Paul Thomas Anderson
10 credits on file—10 films, spanning 1996–2025.
76
Average MEANRANK
across 10 scored credits
across 10 scored credits
10
Credits
in the catalogue
in the catalogue
29
Years active
1996–2025
1996–2025
Also credited for acting (2), directing (10).
Compare with someone elseAwards
On record for their credited titles
Oscars
3 won
+ 11 nominations
Golden Globes
2 won
+ 1 nomination
BAFTAs
4 won
+ 7 nominations
Cannes
1 won
- Won Oscar · Best Picture One Battle After Another · 2026
- Won Oscar · Best Adapted Screenplay One Battle After Another · 2026
- Won Oscar · Best Director One Battle After Another · 2026
- Won Golden Globe · Best Screenplay One Battle After Another · 2026
- Won Golden Globe · Best Director One Battle After Another · 2026
- Won BAFTA · Best Adapted Screenplay One Battle After Another · 2026
- Won BAFTA · Best Film One Battle After Another · 2026
- Won BAFTA · Best Direction One Battle After Another · 2026
- Won BAFTA · Best Original Screenplay Licorice Pizza · 2022
- Won Cannes · Best Director Punch-Drunk Love · 2002
- Nominated Oscar · Best Original Screenplay Licorice Pizza · 2022
- Nominated Oscar · Best Picture Licorice Pizza · 2022
- Nominated Oscar · Best Director Licorice Pizza · 2022
- Nominated Oscar · Best Director Phantom Thread · 2018
- Nominated Oscar · Best Picture Phantom Thread · 2018
- Nominated Oscar · Best Adapted Screenplay Inherent Vice · 2015
- Nominated Oscar · Best Picture There Will Be Blood · 2008
- Nominated Oscar · Best Adapted Screenplay There Will Be Blood · 2008
- Nominated Oscar · Best Director There Will Be Blood · 2008
- Nominated Oscar · Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen Magnolia · 1999
- Nominated Oscar · Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen Boogie Nights · 1997
- Nominated Golden Globe · Best Screenplay Licorice Pizza · 2022
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Direction Licorice Pizza · 2022
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Film Licorice Pizza · 2022
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Original Screenplay The Master · 2013
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Direction There Will Be Blood · 2008
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Film There Will Be Blood · 2008
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Adapted Screenplay There Will Be Blood · 2008
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Original Screenplay Boogie Nights · 1997
94
Wins
126
Nominations
220 awards — Paul Thomas Anderson
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Academy Awards
13 nominations, 3 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Best Picture | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | There Will Be Blood · 2008 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Phantom Thread · 2018 | Nominee |
| Best Director | There Will Be Blood · 2008 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Phantom Thread · 2018 | Nominee |
| Best Picture | There Will Be Blood · 2008 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Magnolia · 1999 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Boogie Nights · 1997 | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Best Director | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
Berlin International Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Golden Bear | Magnolia · 1999 | Winner |
| Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost" | Magnolia · 1999 | Winner |
Golden Globes
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
Directors Guild of America Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Punch-Drunk Love · 2002 | Winner |
César Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International Film | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
Writers Guild of America Awards
4 nominations
| Best Original Screenplay | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | The Master · 2013 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Magnolia · 1999 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Boogie Nights · 1997 | Nominee |
BAFTA Awards
3 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | There Will Be Blood · 2008 | Nominee |
| Best Direction | There Will Be Blood · 2008 | Nominee |
| Best Film | There Will Be Blood · 2008 | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice · 2015 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | The Master · 2013 | Nominee |
87th Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice · 2015 | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | There Will Be Blood · 2008 | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
8 nominations, 4 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Best Direction | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Best Film | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Winner |
| Best Direction | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Film | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | The Master · 2013 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Boogie Nights · 1997 | Nominee |
National Board of Review
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice · 2015 | Winner |
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Director | Licorice Pizza · 2021 | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Phantom Thread · 2018 | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association
9 nominations, 3 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Licorice Pizza · 2021 | Winner |
| Best Director | Licorice Pizza · 2021 | Nominee |
| Best Director | The Master · 2012 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Punch-Drunk Love · 2002 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Phantom Thread · 2017 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | The Master · 2012 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Punch-Drunk Love · 2002 | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
9 nominations, 3 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Best Director | The Master · 2012 | Winner |
| Best Director | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Phantom Thread · 2017 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Phantom Thread · 2017 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | The Master · 2012 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Punch-Drunk Love · 2002 | Nominee |
Austin Film Critics Association
5 nominations, 3 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Director | The Master · 2012 | Winner |
| Best Director | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
Georgia Film Critics Association
5 nominations, 3 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice · 2015 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
Toronto Film Critics Association
4 nominations, 3 won
| Best Director | The Master · 2013 | Winner |
| Best Director | Punch-Drunk Love · 2002 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | The Master · 2013 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Punch-Drunk Love · 2002 | Nominee |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Director | The Master · 2012 | Winner |
| Best Director | There Will Be Blood · 2007 | Winner |
London Film Critics' Circle
5 nominations, 2 won
| Director of the Year | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Screenwriter of the Year | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Best Screenwriter | Phantom Thread · 2018 | Nominee |
| Director of the Year | The Master · 2013 | Nominee |
| Screenwriter of the Year | The Master · 2013 | Nominee |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Director | Punch-Drunk Love · 2002 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Punch-Drunk Love · 2002 | Nominee |
St. Louis Film Critics Association
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Director | Licorice Pizza · 2021 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Licorice Pizza · 2021 | Nominee |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Punch-Drunk Love · 2002 | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Punch-Drunk Love · 2002 | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice · 2015 | Nominee |
