Paul Thomas Anderson Net Worth
Paul Thomas Anderson Net Worth is
$50 Million
Paul Thomas Anderson Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Paul Thomas Anderson is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Interested in film-making at a young age, Anderson was encouraged by his father Ernie Anderson to become a filmmaker. Anderson is a distinctive and revered filmmaker of his generation, initially b... | Full Name | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| Net Worth | $50 Million |
| Date Of Birth | June 26, 1970 |
| Place Of Birth | Studio City, California, United States |
| Height | 6' (1.83 m) |
| Profession | Screenwriter, Film Producer, Film director, Actor |
| Education | New York University, Emerson College |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Spouse | Maya Rudolph |
| Children | Jack Anderson, Lucille Anderson, Pearl Minnie Anderson, Minnie Ida Anderson |
| Parents | Ernie Anderson, Edwina Anderson |
| Siblings | Stephen Anderson, Kathryn Anderson, Ernest Anderson, Richard Anderson, Elizabeth Anderson, Victoria Anderson, Amanda Anderson, Michael Anderson |
| Partner | Maya Rudolph (2001–) |
| Nicknames | Paul Anderson , P.T. Anderson , PTA , P.T.A. |
| Awards | Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award, Golden Bear |
| Nominations | Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay, Golden Lion, Palme d'Or, Grand Jury Prize, Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, BAFTA Award for Best Film, Best Screenplay ... |
| Movies | Inherent Vice, There Will Be Blood, The Master, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love, Hard Eight, Junun, The Dirk Diggler Story, Cigarettes & Coffee, Blossoms & Blood, Back Beyond, Couch |
| Star Sign | Cancer |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Often shoots very wide angles and moving tracking shots |
| 2 | [Recurring names] Paul Thomas Anderson has used Philip Seymour Hoffman in five films and Jon Brion in four films; Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Melora Walters and Luis Guzmán in three films; Alfred Molina, Julianne Moore, William H. Macy, Ricky Jay, Michael Penn, Mary Lynn Rajskub, 'Kevin J. O'Connor (I)', David Warshofsky, Paul F. Tompkins and Joaquin Phoenix in two films. |
| 3 | Most of his early films feature large ensemble casts, often featuring Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzmán, and/or Melora Walters. |
| 4 | Most of his early films are set in the San Fernando Valley, California |
| 5 | Frequently uses extended takes |
| 6 | Frequently uses the Iris In/Out film technique. This technique has one part of the scene encircled, while the rest is black. Also used during the silent film era as a way of opening and closing shots. |
| 7 | [Camel cigarettes] All smoking characters in Anderson's early movies smoke Camel cigarettes - Philip Baker Hall smokes Camel Filters in Hard Eight (1996), William H. Macy smokes Camel Lights in Magnolia (1999). |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on Joaquin Phoenix] He's like a dog that will fetch the ball over and over and over again. You can throw it down the cliff, you can throw it into the snow, you can throw it in the ocean, and he will go get the ball and bring it back. And he will curl up in your lap and keep you warm by the fire. He's the best dog I've ever had. |
| 2 | [on writing realistic dialogue for characters who are using cocaine] I've done a lot of coke and had those insane conversations. |
| 3 | [on Inherent Vice (2014)] It has great paranoia, which you must have if you're doing a Pynchon book. But most of all it seemed to be a way to address something that's prevalent in all his books; that outlandish spirit, the humor, the nostalgia - that kind of sweet, dripping aching for the past. |
| 4 | Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out. |
| 5 | [on Robert Altman] I knew him pretty well, off and on for about 10 years, but I had gotten to know him particularly well in the last three or four years. I got to watch Bob navigate that film, and I watched how good he was at evading questions, in the best way. He was really good at not committing himself too early to something. He didn't impose his will early. He loved to work with people. He loved to see what they came up with. He would give things time to settle, to rise or to fall, and watching him do that was a great lesson in patience. Because at the end of the day, he invited everybody in to work on this film, but he ended up getting exactly what he wanted, and everyone else felt that they had been part of it, because they had. They really made the film with Bob. How he did that was a lesson to me. |
| 6 | Well I'd really love to work with Robert De Niro, because he's still the most talented actor out there. Maybe he makes some bad choices, which can be frustrating. On the one hand, you want to say, 'What the fuck's going on?' On the other, you can't get mad at him for wanting to work, because most actors would be murderers if they weren't working. |
| 7 | I really subscribe to that old adage that you should never let the audience get ahead of you for a second. So if the film's abrasive and wrongfoots people then, y'know, that's great. But I hope it involves an audience. If not, that's my fuck-up. |
