Paul Thomas Anderson, 1970
Writers · June 26, 1970
Paul Thomas Anderson
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Paul Thomas Anderson is 56 years old, born June 26, 1970 in United States · Cancer.
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About
Paul Thomas Anderson crafted psychological dramas into a generational signature, winning three Academy Awards and becoming the sole filmmaker to capture Best Director prizes at Cannes, Venice, and Berlin. Born June 26, 1970, in the US, PTA built his reputation through films like Boogie Nights (1997), There Will Be Blood (2007)—regarded as one of the 21st century's greatest films—and Phantom Thread (2017). His 2025 film One Battle After Another won him Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. A Cancer, his work centers desperate characters and dysfunctional families.
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Biography
Paul Thomas Anderson, known as PTA, is an American filmmaker and screenwriter born June 26, 1970. He has won three Academy Awards, three Golden Globes, and four BAFTAs, and remains the only person to have claimed Best Director at all three of Europe's major film festivals—Cannes, Venice, and Berlin—plus the Golden Bear.
Anderson's directorial debut, Hard Eight (1996), was followed by critical and commercial breakthroughs with Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), and Punch-Drunk Love (2002). His fifth film, There Will Be Blood (2007), is considered among cinema's greatest works. He continued with The Master (2012) and Inherent Vice (2014), an adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel. Phantom Thread (2017), Licorice Pizza (2021), and One Battle After Another (2025) all earned Best Picture and Best Director nominations; his latest won both categories plus Best Adapted Screenplay and became his highest-grossing release.
His films are psychological dramas marked by desperate characters, dysfunctional families, alienation, and visual restlessness—moving cameras and extended takes define his aesthetic. He has collaborated repeatedly with cinematographer Robert Elswit, costume designer Mark Bridges, composers Jon Brion and Jonny Greenwood, and actors Philip Seymour Hoffman, Daniel Day-Lewis, John C. Reilly, and Joaquin Phoenix. Beyond features, Anderson directed music videos for Fiona Apple, Haim, Radiohead, and Thom Yorke, alongside a 2015 Greenwood documentary (Junun) and the short Anima (2019). As a screenwriter and filmmaker, his work spans narrative and visual storytelling. A Cancer, his life-path number is 4, often associated with builders and structural vision.
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Trivia
- Anderson is the only filmmaker to win Best Director at Cannes, Venice, Berlin, and the Academy Awards.
- He directed the 2015 documentary Junun about composer Jonny Greenwood's album.
- His collaborations with actor Joaquin Phoenix span multiple films across decades.
- Anderson directed music videos for Radiohead and created the short film Anima (2019) for Thom Yorke.
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Numerology
LIFE-PATH NUMBER
The Builder
Disciplined and structured. Paul Thomas Anderson succeed where consistency beats charisma — long catalogs, repeatable craft, slow-grow audiences.
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Birthday compatibility
By Chinese zodiac — san-he trine for best matches, opposing pair for the most friction-prone.
HIGHLY COMPATIBLE
- Hunter SchaferTiger · 1998
- Dylan WangTiger · 1998
- Kerris DorseyTiger · 1998
- AlexandraTiger · 1998
- Declan McKennaTiger · 1998
CHALLENGING
- Griffin GluckDragon · 2000
- Jade Pettyjohn
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Frequently asked
- How old is Paul Thomas Anderson?
- Paul Thomas Anderson is 56 years old (born June 26, 1970).
- When is Paul Thomas Anderson's birthday?
- Paul Thomas Anderson was born on June 26, 1970.
- What is Paul Thomas Anderson's zodiac sign?
- Paul Thomas Anderson is a Cancer, born June 26, 1970.
- What is Paul Thomas Anderson's Chinese zodiac sign?
- Paul Thomas Anderson was born in 1970, the year of the Metal Dog.
- Where is Paul Thomas Anderson from?
- Paul Thomas Anderson is from United States.
- What does Paul Thomas Anderson do?
- Paul Thomas Anderson is a writer.
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