History Creator / PaulWSAnderson

Paul William Scott Anderson (born 4 March 1965) is an English director and producer. He has largely stayed in the realm of being a journeyman director, basically someone called in to make a movie under the direction of the suits. While that might earn some derision as someone who "makes someone elses' movie," he has taken those movies that could easily become merely a paycheck and turned them into something rather watchable and surprisingly entertaining that usually does well in box office. He refers to himself as a "populist filmmaker'', meaning that he doesn't particularly care what professional critics think of his work as long as his films entertain the audience.

* {{Nepotism}}: Even though this has only been clear in the Resident Evil movies, his wife Mila Jovovich has been cast as the starring roles in multiple movies of his.

He's married to Creator/MillaJovovich.

* SequelHook: Of his directorial efforts, all but ''{{Film/Pompeii}}'' ([[ForegoneConclusion obviously]]) have some variation on BolivianArmyEnding, TheEndOrIsIt, or AndTheAdventureContinues. Fortunately for him, almost all have been followed up on at some point, for better or worse.

* ''Film/DOADeadOrAlive''

* ActionGenre: Most of the films he directed are usually some variation of action (often mixed with {{Fantasy}}, ScienceFiction and/or {{Horror}})

* VideoGameMovies: He directed ''Mortal Kombat'' and 4 ''Resident Evil'' films. He was also a producer of ''DOA: Dead or Alive'', a loose adaptation of the VideoGame/DeadOrAlive games.

* SequelHook: Of his directorial efforts, all but ''{{Film/Pompeii}}'' ([[ForegoneConclusion obviously]]) have some variation on BolivianArmyEnding, TheEndOrIsIt, or AndTheAdventureContinues. Fortunately for him, almost all have been followed up on at some point, for better or Worse.

* ActionGenre: Most of the films he directed are usually some form of a action film (often mixed with {{Fantasy}}, ScienceFiction and/or {{Horror}})

Paul William Scott Anderson (born 4 March 1965) is an English director and producer. He has largely stayed in the realm of being a journeyman director, basically someone called in to make a movie under the direction of the suits. While that might earn some derision as someone who "makes someone elses' movie," he has taken those movies that could easily become merely a paycheck and turned them into something rather watchable and surprisingly entertaining that usually does well in box office.

He also suffers from an addiction to [[SequelHook Sequel Hooks]]. Of his directorial efforts, all but ''{{Film/Pompeii}}'' ([[ForegoneConclusion obviously]]) have some variation on BolivianArmyEnding, TheEndOrIsIt, or AndTheAdventureContinues. Fortunately for him, almost all have been followed up on at some point, for better or worse.

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He has carved out a niche in the business of being hard-working and staying within budget. His first major breakthrough was directing the first ''Film/MortalKombat'' movie, which managed to get some major critics supporting it, appeal to a mainstream audience and make its money back. Today the movie is regarded as a bit of a CultClassic. He has since been involved with several other video-game inspired movies, all with a similar degree of respect. In other words, he is the "rich man's [[SmallNameBigEgo Uwe]] [[AcceptableTargets Boll]]."

Paul William Scott Anderson (born 4 March 1965) is an English director and producer. He has largely stayed in the realm of being a Journeyman Director, basically someone called in to make a movie under the direction of the suits. While that might earn some derision as someone who "makes someone elses' movie," he has taken those movies that could easily become merely a paycheck and turned them into something rather watchable and surprisingly entertaining.

* ''Film/ResidentEvil'' and [[Film/ResidentEvilAfterlife three]] [[Film/ResidentEvilRetribution of its]] [[Film/ResidentEvilTheFinalChapter sequels]].

Paul W.S. Anderson is an English director and producer. He has largely stayed in the realm of being a Journeyman Director, basically someone called in to make a movie under the direction of the suits. While that might earn some derision as someone who "makes someone elses' movie," he has taken those movies that could easily become merely a paycheck and turned them into something rather watchable and surprisingly entertaining.

He has carved out a niche in the business of being hard-working and staying within budget. His first major breakthrough was directing the first ''Film/MortalKombat'' movie, which managed to get some major critics supporting it, appeal to a mainstream audience and make it's money back. Today the movie is regarded as a bit of a CultClassic. He has since been involved with several other video-game inspired movies, all with a similar degree of respect. In other words, he is the "rich man's [[SmallNameBigEgo Uwe]] [[AcceptableTargets Boll]]."

* ''Film/ResidentEvil''

* ''Film/AlienVsPredator''

He has carved out a niche in the business of being hard-working and staying within budget. His first major breakthrough was directing the first ''Film/MortalKombat'' movie, which managed to get some major critics supporting it, appeal to a mainstream audience and make it's money back. Today the movie is regarded as a bit of a CultClassic. He has since been involved with several other video-game inspired movies, all with a similar degree of respect. In other words, he is "high ''quality's''" answer to [[SmallNameBigEgo Uwe]] [[AcceptableTargets Boll]].

He has carved out a niche in the business of being hard-working and staying within budget. His first major breakthrough was directing the first ''MortalKombat'' movie, which managed to get some major critics supporting it, appeal to a mainstream audience and make it's money back. Today the movie is regarded as a bit of a CultClassic. He has since been involved with several other video-game inspired movies, all with a similar degree of respect. In other words, he is "high ''quality's''" answer to [[SmallNameBigEgo Uwe]] [[AcceptableTargets Boll]].

He has carved out a niche in the business of being hard-working and staying within budget. His first major breakthrough was directing the first ''MortalKombat'' movie, which managed to get some major critics supporting it, appeal to a mainstream audience and make it's money back. Today the movie is regarded as a bit of a CultClassic. He has since been involved with several other video-game inspired movies, all with a similar degree of respect. In other words, he is ''Quality's'' answer to [[SmallNameBigEgo Uwe]] [[AcceptableTargets Boll]].

He has carved out a niche in the business of being hard-working and staying within budget. His first major breakthrough was directing the first ''MortalKombat'' movie, which managed to get some major critics supporting it, appeal to a mainstream audience and make it's money back. Today the movie is regarded as a bit of a CultClassic. He has since been involved with several other video-game inspired movies, all with a similar degree of respect.

Paul W.S. Anderson ([[Website/{{Cracked}} The W.S standing for "Way Shittier"]]) is an English director and producer. He has largely stayed in the realm of being a Journeyman Director, basically someone called in to make a movie under the direction of the suits. While that might earn some derision as someone who "makes someone elses' movie," he has taken those movies that could easily become merely a paycheck and turned them into something rather watchable and surprisingly entertaining.

Paul WS Anderson is an English director and producer. He has largely stayed in the realm of being a Journeyman Director, basically someone called in to make a movie under the direction of the suits. While that might earn some derision as someone who "makes someone elses' movie," he has taken those movies that could easily become merely a paycheck and turned them into something rather watchable and surprisingly entertaining.

He's married to MillaJovovich.

Not to be confused with PaulThomasAnderson, although both have gone by merely Paul Anderson before, or with science fiction author P'''o'''ul Anderson.

Not to be confused with PaulThomasAnderson, although both have gone by merely Paul Anderson before.

* ''Soldier''
* ''EventHorizon''

* ''DeathRace''

* Film/MortalKombat
* Soldier
* EventHorizon
* Film/ResidentEvil
* Film/AlienVsPredator
* DeathRace
* Film/TheThreeMusketeers2011