| 8 | On Stanley Kubrick: It's so hard to do anything that doesn't owe some kind of debt to what Stanley Kubrick did with music in movies. Inevitably, you're going to end up doing something that he's probably already done before. It always seem like we're falling behind whatever he came up with. Singin' in the Rain (1952) in A Clockwork Orange (1971) - that was the first time I became so aware of music in movies. So no matter how hard you try to do something new, you're always following behind. |
| 9 | [on Stanley Kubrick] We're all children of Kubrick, aren't we? Is there anything you can do that he hasn't done? |
| 10 | No matter how many times you do it, you don't get used to the sadness - for me at least - of coming to the end of a film. |
| 11 | I remember the bad outfits my parents dressed me up in and my Beatles haircut but I never watched The Brady Bunch (1969). The Partridges? I hated their music. |
| 12 | All of life's questions and answers are in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). It's about greed and ambition and paranoia and looking at the worst parts of yourself. When I was writing There Will Be Blood (2007), I would put "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" on before I went to bed at night, just to fall asleep to it. |
| 13 | [on buying a copy of Upton Sinclair's "Oil!", which he adapted into There Will Be Blood (2007)] I was homesick and the book had a painting of California on the cover. |
| 14 | [on researching for There Will Be Blood (2007)] After a few trips to Bakersfield, where they have museums devoted to the early oilmen, I started to get a sense of the film. The museums are largely trailers with a lot of oil equipment lying around the yard. Back in the day, enough people had cameras and they took a lot of pictures. Oil fields were an interesting thing to photograph, and that research made it easy to put the pieces of their times together. |
| 15 | [on the popular belief that Daniel Day-Lewis is indifferent or not completely committed to remaining an actor] That is an amazing misconception. Daniel loves acting so much that it becomes a quest for perfection. People don't know how Daniel can do this job the way that he does it, and my feeling is, I just can't understand how anyone could do it any other way. |
| 16 | [on the meaning of Magnolia (1999)'s ending] Oh, how I hate it, when directors are supposed to explain their films. I only say this much: If I had had more cash, I would have let it rain cats and dogs. |
| 17 | All I wanna try and do is sing "Melancholy Baby", y'know, but then it starts to come out like "The Star Spangled Banner" half the time. |
| 18 | I watch [Steven Spielberg] movies, and know: Those are fairy tales. I understand what he does. And I make a film on cancer and frogs - however I want that many spectators nevertheless! I find that is a good goal, and I consider it a weakness of mine that I haven't reached it yet. |
| 19 | Today's movie villains often remind us of James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart and that's as cool as it gets. There's something comforting if they're hip and cool. They're not entirely real, or not entirely threatening, so it might be a little easier to swallow if they remind us of traditional movie villains. |
| 20 | You can really see a strong and distinctive line between '70s and '80s porn, not just in the quality but in the spirit behind it. |
| 21 | I had older brothers and sisters who were doing drugs and playing rock music and doing all those insane things. I was watching. |
| 22 | My dad was one of the first guys on the block to have a VCR. So along with all the videotapes that I would rummage through, I would find porno movies. Not that it twisted me into some maniac or anything. I was watching porno from age 10 to 17. I had an interest in it. |
| 23 | I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life. And maybe I'll make some clunkers, maybe I'll make some winners, but I guess the way that I really feel is that Magnolia (1999) is, for better or worse, the best movie I'll ever make. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He is the only Director to win a best director prize at each of the big European film festivals. He won at Cannes for Punch Drunk Love, at Berlin for There Will be Blood, and at Venice for The Master. |
| 2 | Was described as 'his evil twin bother' by Daniel Day-Lewis when Day-Lewis was accepting the Critics' Choice Award for best actor for his performance in There Will Be Blood in 2008. |
| 3 | Got the initial idea for Hard Eight (1996) after watching Philip Baker Hall in Midnight Run (1988) according to a 2008 'Esquire' article: "In the summer of 1988, for example, when Midnight Run (1988) came out. It was a fairly formulaic action-comedy, and Martin Brest wasn't even close to Anderson's pantheon of cool directors, but one thing caught his eye: a little-known actor named Philip Baker Hall. In four very brief scenes, Hall plays a Las Vegas consigliere who keeps trying to convince his godfather not to whack people. His name was Sidney. "I don't think you should do this," he says in one scene. In another, he uses the curiously formal diction that seems to have hit Anderson in the place where he vibrates to the rhythms of David Mamet: "I'm supposed to advise you against such acts."". |
