1965 - Today
Paul William Scott Anderson (born 4 March 1965) is an English filmmaker who regularly works in science fiction films and video game adaptations. Anderson made his feature film debut with the British independent film Shopping (1994), and found commercial success with his second film, the Hollywood-produced Mortal Kombat (1995), 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 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 5,867,034 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul W. S. Anderson is the 466th most popular film director (down from 429th in 2019), the 1,779th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,704th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Film Director.
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Among film directors, Paul W. S. Anderson ranks 466 out of 1,581. Before him are Louis Feuillade, Nadine Trintignant, Veljko Bulajić, Fernando Solanas, André Téchiné, and Hiroshi Teshigahara. After him are Roland Joffé, Umberto Lenzi, Jacques Deray, Nicolas Roeg, John Lasseter, and Paweł Pawlikowski.
1873 - 1925
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 460
1934 - Present
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 461
1928 - Present
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 462
1936 - 2020
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 463
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 464
1927 - 2001
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 465
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 466
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 467
1931 - 2017
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 468
1929 - 2003
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 469
1928 - 2018
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 470
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 471
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 472
Among people born in 1965, Paul W. S. Anderson ranks 74. Before him are Satoshi Tajiri, KRS-One, William Zabka, Melissa McBride, Yahya Jammeh, and Frank Grillo. After him are Trifon Ivanov, John C. Reilly, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Stefka Kostadinova, Stéphane Peterhansel, and Kevin James.
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 68
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 69
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 70
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 71
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 72
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 73
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 74
1965 - 2016
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 75
1965 - Present
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 76
1965 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 77
1965 - Present
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 78
1965 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 79
1965 - Present
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 80
Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul W. S. Anderson ranks 1,779 out of 7,765. Before him are Augustus Pugin (1812), Bill Foulkes (1932), Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), Keith Flint (1969), Orderic Vitalis (1075), and Tom Felton (1987). After him are Sandie Shaw (1947), Roland Joffé (1945), Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878), Andrew Wakefield (1957), FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), and Luke Evans (1979).
1812 - 1852
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 1,773
1932 - 2013
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 1,774
1673 - 1743
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 1,775
1969 - 2019
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 1,776
1075 - 1142
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 1,777
1987 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 1,778
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 1,779
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 1,780
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 1,781
1878 - 1957
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 1,782
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 1,783
1788 - 1855
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 1,784
1979 - Present
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 1,785
Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Paul W. S. Anderson ranks 32. Before him are Michael Apted (1941), Adrian Lyne (1941), Michael Anderson (1920), David Yates (1963), Mike Leigh (1943), and J. Lee Thompson (1914). After him are Roland Joffé (1945), Nicolas Roeg (1928), David Byrne (1952), Peter Yates (1929), John Badham (1939), and Anthony Asquith (1902).
1941 - 2021
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 26
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 27
1920 - 2018
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 28
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 29
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 30
1914 - 2002
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 31
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 32
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 33
1928 - 2018
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 34
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 35
1929 - 2011
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 36
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 37
1902 - 1968
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 38