Wes Anderson
- Directing
- May 1, 1969 · Houston, Texas, USA
Biography
Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American filmmaker. His films are known for their symmetry, eccentricity and distinctive visual and narrative styles, and he is cited by some critics as a modern-day example of the auteur. Three of his films, The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) appeared in BBC Culture's 2016 poll of the greatest films since 2000. Anderson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), as well as the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for the stop-motion films Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) and Isle of Dogs (2018). With The Grand Budapest Hotel, he received his first Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Picture, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay. He currently runs the production company American Empirical Pictures, which he founded in 1998. He won the Silver Bear for Best Director for Isle of Dogs in 2018.
Known for
Filmography
- Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life · Self, Executive producer
- Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean · Self
- Each Day in a Moment: 2025 · Self
- Montblanc: Let's Write · Director
- The Phoenician Scheme · Producer, Director
- Uncropped · Self, Executive producer
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More · Producer, Director
- Poison · Director, Producer
- The Rat Catcher · Director, Writer
- The Swan · Director, Producer
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar · Writer, Director
- Asteroid City · Producer, Screenplay
- A Cooler Climate · Thanks
- Sing 2 · Additional Voices (Voice)
- The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun · Screenplay, Director
- In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat · Self
- Fantastic Mr. Fellini - Intervista con Wes Anderson · Self
- Fantastic Mr. Murray · Self interviewee (archive footage)
- Friedkin Uncut · Self
- Always at The Carlyle · Self
- Isle of Dogs · Director, Producer
- Escapes · Executive producer
- Sing · Daniel (Voice)
- Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' · Self / Director
- Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton. · Self
- Hitchcock/Truffaut · Self
- She's Funny That Way · Executive producer
- Listen Up Philip · Thanks
- One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film · Self
- The Grand Budapest Hotel · Director, Screenplay
- Castello Cavalcanti · Writer, Director
- Trespassing Bergman · Self
- Professor Goudet's Lessons · Self
- Cousin Ben Troop Screening · Director, Writer
- Do You Like to Read? · Writer, Producer
- Moonrise Kingdom · Producer, Director
- James L. Brooks: A Singular Voice · Self
- The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited' · Self
- Fantastic Mr. Fox · Stan Weasel (Voice), Director
- The Making of 'Bottle Rocket' · Self
- Hotel Chevalier · Director, Writer
- The Darjeeling Limited · Writer, Producer
- The Squid and the Whale · Producer
- This Is an Adventure · Self
- Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal · Self
- On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' · Self / Director
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou · Producer, Director
- Lost in Translation · Thanks
- With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson · Self
- The Royal Tenenbaums · Tennis Match Commentator #1 (voice) (uncredited), Writer
- The Making of 'Rushmore' · Self
- Rushmore · Director, Writer
- Bottle Rocket · Director, Writer
- Bottle Rocket · Director, Screenplay
- James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty · Self
- Untitled Wes Anderson Film · Writer, Director
- The Thing That Hurts · Executive producer