| 4 | His English teacher at Emerson College was renowned writer David Foster Wallace. Anderson has described him as the only teacher he ever loved, and stated in an interview with Marc Maron that his dropping out of Emerson College after a year was largely due to Wallace having left. |
| 5 | A longtime Thomas Pynchon devotee. |
| 6 | Cites Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, Jonathan Demme, Stanley Kubrick, Orson Welles, and Max Ophüls as his main influences as a filmmaker. |
| 7 | Once described Magnolia (1999) as "for better or worse, the best movie I'll ever make". |
| 8 | Time magazine compared There Will Be Blood (2007) to "the greatest achievements" of D.W. Griffith and John Ford. |
| 9 | Sam Mendes calls him "a true auteur". |
| 10 | Over the 7 movies he has directed/wrote; he has directed 7 actors to an Oscar Nomination. This equates to an Oscar Nomination for Acting for every movie he has made. |
| 11 | (February 17, 2013) Paul and Maya Rudolph are expecting their fourth child. |
| 12 | Is a big fan of Major League Baseball. His favorite teams are his hometown Los Angeles Dodgers and his late father's favorite team, the Boston Red Sox. |
| 13 | Fan and personal friend of Aimee Mann. He used the song "Christmastime" performed by Mann in Hard Eight (1996), and many of her songs in the Magnolia (1999) soundtrack. |
| 14 | Directed 7 actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Tom Cruise, Daniel Day-Lewis, Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams. Day-Lewis won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in There Will Be Blood (2007). |
| 15 | Attended Emerson College in Boston, Mass. |
| 16 | Was employed as a standby director for A Prairie Home Companion (2006) for insurance purposes, and in the event that ailing 80-year-old director Robert Altman was unable to finish shooting. |
| 17 | Cites Martin Scorsese and Jonathan Demme as his biggest influences and considers both to be the greatest American film directors. |
| 18 | He has three children with his partner Maya Rudolph: daughter Pearl Minnie Anderson (b. October 15, 2005), daughter Lucille Anderson (b. November 6, 2009), and son Jack Anderson (b. July 3, 2011). |
| 19 | Is a big fan of Adam Sandler and his movies. |
| 20 | Despite the constant comparison between them amongst fans, he and fellow director Quentin Tarantino are great friends. Furthermore, Tarantino has praised Anderson's work, calling him a "filmmaking artist.". |
| 21 | Tom Cruise got him on to the set of Eyes Wide Shut (1999). He spent the day there and got to talk to Stanley Kubrick. |
| 22 | For the brief time he was at NYU film school, he handed in some of Pulitzer Prize-winner David Mamet's work as his own. When he got it back with a "C" grade he decided to leave. |
| 23 | His favorite all-time film is Network (1976). |
| 24 | He shaves his head before SOME productions. He did not shave his head before the production of Magnolia (1999), as evidenced in the documentary on the DVD. |
| 25 | Dropped out of NYU's film program after two days. Subsequently got his tuition payment back and used the money to make Cigarettes & Coffee (1993). |
| 26 | Lived in Los Angeles, USA with girlfriend Fiona Apple. He directed Apple in the video for her cover of "Across the Universe", which was part of the soundtrack for the movie, Pleasantville (1998). |
| 27 | Son of Ernie Anderson. |
| 28 | Father, Ernie Anderson, was a local celebrity in Cleveland, where he hosted horror shows using the name "Ghoulardi". |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phantom Thread | 2017 | post-production | |
| Haim: Right Now (Live) | 2017 | Short | |
| Radiohead: The Numbers | 2016 | Video short | |
| Radiohead: Present Tense, Jonny, Thom & a CR78 | 2016 | Video short | |
| Radiohead: Daydreaming | 2016 | Video short | |
| Joanna Newsom: Divers | 2015 | Video short | |
| Junun | 2015 | Documentary | |
| Joanna Newsom: Sapokanikan | 2015 | Video short | |
| Inherent Vice | 2014 | ||
| Fiona Apple: Hot Knife | 2013 | Video short | |
| Back Beyond | 2013 | Video short | |
| The Master | 2012 | ||
| There Will Be Blood | 2007 | ||
| Blossoms & Blood | 2003 | Video short | |
| Mattress Man Commercial | 2003 | Video short | |
| Couch | 2003 | TV Short | |
| Jon Brion: Here We Go | 2002 | Video short | |
| Punch-Drunk Love | 2002 | ||
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon | 2001 | Video short segment ": "FANatic" | |
| Fiona Apple: Paper Bag | 2000 | Video short | |
| Saturday Night Live | 2000 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| SNL Fanatic | 2000 | TV Short | |
| Fiona Apple: Limp | 2000 | Video short | |
| Magnolia | 1999 | ||
| Aimee Mann: Save Me | 1999 | Video short | |
| Fiona Apple: Fast as You Can | 1999 | Video short | |
| Fiona Apple: Across the Universe | 1998 | Video short | |
| Flagpole Special | 1998 | Video short | |
| Boogie Nights | 1997 | ||
| Michael Penn: Try | 1997 | Video short | |
| Hard Eight | 1996 | ||
| Cigarettes & Coffee | 1993 | Short as Paul Anderson | |
