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Paul Thomas Anderson

Born 1970-06-26 Studio City, California, USA 13 films

Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970), also known by his initials PTA, is an American filmmaker. Often described as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation, he is the recipient of three Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, four BAFTAs, three Critics Choice Awards, and nominations for a Grammy. He is the only person to have won the Academy Award for Best Director, as well as the Best Director Awards at the Cannes Film Festival, Venice F…

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Filmography

13 films

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A concert film documenting Cameron Winter's sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall.

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Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall

★ 0.0 2026

Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another poster

A behind-the-scenes documentary filmed during the production of Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle A…

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

★ 8.0 2026

Art-House America: Austin Film Society poster

Founded by Richard Linklater in 1985 as a screening series dedicated to bringing experimental and a…

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Art-House America: Austin Film Society

★ 0.0 2023

A portrait of the life and career of Robert Downey Sr. (1936-2021), the visionary and fearless US f…

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"Sr."

★ 6.9 2022

A Christmas Eve Conversation With Quentin Tarantino & Paul Thomas Anderson poster

Two great filmmakers discuss the evolution of film, 70mm and Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight".

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A Christmas Eve Conversation With Quentin Tarantino & Paul Thomas Anderson

★ 7.0 2015

A documentary capturing the creation of the album Junun inside Rajasthan’s 15th-century Mehrangarh…

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Junun

★ 7.2 2015

On the set of Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice.

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Chryskylodon Blues

★ 6.0 2015

Robert Altman's life and career contained multitudes. This father of American independent cinema le…

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Altman

★ 6.6 2014

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes…

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Minority Report

★ 7.4 2002

A very in-depth documentary that follows the very over-worked director Paul Thomas Anderson through…

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That Moment: Magnolia Diary

★ 7.7 2000

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a fam…

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Magnolia

★ 7.7 1999

Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes poster

Friends, enemies, acquaintances, and family of porn star John Holmes recall their experiences with…

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Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes

★ 6.1 1999