Paul Thomas Anderson Trivia Questions

Despite multiple nominations (Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood, Phantom Thread, Licorice Pizza), he has never won Best Director.

The character Lancaster Dodd is loosely based on L. Ron Hubbard, though Anderson stressed it's a fictional exploration of post-war cult dynamics.

'There Will Be Blood' was written and filmed much later, starting production in 2006, years after 'Magnolia' was released in 1999.

Paul Thomas Anderson's films have employed multiple cinematographers. Besides Robert Elswit, he worked with Mihai Mălaimare Jr. on The Master, handled cinematography himself on Phantom Thread, and collaborated with Michael Bauman on Licorice Pizza.

The 'Karma Police' video was directed by Jonathan Glazer, not Paul Thomas Anderson. Anderson later directed Radiohead's 'Daydreaming' music video in 2016.

Ernie Anderson, a famous voice actor, narrated the opening of 'Boogie Nights', but he wasn't cast as the film reel—he voiced the TV narrator.

The film, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, is loosely adapted from Sinclair's 1926 novel 'Oil!' about an oil tycoon in California. Anderson wrote and directed it.

Anderson actually wrote a short film called 'The Dirk Diggler Story' first, about a porn star, which later expanded into 'Boogie Nights'.