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Paul W. S. Anderson

1965 - Today

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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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  • 54.03

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  • 33

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  • 5.12

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  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Paul W. S. Anderson ranks 466 out of 1,581Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Paul W. S. Anderson ranks 74Before 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.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul W. S. Anderson ranks 1,779 out of 7,765Before 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).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Paul W. S. Anderson ranks 32Before 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).

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