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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) a... more

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.

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Starred In [6]
Produced [10]
Written [13]
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The Grand Budapest Hotel
(2014)
Comedy, Drama
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals tha...
Runtime:
100 min
8.1
92%
88
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
(2009)
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
The Fantastic Mr. Fox bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Wes Anderson
Cast:
George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Jason Schwartzman
7.9
93%
83
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Moonrise Kingdom
(2012)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned u...
Runtime:
94 min
7.8
N/A
84
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The Royal Tenenbaums
(2001)
Comedy, Drama
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fau...
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Wes Anderson
Cast:
Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow
7.6
81%
76
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Rushmore
(1998)
Comedy, Drama
When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involve...
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Wes Anderson
Cast:
Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams, Seymour Cassel, Brian Cox
7.7
90%
86
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Isle of Dogs
(2018)
Adventure, Animation, Comedy
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that's a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Wes Anderson
Cast:
Bryan Cranston, Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Bill Murray
7.9
90%
82
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
(2004)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perh...
Runtime:
119 min
Director:
Wes Anderson
Cast:
Bill Murray, Anjelica Huston, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson
7.3
73%
62
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The Darjeeling Limited
(2007)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian co...
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Wes Anderson
Cast:
Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody, Bill Murray, Anjelica Huston
7.2
69%
67
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Bottle Rocket
(1996)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatched a hair-brained scheme for an as-yet-unspecified crime spree that somehow involves his former boss, the (supposedly) legendary Mr. Henry.
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Wes Anderson
Cast:
Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Lumi Cavazos, Andrew Wilson, Robert Musgrave
7.0
85%
66
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Hotel Chevalier
(2007)
Drama, Romance
In a Paris hotel room, Jack Whitman lies on a bed. His phone rings; it's a woman on her way to see him, a surprise. She arrives and the complications of their relationship emerge in bits and pieces. Will they make love? Is their relationship over? (A prequel to The Darjeeling Limited, 2007.)
Runtime:
13 min
Director:
Wes Anderson
Cast:
Jason Schwartzman, Natalie Portman, Waris Ahluwalia, Michel Castejon
7.2
N/A
N/A
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Castello Cavalcanti
(2013)
Comedy
In 1955 in Italy, race car driver Jed Cavalcanti suffers a mishap during the Molte Miglia rally and finds himself in a small town with a few familial surprises.
Runtime:
8 min
Director:
Wes Anderson
Cast:
Jason Schwartzman, Giada Colagrande, Renato Agostini, Igino Angelini, Teodorico Arbore
7.2
N/A
N/A
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Bottle Rocket
(1994)
Comedy, Crime
Dysfunctional friends Dignan and Anthony plan and execute a robbery with their pot-growing friend, Bob. The short film that inspired Wes Anderson’s feature debut.
Runtime:
14 min
Director:
Wes Anderson
Cast:
Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Robert Musgrave, Elissa Sommerfield, Isiah Ellis
7.0
N/A
N/A
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Come Together
(2016)
Comedy, Drama, Family
A train is delayed on Christmas day due to a storm, causing the passengers to have their own celebration.
Runtime:
4 min
Director:
Wes Anderson
Cast:
Adrien Brody
7.5
N/A
N/A
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Cousin Ben Troop Screening
(2012)
Comedy
Cousin Ben hosts a screening of Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom to the troops.
Runtime:
2 min
Director:
Wes Anderson
Cast:
Jason Schwartzman
6.9
N/A
N/A
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Prada: Candy
(2013)
Candy is a modern chic french woman. She meets Julius and Gene, who are best friends, and cannot choose between them when both of them are fighting over her love.
Runtime:
3 min
Director:
Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Cast:
Peter Gadiot, Rodolphe Pauly, Léa Seydoux
6.6
N/A
N/A
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American Express: My Life. My Card.
(2004)
A short promotional film directed and starred in by Wes Anderson in which he explains how to make a movie while answering various questions from his cast and crew.
Runtime:
2 min
6.5
N/A
N/A
American Express: My Life. My Card
(2004)
Documentary
A commercial directed and starred in by Wes Anderson in which he explains how to make a movie while answering various questions from his cast and crew.
Runtime:
2 min
6.6
N/A
N/A
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Give Beautifully
(2014)
Stella Artois commercial
Runtime:
1 min
6.4
N/A
N/A
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Do You Like to Read?
(2012)
Animation, Comedy
The Narrator of "Moonrise Kingdom" (also the librarian for the township of New Penzance) introduces six of heroine Suzy Bishop's favorite books as she reads a passage from each. The six books are: "Shelly and the Secret Universe," "The Francine Odysseys," "The Girl from Jupiter," "Disappearance of the 6th Grade," "The Light of Seven Ma...
Runtime:
5 min
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Come Together
A train is delayed on Christmas day due to a storm, causing the passengers to have their own celebration. An ad for H&M's Christmas catalog.
Runtime:
4 min
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Come Together
(2016)
As a train passengers travel to Christmas Holidays with their loved ones, a snowstorm threatens to disrupt the plans of these strangers, who come together to create a festive surprise.
Runtime:
4 min
N/A
N/A
N/A
Come Together
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Come Together
(2016)
Discover the H&M Christmas 2016 collection and see the new film directed by Wes Anderson, starring Adrien Brody.
Runtime:
3 min
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