| The Dirk Diggler Story | 1988 | Short as Paul Anderson |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phantom Thread | 2017 | post-production | |
| Inherent Vice | 2014 | written for the screen by | |
| Back Beyond | 2013 | Video short | |
| The Master | 2012 | written by | |
| There Will Be Blood | 2007 | screenplay | |
| Blossoms & Blood | 2003 | Video short | |
| Mattress Man Commercial | 2003 | Video short | |
| Punch-Drunk Love | 2002 | written by | |
| Saturday Night Live | 2000 | TV Series additional sketches - 1 episode | |
| SNL Fanatic | 2000 | TV Short | |
| Magnolia | 1999 | written by | |
| Flagpole Special | 1998 | Video short | |
| Boogie Nights | 1997 | written by | |
| Hard Eight | 1996 | written by | |
| Cigarettes & Coffee | 1993 | Short written by - as Paul Anderson | |
| The Dirk Diggler Story | 1988 | Short written by |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterlily Jaguar | 2018 | executive producer post-production | |
| Phantom Thread | 2017 | producer post-production | |
| Inherent Vice | 2014 | producer | |
| The Master | 2012 | producer | |
| There Will Be Blood | 2007 | producer | |
| Punch-Drunk Love | 2002 | producer | |
| Magnolia | 1999 | producer | |
| Boogie Nights | 1997 | producer |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heaven Adores You | 2014 | Documentary archival footage | |
| A Prairie Home Companion | 2006 | stand-by director | |
| Sworn to Vengeance | 1993 | TV Movie production assistant | |
| The Quiz Kids Challenge | 1990 | TV Series production assistant - 1990 |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Documentary Now! | 2016 | TV Series | Harrison Renzi |
| Minority Report | 2002 | Passenger on Train (uncredited) | |
| Magnolia | 1999 | Man Confiscating Sign (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnolia | 1999 | executive music producer - uncredited | |
| Boogie Nights | 1997 | executive music producer - uncredited |
Cinematographer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Dirk Diggler Story | 1988 | Short |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boogie Nights | 1997 | writer: "Feel the Heat" |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Run Saga: Breathe | 2017 | thanks for inspiration | |
| Intruder | 2016/I | Short special thanks | |
| The Diary of a Teenage Girl | 2015 | the director wishes to thank | |
| Cave | 2014/I | Short special thanks | |
| Tom Explores Los Angeles | 2014 | TV Series documentary special thanks - 1 episode | |
| The Lottery Ticket | 2013 | Short grateful thanks | |
| Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay | 2012 | Documentary special thanks | |
| Tráiganme la Cabeza de la Mujer Metralleta | 2012 | acknowledgment | |
| Paul F. Tompkins: Laboring Under Delusions | 2012 | TV Special documentary thanks | |
| Fallen Hero | 2010/I | Short special thanks | |
| The Day the Music Died | 2010 | Short special thanks | |
| Brothers in Blood | 2009 | Short grateful acknowledgment | |
| KnockDown DragOut | 2009 | Video short special thanks | |
| Possession(s) | 2009 | thanks for inspiration | |
| Bandslam | 2009 | special thanks | |
| Funny People | 2009 | special thanks | |
| The Mother of Invention | 2009 | thanks | |
| Last Flowers | 2009 | Short special thanks | |
| Turning Point | 2008 | Short special thanks | |
| The Artist as a Young Man: A Portrait of Cameron Fairchild | 2008 | Short special thanks | |
| Flatter | 2006 | Short super special thanks | |
| Thefts | 2006 | Short special thanks | |
| A Prairie Home Companion | 2006 | special thanks | |
| Capote | 2005 | special thanks | |
| Flat | 2005/I | Short special thanks | |
| Stay Until Tomorrow | 2004 | special thanks | |
| The Truth About Charlie | 2002 | very special thanks | |
| The Anniversary Party | 2001 | special thanks | |
| That Moment: Magnolia Diary | 2000 | Video documentary thanks | |
| Rituals and Resolutions | 1999 | Short special thanks | |
| StarCraft | 1998 | Video Game thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Christmas Eve Conversation with Quentin Tarantino & Paul Thomas Anderson | 2015 | Video short | Himself |
| The 87th Annual Academy Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Altman | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| Días de cine | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Daily Show | 2012 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| At the Movies | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| In Search of Ted Demme | 2010 | Documentary | |
| 2008 Britannia Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Himself |
| Ceremonia de clausura - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 80th Annual Academy Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Adapted Screenplay, Director & Picture |
| Charlie Rose | 1997-2007 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| That Moment: Magnolia Diary | 2000 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The 72nd Annual Academy Awards | 2000 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Original Screenplay |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 2000 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes | 1999 | Documentary | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Baker Hall: Secret Honor | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Robert Altman Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Inherent Vice (2014) | |
