Paul Thomas Anderson

Known for: There Will Be Blood (2007), Magnolia (1999)

Paul Thomas Anderson has directed eight films since 1996, each a formally ambitious investigation of American obsession, religion, and masculine failure. Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), There Will Be Blood (2007), and The Master (2012) are among the most discussed American films of their respective decades. He has collaborated throughout his career with the cinematographer Robert Elswit and the composer Jonny Greenwood.