Paul W.S. Anderson


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Paul W.S. Anderson gained a fair bit of notoriety in his native England when he directed the ultra-violent Shopping (1994) (which he also wrote), starring Jude Law and Sean Pertwee in a story about thieves who steal by ramming a car into storefronts. The film was banned in some cinemas in England, and became a direct-to-video slightly edited ... See full bio »

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Known For

Event Horizon Director
(1997)
Mortal Kombat Director
(1995)
(2011)

Filmography

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 2023 In the Lost Lands (screen story) (announced)
 2020/I Monster Hunter (written for the screen by)
 2018 Death Race: Beyond Anarchy (Video) (story by)
 2016 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (written by)
 2013 Death Race: Inferno (Video) (characters from "Death Race") / (story by)
 2012 Resident Evil: Retribution (written by)
 2010 Death Race 2 (Video) (characters and story)
 2010 Resident Evil: Afterlife (written by)
 2008 Death Race (screen story) / (screenplay)
 2007 Resident Evil: Extinction (written by)
 2004 Resident Evil: Apocalypse (written by)
 2004 AVP: Alien vs. Predator (screen story) / (screenplay)
 2002 Resident Evil (written by)
 2000 The Sight (TV Movie) (written by)
 1994 Shopping (written by - as Paul Anderson)
 1990-1992 El C.I.D. (TV Series) (written by - 5 episodes)
- Making Amends (1992) ... (written by)
- Paradise Mislaid (1991) ... (written by - as Paul Anderson)
- Getting Even (1990) ... (written by - as Paul Anderson)
- The Price of Love (1990) ... (written by - as Paul Anderson)
- Spanish Eyes (1990) ... (written by - as Paul Anderson)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Directed Doom 3 (2004) TV commercial "Warnings" (2005). See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Interviews | 1 Article | See more »

Alternate Names:

Paul Anderson

Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)

Spouse:

Milla Jovovich  (3 children)

Children:

Ever Anderson | See more »
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Personal Quote:

[on design concept of Event Horizon (1997)] We took a lot of medieval architecture, like fledged pillars and recessed windows and also the idea of triptychs from churches, and we incorporated that into very modern spaceship design. In fact, we started to design the ship itself by scanning Notre Dame cathedral into the computer, and then we built our spaceship as elements of that cathedral, but ... See more »

Trivia:

His influences are Luc Besson, Jean-Jacques Beineix and the films of Ridley Scott. See more »

Trademark:

Has a reputation for declining to direct follow-ups to his films (i.e. Mortal Kombat, AVP, Resident Evil). See more »

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