| 2015 | ICS Award | International Cinephile Society Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2015 | DFCS Award | Denver Film Critics Society | Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2015 | Lost Weekend Award | Film Club's The Lost Weekend | Best Ensemble Cast | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2015 | Lost Weekend Award | Film Club's The Lost Weekend | Best Film | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2014 | NBR Award | National Board of Review, USA | Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2014 | SFFCC Award | San Francisco Film Critics Circle | Best Screenplay, Adapted | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2014 | UFCA Award | Utah Film Critics Association Awards | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2013 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | IGN Award | IGN Summer Movie Awards | Best Movie Director | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | IOFCP Award | International Online Film Critics' Poll | Best Original Screenplay | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | KCFCC Award | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Screenplay, Original | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | SDFCS Award | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Best Original Screenplay | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | TFCA Award | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | TFCA Award | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Best Screenplay | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | Silver Lion | Venice Film Festival | The Master (2012) | |
| 2012 | FIPRESCI Prize | Venice Film Festival | Competition | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | VVFP Award | Village Voice Film Poll | Best Director | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | Austin Film Critics Award | Austin Film Critics Association | Best Director | The Master (2012) |
| 2009 | Bodil | Bodil Awards | Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2009 | Critics Award | French Syndicate of Cinema Critics | Best Foreign Film | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2009 | Golden Eagle | Golden Eagle Awards, Russia | Best Foreign Film | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | INOCA | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | ALFS Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | Director of the Year | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Picture | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | Literary Award | PEN Center USA West Literary Awards | Screenplay | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | FIPRESCI Film of the Year | San Sebastián International Film Festival | There Will Be Blood (2007) | |
| 2008 | AFI Award | AFI Awards, USA | Movie of the Year | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | Amanda | Amanda Awards, Norway | Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm) | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | Silver Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | DFCC | Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | ICP Award | Indiewire Critics' Poll | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | ICP Award | Indiewire Critics' Poll | Best Screenplay | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | KCFCC Award | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | NYFCO Award | New York Film Critics, Online | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | SDFCS Award | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | SDFCS Award | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Best Screenplay, Adapted | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | VVFP Award | Village Voice Film Poll | Best Film | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | Austin Film Critics Award | Austin Film Critics Association | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2003 | Propeller of Motovun | Motovun Film Festival | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) | |
| 2003 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Director | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
| 2003 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Screenplay, Original | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
| 2003 | Audience Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Director | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
| 2002 | TFCA Award | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
| 2002 | Best Director | Cannes Film Festival | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) | |
| 2002 | Best Screenplay | Gijón International Film Festival | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) | |
| 2001 | Guldbagge | Guldbagge Awards | Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film) | Magnolia (1999) |
| 2000 | FIPRESCI Film of the Year | San Sebastián International Film Festival | Magnolia (1999) | |
| 2000 | Golden Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | Magnolia (1999) | |