National Society of Film Critics
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Best Director | There Will Be Blood · 2008 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | There Will Be Blood · 2008 | Nominee |
Phoenix Film Critics Society
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Punch-Drunk Love · 2002 | Nominee |
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
Boston Online Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
Boston Society of Film Critics
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Director | Phantom Thread · 2017 | Winner |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Screenplay | Licorice Pizza · 2021 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Phantom Thread · 2018 | Winner |
Seattle Film Critics Society
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Magnolia · 1999 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Magnolia · 1999 | Winner |
Satellite Awards
9 nominations, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Magnolia · 1999 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Boogie Nights · 1997 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | The Master · 2012 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Boogie Nights · 1997 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Original | Magnolia · 1999 | Nominee |
AACTA International Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Direction | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Best Direction | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – International | The Master · 2013 | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Screenplay, Original | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Nominee |
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
Gotham Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Feature | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Nominee |
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Nominee |
| Best Feature | The Master · 2012 | Nominee |
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Screenwriter | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Nominee |
| Best Screenwriter | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
Chlotrudis Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Audience Award – Best Director | Punch-Drunk Love · 2002 | Winner |
| Best Director | Punch-Drunk Love · 2002 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Magnolia · 1999 | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Screenplay | The Master · 2012 | Winner |
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Nominee |
| Best Director | The Master · 2012 | Nominee |
Astra Film Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Nominee |
Denver Film Critics Society
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice · 2015 | Winner |
| Best Director | Inherent Vice · 2015 | Nominee |
Gold Derby Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Screenplay | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Punch-Drunk Love · 2002 | Nominee |
Robert Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best English Language Film | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
| Best American Film | Magnolia · 1999 | Nominee |
Austin Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | There Will Be Blood · 2007 | Winner |
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
Florida Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
Gijón International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Punch-Drunk Love · 2002 | Winner |
Guldbagge Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Magnolia · 1999 | Winner |
IndieWire Critics Poll
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Phantom Thread · 2017 | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| New Generation Award | Boogie Nights · 1997 | Winner |
Nastro d'Argento
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Director | Magnolia · 1999 | Winner |
PEN America Literary Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Screenplay | Boogie Nights · 1997 | Winner |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice · 2014 | Winner |
San Sebastián International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film of the Year | Magnolia · 1999 | Winner |
Set Decorators Society of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Picture | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Winner |
Southeastern Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Winner |
Toronto International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Metro Media Award | Boogie Nights · 1997 | Winner |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Phantom Thread · 2018 | Winner |
Venice International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Silver Lion for Best Director | The Master · 2012 | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
6 nominations
| Best Director | Magnolia · 1999 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Boogie Nights · 1997 | Nominee |
| Best Drama Picture | Boogie Nights · 1997 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Magnolia · 1999 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Boogie Nights · 1997 | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Magnolia · 1999 | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society
4 nominations
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
3 nominations
| Best Director | Magnolia · 1999 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Boogie Nights · 1997 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Magnolia · 1999 | Nominee |
International Cinephile Society
3 nominations
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Nominee |
| Best Director | The Master · 2013 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | The Master · 2013 | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
3 nominations
| Best Director | The Master · 2012 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Licorice Pizza · 2021 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | The Master · 2012 | Nominee |
Detroit Film Critics Society
2 nominations
| Best Director | Phantom Thread · 2017 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Licorice Pizza · 2021 | Nominee |
Dorian Awards
2 nominations
| Director of the Year | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Nominee |
| Screenplay of the Year (Original or Adapted) | One Battle After Another · 2026 | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2 nominations
| Best Director | Boogie Nights · 1997 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Boogie Nights · 1997 | Nominee |
Awards Circuit Community Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Punch-Drunk Love · 2002 | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | Magnolia · 1999 | Nominee |
European Film Awards
1 nomination
| Screen International Award | Boogie Nights · 1997 | Nominee |
Golden Schmoes Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay | Punch-Drunk Love · 2002 | Nominee |
Grand Prix Cinema Brazil
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Magnolia · 1999 | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | Inherent Vice · 2015 | Nominee |
International Online Cinema Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Punch-Drunk Love · 2002 | Nominee |
London Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Screenwriter of the Year | Licorice Pizza · 2022 | Nominee |
London Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Screenwriter of the Year | Magnolia · 1999 | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Online
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Nominee |
Online Film & Television Association
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Punch-Drunk Love · 2002 | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards (1999)
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay | Magnolia · 1999 | Nominee |
Satellite Award
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice · 2015 | Nominee |
Screen Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | One Battle After Another · 2025 | Nominee |
USC Scripter Award
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Inherent Vice · 2015 | Nominee |
