born june known american film director screenwriter producer interested film making young age anderson encouraged father disc jockey television radio announcer artist filmmaker wrote directed short film titled budget attended anderson deal direct feature film neo noir crime thriller titled hard anderson received critical commercial success film nights set golden age porn 1970s 1980s feature received wide acclaim despite struggling box office romantic comedy drama anderson fourth feature released generally favorable reviews year absence epic drama blood released critical acclaim anderson sixth film drama master released critical acclaim seventh film crime comedy drama inherent vice based novel released general acclaim anderson nominated academy_awards course career films earned fourteen academy_award nominations cast crew early life anderson born june california née actor voice abc cleveland television late night horror movie host known anderson later named production company anderson grew youngest children troubled relationship mother close father encouraged writer director anderson attended number schools including academy prep anderson involved filmmaking young age alternative plan directing films movie years old started making movies video camera dad bought years old later started film realized video easier began writing years old began experimenting sixteen millimeter camera years experimenting standard fare wrote filmed real production senior high school prep money earned cleaning pet store film thirty minute shot video called story pornography star story inspired served major inspiration career early career anderson spent english major days began career production assistant television films music videos game shows los_angeles new_york_city feeling material shown film school turned experience anderson decided minute film college gambling girlfriend credit card money father set aside college anderson short film connecting multiple story lines dollar bill film screened festival shorts program decided expand film feature length film subsequently invited feature film program served anderson mentor saw anderson talent fully formed creative voice hands experience gave hard practical lessons 1990s hard feature film program anderson deal direct feature anderson length feature sydney retitled hard completion film edited anderson original cut submitted film accepted screened section cannes film festival anderson able version released retitled film raised necessary finish contributed funding version released anderson acclaim film launched career anderson began working script feature film troubles hard completing script result anderson breakout drama film based short story script noticed president felt totally gaga reading released october critical commercial success film revived career provided breakout roles academy awards ceremony film received academy_award nominations including moore best original screenplay success told anderson wanted film granted creative control anderson initially wanted film intimate small scale script kept resulting film ensemble piece tells story peculiar interaction individuals anderson music basis inspiration film commissioning write new songs academy awards received nominations supporting role best original song save best original screenplay anderson stated film release feel better worse best movie 2000s release anderson stated like work comedic actor future determined film minutes long feature romantic comedy drama film starring emily watson portraying love interest story centers small business owner anger issues seven sisters subplot film partly based called guy received critical praise role major departure mainstream comedies star cannes film festival anderson won best director award nominated blood blood loosely based novel oil budget film million earned million worldwide starred won oscar best leading actor role film received nominations overall academy awards received bafta nomination anderson nominated best director directors guild america film received academy_award nominations tying nominations anderson received nominations best director losing blood regarded critics greatest films decade parties declaring accomplished american films modern era new_yorker wrote young writer director work bears comparison greatest achievements ford proclaimed wholly original american movies 2010s master december anderson working new script tentatively titled master charismatic intellectual starts new religion 1950s associate anderson stated idea film anderson head years film makes reference movement long widely assumed based master released september united_states canada critical acclaim film received nominations academy awards best leading actor inherent vice production anderson adaptation novel inherent vice began ended august year film marked time allowed work adapted screen saw anderson work phoenix second time supporting cast includes film received nominations academy awards anderson best adapted screenplay best costume design anderson directed minute documentary making album israeli composer group indian musicians performances recorded 15th century fort indian state premiered new york film festival future projects anderson currently working drama new_york fashion industry 1950s expected star acting role lincoln work anderson standby director filming prairie home companion insurance purposes years old time addition films anderson directed music videos including musician anderson wrote directed minute play theatre comprising series starring live musical score jon influences style influences anderson attended film school days preferring learn craft watching films filmmakers liked watching films accompanied director audio commentary anderson cited main influences filmmaker themes style anderson known films set flawed desperate characters themes dealt anderson films dysfunctional relationships families regret loneliness destiny power forgiveness ghosts past anderson makes frequent use repetition build emphasis thematic consistency master phrase didn developing themes responsibility denial anderson films known bold visual style includes stylistic constantly moving camera based long takes memorable use music imagery anderson tends reference book exodus explicitly subtly recurring references exodus chronicles plague frogs culminating literal frogs film climax title themes blood phrase found exodus details plague blood films hard anderson explored themes dysfunctional families loneliness noted large ensemble casts anderson returned inherent vice anderson explored similar themes expressed different visual style influences references earlier films surreal having heightened sense reality short compared previous films minutes blood stood apart films shared similar themes style flawed characters moving camera memorable music lengthy running time film overtly engaged politics previous films examining capitalism themes optimism obsession master dealt ideas american personality success master disciple dynamics father son mutually assured destruction films deal american themes business versus art ambition blood self master frequent collaborators anderson frequently actors crew carrying film film anderson referred regular actors little company included prominently late considered anderson regular acted anderson films master equally minor roles blood entirely new cast cinematographer anderson films master shot served composer hard blood master inherent vice anderson regularly works producing partners casting director personal life anderson dated frequently collaborated singer years late 1990s early 2000s relationship actress comedian live children daughters born october born november born august son jack born july filmography awards recognition anderson called exciting talents come years supreme talents today release anderson praised interview jan director referenced example strength american cinema anderson ranked guardian list best living filmmakers total film named twentieth greatest director time american_film_institute regarded american film modern masters guardian ranked number list best film directors world writing dedication craft intensified disdain celebrity marking devout filmmaker generation entertainment_weekly named eighth greatest working director calling dynamic directors emerge years interview critic director referred anderson true classify acceptance speech said think like rolling_stone wrote master sixth film year old writer director position foremost filmmaking talent generation anderson rock star artist knows limits anderson person win director prizes major international film festivals cannes berlin venice
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