| 2000 | Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost" | Berlin International Film Festival | Magnolia (1999) | |
| 1999 | TFCA Award | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Magnolia (1999) |
| 1999 | TFCA Award | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Best Screenplay | Magnolia (1999) |
| 1998 | Literary Award | PEN Center USA West Literary Awards | Screenplay | Boogie Nights (1997) |
| 1997 | New Generation Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Sydney (1996) | |
| 1997 | Metro Media Award | Toronto International Film Festival | Boogie Nights (1997) | |
| 1997 | BSFC Award | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best New Filmmaker | Boogie Nights (1997) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | HFCS Award | Houston Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2015 | Sant Jordi | Sant Jordi Awards | Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2015 | USC Scripter Award | USC Scripter Award | Inherent Vice (2014) | |
| 2015 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2015 | EDA Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2015 | Critics Choice Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2015 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2015 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2015 | DFCS Award | Denver Film Critics Society | Best Director | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2015 | GFCA Award | Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) | Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2015 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2014 | ICP Award | Indiewire Critics' Poll | Best Director | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2014 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2014 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Screenplay, Adapted | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2014 | VVFP Award | Village Voice Film Poll | Best Director | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2014 | VVFP Award | Village Voice Film Poll | Best Screenplay | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2014 | WAFCA Award | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2014 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2013 | ICS Award | International Cinephile Society Awards | Best Director | The Master (2012) |
| 2013 | ICS Award | International Cinephile Society Awards | Best Original Screenplay | The Master (2012) |
| 2013 | INOCA | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | Best Original Screenplay | The Master (2012) |
| 2013 | IOMA | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Best Director (Miglior regia) | The Master (2012) |
| 2013 | IOMA | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale) | The Master (2012) |
| 2013 | ALFS Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | Director of the Year | The Master (2012) |
| 2013 | ALFS Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | Screenwriter of the Year | The Master (2012) |
| 2013 | NCFCA Award | North Carolina Film Critics Association | Best Director | The Master (2012) |
| 2013 | NCFCA Award | North Carolina Film Critics Association | Best Original Screenplay | The Master (2012) |
| 2013 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Original Screenplay | The Master (2012) |
| 2013 | WGA Award (Screen) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Best Original Screenplay | The Master (2012) |
| 2013 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Original Screenplay | The Master (2012) |
| 2013 | AACTA International Award | AACTA International Awards | Best Screenplay | The Master (2012) |
| 2013 | Critics Choice Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Original Screenplay | The Master (2012) |
| 2013 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Director | The Master (2012) |
| 2013 | DFCS Award | Denver Film Critics Society | Best Director | The Master (2012) |
| 2013 | DFCS Award | Denver Film Critics Society | Best Original Screenplay | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | Gotham Independent Film Award | Gotham Awards | Best Feature | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | IOFCP Award | International Online Film Critics' Poll | Best Director | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | SDFCS Award | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Screenplay, Original | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | Golden Lion | Venice Film Festival | The Master (2012) | |
| 2012 | WAFCA Award | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | WAFCA Award | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Original Screenplay | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Original Screenplay | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Original Screenplay | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | DFCC | Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | The Master (2012) |
