Paul W. S. Anderson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paul W. S. Anderson
Occupation	Film director
Date Of Birth	Mar 4, 1965(1965-03-04)
Age	59
Birthplace	Wallsend
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Pisces

Paul W. S. Anderson Biography

Paul W. S. Anderson is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on March 4, 1965 in Wallsend, England, United Kingdom.

Anderson began his professional career as a writer on the British crime drama comedy series El C.I.D., which ran for three series, from 1990 to 1992, and starred Alfred Molina in its first two. He met producer Jeremy Bolt and together they founded Impact Pictures in 1992, looking to raise money for Anderson’s feature film debut as director, from an action crime drama script of his own, called Shopping. After much trouble to secure funding, Shopping, which stars Sean Pertwee, Jude Law (on his first feature film role) and Sadie Frost, was released in the United Kingdom in 1994. The censors of the British Board of Film Classification were not happy with the violence of the film and delayed its release for months, hurting its commercial prospect. When it was eventually released, critics panned it and some cinemas decided to ban it for promoting an “irresponsible” outlook. In the United States it only gained an edited, direct-to-video release two years later. Anderson credits Shopping for inspiring Channel Four Films, who had financed it, to also finance the more successful Shallow Grave and Trainspotting films by Danny Boyle, which in turn, he believes, made critics reassess his film in more positive light in later years, as one of the first in a new wave of British films that concern its youth. Shopping is Anderson’s one and only British film, as he grew up watching American and mainland European movies, never seeing himself becoming a British filmmaker. Shopping was accepted in the Sundance Film Festival, which made him noticed by American studios, for the film’s look and style despite its limited $2 million budget, and opened for him the doors to Hollywood.

Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt founded Impact Pictures in 1992, under which most of Anderson’s films have been made.

Paul W. S. Anderson Net Worth

Paul W. S. Anderson is one of the richest Film director from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paul W. S. Anderson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Paul William Scott Anderson (born 4 March 1965) is an English film director, producer, and screenwriter who regularly works in science fiction films and video game adaptations.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Paul W. S. Anderson Dating?

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After the poor performance of his last two films, Anderson was forced to put his planned remake of the cult film Death Race 2000 on hold, and he set about writing and directing the 2000 supernatural mystery drama TV film called The Sight, starring Andrew McCarthy. The Sight, was meant as a pilot for a potential series, but despite achieving high ratings, it was not picked up. Anderson made his earlier films as “Paul Anderson”, the name he registered with the Director’s Guild of America, but with The Sight he began to credit himself as “Paul W. S. Anderson”, as filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson had registered himself with the Writers Guild of America as “Paul Anderson”, making it impossible for either of them to both write and direct a film under “Paul Anderson”.

Facts & Trivia

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Anderson’s next project was the much-anticipated Alien vs. Predator, based on the crossover concept of the same name between the Alien and Predator franchises, which was popularized by a series of Dark Horse comics and hinted at in Predator 2. A film version had been stuck in development hell for several years, despite the franchise crossing into every other form of media, from books to comics to video games. Anderson directed the film based on a script of his own, and it was released in 2004. The film received negative reviews by critics, and a B on a Cinemascore poll by audiences. It was a big commercial success, grossing a little over $170 million, on a budget of $60 million. A sequel was made, called Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, in which Anderson was not involved, and which failed to match Anderson’s film’s commercial or even critical performance, a fact that Anderson has used to defend his film.