    • Orin 2022-09-29 16:50:15

      Good in its own category

      Not my favorite PTAnderson movie, since as I pointed out elsewhere, I see the father-son obsession in American films an intolerable cliche. But the acting is very strong, and the plot, in spite of all the drama, is quite plausible.

      Philip Baker Hall here plays an aged and tired professional...

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    • Jimmy: What I mean - what I believe... is that you killed his father... like the stories I heard go. Now, if somebody killed my father... I would feel the need to do something. The stories I heard - you know, stories get around - is that you used to be a hard-ass. You were a hard-ass and you took his dad out, Sydney. So you think - what? You can just walk through this life... without being punished for it? Shit, man. I know all those guys you know. Floyd Gondolli, Jimmy Gator, Mumbles O'Malley. They like to sit around in Clifton's and talk, talk, talk. They love to tell stories. You can sit there and look at me sideways all you want. You probably think I'm some kind of asshole or something... but I'm not a killer... like you. You walk around like you're Mr. Cool, Mr. Wisdom... but you're not. You're just some old hood. The other night in the bar, you asking me a question... like do I do parking lot security? Well, the answer is no! I'm trusted security inside the casino. I'm trusted with security, and I don't fuck it up.

      Sydney: Good that you have such a sturdy sense of responsibility.

      Jimmy: Don't! Don't! Don't fuckin' do that! You understand? I can see right through that shit! You look at me as some idiot, huh? I know you do. I know you. You old guys, you old hoods... you think you're so fuckin' above it... so high and mighty. What am I to you? Some loser? Not with a gun in my hand. Not with the facts I know. Bottom line, Sydney. No matter how hard you try... you're not his father.

    • Sydney: [John has called Sydney to his hotel room asking for help. Sydney knocks, John answers from behind the closed door] John?

      Sydney: ...Sid?

      Sydney: Yeah. Open up.

      John Finnegan: ...everything cool?

      Sydney: What? Yeah, everything's cool. Are you alright?

      John Finnegan: I'm fine.

      Sydney: You gonna open the door?

      John Finnegan: I said on the phone, you know... it's kinda screwed up.

      Sydney: Yeah, so? Open the door, let's see what's going on.

      John Finnegan: ...you promise you'll help me?

      Sydney: [growing exasperated] John, it's cold out here, open the door.

      John Finnegan: ...is everything cool?

      Sydney: John, open the goddamn door, will ya?

      Sydney: [John finally unlocks and opens the door; Sydney enters] Now what's going on, John?

      John Finnegan: Just - shut the door.

      [the door is closed]

      Sydney: Why are the lights out?

      John Finnegan: Okay, Sid?

      Sydney: Okay I'm not gonna...

      John Finnegan: -let's just leave them off for a second...

      Sydney: -I'm not gonna stand here with the lights out.

      [Sydney flips the light on]

      John Finnegan: Okay now, you promised you'd help me.

      Sydney: ...what is this, John?

      John Finnegan: I'm sorry, Sid.

      Sydney: John, what is this? Who is this man?

      John Finnegan: He's uh... he's a hostage.

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