| 2010 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Director of the Decade | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2010 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Adapted Screenplay of the Decade | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2009 | Guldbagge | Guldbagge Awards | Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film) | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2009 | IOFCP Award | International Online Film Critics' Poll | Best Adapted Screenplay | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2009 | IOFCP Award | International Online Film Critics' Poll | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2009 | Robert | Robert Festival | Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2009 | César | César Awards, France | Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2009 | Empire Award | Empire Awards, UK | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2009 | FCCA Award | Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Foreign Film - English Language | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | INOCA | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | Best Adapted Screenplay | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | Silver Ribbon | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo) | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | ALFS Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | Screenwriter of the Year | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | PGA Award | PGA Awards | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | White Elephant | Russian Guild of Film Critics | Best Foreign Film | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | USC Scripter Award | USC Scripter Award | There Will Be Blood (2007) | |
| 2008 | VFCC Award | Vancouver Film Critics Circle | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | WGA Award (Screen) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Best Adapted Screenplay | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Motion Picture of the Year | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Achievement in Directing | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Film | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | David Lean Award for Direction | BAFTA Awards | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Screenplay - Adapted | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | Award of the Argentinean Academy | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina | Best Foreign Film | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | Golden Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | There Will Be Blood (2007) | |
| 2008 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | David | David di Donatello Awards | Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | DGA Award | Directors Guild of America, USA | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Motion Picture | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Adapted Screenplay | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | Golden Schmoes | Golden Schmoes Awards | Best Screenplay of the Year | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | SLFCA Award | St. Louis Film Critics Association, US | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Motion Picture | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Screenplay, Adapted | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | DFCS Award | Detroit Film Critic Society, US | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2003 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
| 2003 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
| 2003 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Screenplay - Original | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
| 2003 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
| 2003 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Screenplay | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
| 2003 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Director | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
| 2003 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Original Screenplay | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
| 2002 | Sierra Award | Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
| 2002 | Sierra Award | Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Best Screenplay | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
| 2002 | TFCA Award | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Best Screenplay | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
| 2002 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
| 2002 | Palme d'Or | Cannes Film Festival | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) | |
| 2002 | Grand Prix Asturias | Gijón International Film Festival | Best Feature | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
| 2001 | ALFS Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | Screenwriter of the Year | Magnolia (1999) |
| 2001 | Robert | Robert Festival | Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) | Magnolia (1999) |
| 2001 | Bodil | Bodil Awards | Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) | Magnolia (1999) |
| 2001 | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) | Magnolia (1999) |
| 2001 | Empire Award | Empire Awards, UK | Best Director | Magnolia (1999) |
