Wes Anderson- Director
Wes Anderson is an American film director who has directed many films such as moonrise kingdom, Bottle rocket, Rushmore and grand Budapest hotel. He works with the same actors most of the time. For example he uses bill Murray, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman. Anderson attended the University of Texas in Austin, where he majored in philosophy. It was there that he met Owen Wilson. They became friends and began making short films, some of which aired on a local tv station. One of their shorts was Bottle Rocket (1994), which starred Owen and his brother Luke Wilson. The short was screened at the Sundance Film Festival, where it was successfully received, so much so that they received funding to make a feature-length version. Bottle Rocket (1996) was not a commercial hit, but it gained a cult audience and high-profile fans, which included Martin Scorsese. his following films were Rushmore(1998), The life aquatic with Steve zissou The Royal tennabuams (2001) and an animated feature, Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009) These were all very successful . The latter two films earned Anderson Oscar nominations.
Anderson has chosen to direct mostly fast-paced comedies marked by more serious or melancholic elements, with themes often centred on grief, loss of innocence, parental abandonment, adultery, sibling rivalry and unlikely friendships. Anderson has been noted for his extensive use of flat space camera moves, obsessively symmetrical compositions, snap-zooms, slow-motion walking shots, a deliberately limited colour palette, and hand-made art direction often utilizing miniatures. These stylistic choices give his movies a highly distinctive quality that has provoked much discussion, critical study, supercuts and mash-ups, and even parody. Anderson frequently uses pop music from the 1960s and 70s on the soundtracks of his films, and one band or musician tends to dominate each soundtrack. In Rushmore, Cat Stevens and British Invasion groups featured prominently, The Royal Tenenbaums included multiple songs recorded by Nico and The Velvet Underground, The Life Aquatic was replete with David Bowie including both originals and covers performed by Seu Jorge, The Kinks appeared on the soundtrack for The Darjeeling Limited, The Beach Boys in Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Hank Williams for Moonrise Kingdom.
Tom i really like this although it is compact it contain a lot of useful information. I would howevr liked to know who he cites as his main influences? How could you write this piece without featurin a picture of Wes and could you please also add a few clips or stills from some of the films that you have mentioned please.
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