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Wes Anderson

Born May 1, 1969 · Houston, Texas, USA (age 57)

Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American filmmaker. His films are known for their symmetry, eccentricity and distinctive visual and narrative styles, and he is cited by some critics as a modern-day example of the auteur. Three of his films, The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) appeared in BBC Culture's 2016 poll of the greatest fi…

Known For

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel · 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel

MovieComedyDrama

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

Sing 2

MovieAnimationComedy

Buster and his new cast now have their sights set on debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower Theater in glamorous Redshore City. But with no connections, he and his singers must sneak into the Crystal Entertainment offices, run by the ruthless wolf mogul Jimmy Crystal, where the gang pitches the ridiculous idea of casting the lion rock legend Clay Calloway in their show. Buster must embark on a quest to find the now-isolated Clay and persuade him to return to the stage.

The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme · 2025

The Phoenician Scheme

MovieComedyAdventure

Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins.

Sing

MovieAnimationComedy

A koala named Buster recruits his best friend to help him drum up business for his theater by hosting a singing competition.

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun · 2021

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

MovieDramaComedy

The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Fantastic Mr. Fox · 2009

Fantastic Mr. Fox

MovieAdventureAnimation

The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.

Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation · 2003

Lost in Translation

MovieDramaComedy

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.

Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs · 2018

MovieAdventureComedy

In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.

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The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel · 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel

MovieComedyDrama

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

Director

Sing 2

MovieAnimationComedy

Buster and his new cast now have their sights set on debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower Theater in glamorous Redshore City. But with no connections, he and his singers must sneak into the Crystal Entertainment offices, run by the ruthless wolf mogul Jimmy Crystal, where the gang pitches the ridiculous idea of casting the lion rock legend Clay Calloway in their show. Buster must embark on a quest to find the now-isolated Clay and persuade him to return to the stage.

Additional Voices (voice)

The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme · 2025

The Phoenician Scheme

MovieComedyAdventure

Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins.

Producer

Sing

MovieAnimationComedy

A koala named Buster recruits his best friend to help him drum up business for his theater by hosting a singing competition.

Daniel (voice)

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun · 2021

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

MovieDramaComedy

The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

Screenplay

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Fantastic Mr. Fox · 2009

Fantastic Mr. Fox

MovieAdventureAnimation

The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.

Director

Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation · 2003

Lost in Translation

MovieDramaComedy

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.

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Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs · 2018

MovieAdventureComedy

In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.

Director

Asteroid City

Asteroid City · 2023

MovieComedyDrama

In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

Producer

The Darjeeling Limited

The Darjeeling Limited · 2007

The Darjeeling Limited

MovieAdventureDrama

Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray).

Director

The Royal Tenenbaums

The Royal Tenenbaums · 2001

The Royal Tenenbaums

MovieComedyDrama

Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.

Director

Moonrise Kingdom

Moonrise Kingdom · 2012

Moonrise Kingdom

MovieComedyDrama

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.

Director

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar · 2023

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

MovieComedyFantasy

A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes. He sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.

Writer

Rushmore

Rushmore · 1998

MovieComedyDrama

When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.

Director

The Squid and the Whale

The Squid and the Whale · 2005

The Squid and the Whale

MovieComedyDrama

Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.

Producer

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou · 2004

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

MovieAdventureComedy

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.

Director

Poison

MovieComedyDrama

When a poisonous snake slithers onto an Englishman's stomach in India, his associate and a doctor race to save him.

Director

She's Funny That Way

She's Funny That Way · 2015

She's Funny That Way

MovieComedyRomance

On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production.

Executive Producer

Bottle Rocket

Bottle Rocket · 1996

MovieComedyCrime

Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatched a harebrained scheme for an as-yet-unspecified crime spree that somehow involves his former boss, the (supposedly) legendary Mr. Henry.

Director

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More · 2024

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

MovieComedyDrama

Four tales unfold in Wes Anderson's anthology of short films adapted from Roald Dahl's beloved stories, "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar", "The Swan", "The Rat Catcher", and "Poison."

Director

The Rat Catcher

The Rat Catcher · 2023

The Rat Catcher

In an English village, a reporter and a mechanic listen to a ratcatcher explain his clever plan to outwit his prey.

Director

The Swan

The Swan · 2023

Two large, ignorant bullies ruthlessly pursue a small, brilliant boy in this young adult Roald Dahl short story.

Director

Hotel Chevalier

Hotel Chevalier · 2007

Hotel Chevalier

MovieDramaRomance

In a Paris hotel room, Jack Whitman lies on a bed. His phone rings; it's a woman on her way to see him, a surprise. She arrives and the complications of their relationship emerge in bits and pieces. Will they make love? Is their relationship over? (A prequel to The Darjeeling Limited, 2007.)

Director

Bottle Rocket

Bottle Rocket · 1993

MovieComedyCrime

Dysfunctional friends Dignan and Anthony plan and execute a robbery with their pot-growing friend, Bob. The short film that inspired Wes Anderson’s feature debut.

Director

Konbini Vidéo Club

Konbini Vidéo Club · 2018

Konbini Vidéo Club