| 2000 | Silver Ribbon | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) | Magnolia (1999) |
| 2000 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Picture | Magnolia (1999) |
| 2000 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Director | Magnolia (1999) |
| 2000 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Magnolia (1999) |
| 2000 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Magnolia (1999) |
| 2000 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Director | Magnolia (1999) |
| 2000 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Screenplay, Original | Magnolia (1999) |
| 2000 | WGA Award (Screen) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Magnolia (1999) |
| 2000 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Magnolia (1999) |
| 2000 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Magnolia (1999) |
| 2000 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Screenplay | Magnolia (1999) |
| 2000 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Director | Magnolia (1999) |
| 1999 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Motion Picture | Magnolia (1999) |
| 1999 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Director | Magnolia (1999) |
| 1999 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Magnolia (1999) |
| 1998 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best First Feature | Sydney (1996) |
| 1998 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best First Screenplay | Sydney (1996) |
| 1998 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Drama Picture | Boogie Nights (1997) |
| 1998 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Director | Boogie Nights (1997) |
| 1998 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best First Feature Film | Sydney (1996) |
| 1998 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Boogie Nights (1997) |
| 1998 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Screenplay | Boogie Nights (1997) |
| 1998 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | Boogie Nights (1997) |
| 1998 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Motion Picture, Drama | Boogie Nights (1997) |
| 1998 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Director | Boogie Nights (1997) |
| 1998 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Screenplay, Original | Boogie Nights (1997) |
| 1998 | TFCA Award | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Boogie Nights (1997) |
| 1998 | WGA Award (Screen) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Boogie Nights (1997) |
| 1998 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Boogie Nights (1997) |
| 1998 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Screenplay - Original | Boogie Nights (1997) |
| 1998 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Boogie Nights (1997) |
| 1998 | Screen International Award | European Film Awards | Boogie Nights (1997) | |
| 1997 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Director | Boogie Nights (1997) |
| 1996 | Grand Special Prize | Deauville Film Festival | Sydney (1996) |
2nd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | INOCA | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2015 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Screenplay | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2014 | TFCA Award | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2014 | FFCC Award | Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2013 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Director | The Master (2012) |
| 2013 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Screenplay | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | ICP Award | Indiewire Critics' Poll | Best Director | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | The Master (2012) |
| 2012 | BSFC Award | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Director | The Master (2012) |
| 2008 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Screenplay | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2008 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Screenplay, Adapted | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Screenplay | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | UFCA Award | Utah Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | DFWFCA Award | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2007 | Golden Schmoes | Golden Schmoes Awards | Best Director of the Year | There Will Be Blood (2007) |
| 2002 | VVFP Award | Village Voice Film Poll | Best Director | Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
| 1997 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Boogie Nights (1997) |
3rd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | ICP Award | Indiewire Critics' Poll | Best Screenplay | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2014 | TFCA Award | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Best Screenplay | Inherent Vice (2014) |
| 2012 | ICP Award | Indiewire Critics' Poll | Best Screenplay | The Master (2012) |
| 1998 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Director | Boogie Nights (1997) |
Known for movies
There Will Be Blood (2007)
as Director
Magnolia (1999)
as Director
Boogie Nights (1997)
as Director
The Master (2012)
as Director