Wes Anderson Trivia | 25 facts about the director

Wes Anderson is an American filmmaker. His films are known for their eccentricity and unique visual and narrative styles.

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1. His full name is Wesley Wales Anderson.
2. He was born on May 1se, 1969.
3. He is an American filmmaker.
4. His films are known for their eccentricity and unique visual and narrative styles.
5. They often contain themes of grief, loss of innocence, and dysfunctional families.
6. Cited by some critics as a modern-day example of the work of an auteur.
7. Three of Anderson’s films have appeared in BBC Culture’s 2016 poll of the greatest films since 2000.
8. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Royal Tenenbaums (2001).
9. With Anderson’s film The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), he received his first Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Picture, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay.
10. His next film, Asteroid City, is slated for release in June, 2023.
11. Martin Scorsese is a big fan of his movies, even choosing him as the next Martin Scorsese in an Esquire magazine article.
12. His great-grandfather was Edgar Rice Burroughs, the author most famous for his creation of Tarzan and John Carter.
13. While shooting Life Aquatic (2004) the once pasty and bookish Anderson got a tan, grew his hair long, and got into better shape. His frequent star, Anjelica Huston, noted that Wes had suddenly become handsome.
14. All of his films since The Royal Tenenbaums have featured a type of shot composition called “planimetric staging” which involves placing the camera at a 90 degree angle with the subject of the shot.
15. This type of shot is one of the main reasons Anderson’s films are said to have a unique visual style. Other directors who have used this technique include Buster Keaton, Jean-Luc Godard, Stanley Kubrick, and Yasujiro Ozu, although almost none have used at as frequently as Anderson has (almost every shot).
16. Rosemaries Baby(1968) is his favorite film.
17. He has directed one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant: Rushmore (1998).
18. Some of the character names in his movies, most notably in Rushmore (1998), were actually the names of his St. John’s classmates.
19. Wrote Darjeeling Limited (2007) and Moonrise Kingdom (2012) with Roman Coppola.
20. Coppola’s cousin Jason Schwartzman co-wrote the former film, and appeared in both, as well as in Rushmore  (1998).
21. Has an Italian song about him called “Wes Anderson” by I Cani. The music video is a tribute to the director and his movies.
22. Seven of his films are in the Criterion Collection.
23. Has a daughter named Freya with his partner Juman Malouf.
24. She is named after the main character in The Mortal Storm (1940).
25. His father is of Swedish and Norwegian descent, and his mother has English, Scots-Irish, and German ancestry.