FILM DIRECTOR

Paul W. S. Anderson

1965 - Today

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Paul William Scott Anderson (born 4 March 1965) is an English film director, screenwriter, and producer who often makes science fiction films and video game adaptations. Anderson made his feature film debut with the British independent film Shopping (1994); he found commercial success with his second film, Mortal Kombat (1995), made in the US, based on the first couple of video games of the same name by Midway Games. He is best known as the creative voice behind the first six live-action films of the Resident Evil film series (2002–2016), which stars Milla Jovovich (whom he married in 2009), and is based on the Capcom video game series of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul W. S. Anderson has received more than 6,329,973 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Paul W. S. Anderson is the 537th most popular film director (down from 465th in 2019), the 1,983rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,774th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Paul W. S. Anderson ranks 537 out of 2,041. Before him are Osamu Dezaki, Ferdinand Zecca, Alain Corneau, Andrzej Munk, Denys Arcand, and Philip Kaufman. After him are Hugh Hudson, Olivier Assayas, Dadasaheb Phalke, Wojciech Has, Lindsay Anderson, and Henning Carlsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Paul W. S. Anderson ranks 84. Before him are Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, John C. Reilly, Eddie Irvine, Tom Tykwer, Fredrik Reinfeldt, and Quique Sánchez Flores. After him are Marlee Matlin, Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, David Wenham, Marcelino García Toral, Damien Hirst, and Yoshiki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul W. S. Anderson ranks 1,983 out of 8,785. Before him are Geoffrey Hinton (1947), Lord Guildford Dudley (1536), Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757), Roger Hodgson (1950), Cynewulf of Wessex (750), and Edith Pargeter (1913). After him are Herbert Read (1893), Francis Rossi (1949), John Adams (1767), Randolph Churchill (1911), Hugh Hudson (1936), and Daisy, Princess of Pless (1873).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Paul W. S. Anderson ranks 36. Before him are Derek Jarman (1942), John Badham (1939), Michael Apted (1941), Mike Leigh (1943), Peter Yates (1929), and Ken Annakin (1914). After him are Hugh Hudson (1936), George Albert Smith (1864), David Byrne (1952), Chris Menges (1940), Anthony Asquith (1902), and Lewis Gilbert (1920).

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Filmography

Resident Evil
Director
When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak.
Mar 15th 20026.639 / 10
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Director
When scientists discover something near Antarctica that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting ground where Aliens are grown as sport for the Predator race.
Aug 12th 20045.9 / 10
Resident Evil: Retribution
Director
The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice, awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by new found allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.
Sep 12th 20125.836 / 10