Paul Thomas Anderson

IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000759/

Date of Birth:26 June 1970, Studio City, California, USA

Height:5' 10½" (1.79 m)

Trademarks:[Camel cigarettes] All smoking characters in Anderson's early movies smoke Camel cigarettes - Philip Baker Hall smokes Camel Filters in Sydney (1996), William H. Macy smokes Camel Lights in Magnolia (1999). 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. Frequently uses extended takes Most of his early films are set in the San Fernando Valley, California 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. [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. Often shoots very wide angles and moving tracking shots

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