Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson (born in Los Angeles, California, June 26, 1970) wrote and directed movies  Hard Eight (1996) with Gwyneth Paltrow; Boogie Nights (1997) with Mark Wahlberg; Magnolia (1999) with Tom Cruise; Punch-Drunk Love (2002) with Adam Sandler; There Will Be Blood (2007) based on the 1927 novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair, nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Picture drama; The Master (2012) with Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman; Phantom Thread (2017) with Daniel Day-Lewis; and Licorice Pizza (2021).