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Paul Thomas Anderson

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Paul Thomas Anderson Fast Facts:

Father was voice-over actor Ernie Anderson, best known for narrating The Love Boat (ABC, 1977-86).
Father gave him a Betamax camera when he was 12; he and his friends used it to make amateur films.
As a child, engaged his friends in a pie-making contest and filmed it. The resulting pies were so bad they ended up having the family's Shetland pony sample them.
Made The Dirk Diggler Story, the forerunner to Boogie Nights, when he was a senior in high school.
Attended NYU film school for only two days; dropped out because one professor panned Terminator 2, while another gave him a C on an assignment he copied from a David Mamet work.
Once worked as a production assistant on a children's game show called Quiz Kid Challenge.
First gained attention with the short film Cigarettes & Coffee, which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 1993.

Paul Thomas Anderson Relationships:
Lucille - Daughter
Fiona Apple - Ex-significant Other
Amanda - Sister
Maya Rudolph - Significant Other
Edwina Anderson - Mother
Kathryn - Sister
Elizabeth - Sister
Ernie Anderson - Father
Pearl - Daughter
Jack - Son
Paul Thomas Anderson Awards:
1997 Oscar: Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Nominee
1999 Oscar: Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Nominee
2007 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Nominee
2007 Oscar: Best Motion Picture of the Year - Nominee
2007 Oscar: Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Nominee
2007 BAFTA Awards: Best Film - Nominee
2007 BAFTA Awards: Best Director - Nominee
1997 BAFTA Awards: Best Original Screenplay - Nominee
2002 Cannes Film Festival: Best Director - Winner
College:
Attended Emerson College, Boston, MA; attended New York University, New York, NY