History Creator / WesAnderson

* ''Asteroid City'' (TBA)

* ''Astroid City'' (TBA)

* ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'' (2009) - his debut foray into stopmotion animation. Based on [[Literature/FantasticMrFox the book of the same name]] by Creator/RoaldDahl.

* ''The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar'' (2023) - Based on [[Literature/TheWonderfulStoryOfHenrySugar the book of the same name]] by Creator/RoaldDahl. His second adaptation of a Roald Dahl work behind ''Fantastic Mr. Fox''.

* ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'' (2009) - his debut foray into stopmotion animation.

Creator/MartinScorsese apparently [[http://www.esquire.com/features/wes-anderson-0300 really likes]] Wes Anderson's work. Scorsese even believes him to be "the next Martin Scorsese". His first eight films are part of Creator/TheCriterionCollection.

** ''WesternAnimation/IsleOfDogs'' goes to the traditional BlackAndWhiteMorality. However, it then goes to ''WhiteAndGreyMorality'' later on when [[spoiler: the main antagonist gives away one of his kidney's in order to save his nephew's life, who he loves dearly]].

* SignatureStyle: Very much so, to the point that you can usually figure out he's the director of a film almost instantly. His trademark details include characters speaking directly ahead and positioned in the exact middle of the shot, bright colors, narration, extreme attention to background details, wealthy characters who are extremely dysfunctional at best, actors deliberately understating or delivering silly lines in a completely deadpan way and with little emotion, use of wide lenses, less than stellar parental figures and a number of actors who reoccur throughout his work.

Wesley Wales "Wes" Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American director.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: His films lie somewhere in the middle leaning closer to the idealistic side. While his films focus on some difficult themes like [[DysfunctionalFamily dysfunctional families]], loss of innocence, grief, adultery, parental abandonment, and sibling rivalry, they also carry a fair amount of heart, whimsy, and comfort.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: His films lie somewhere in the middle, leaning closer to the idealistic side. While his films focus on some difficult themes like [[DysfunctionalFamily dysfunctional families]], loss of innocence, grief, adultery, parental abandonment, and sibling rivalry, they also carry a fair amount of heart, whimsy, and comfort.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: His films lie somewhere in the middle, leaning closer to the idealistic side. While his films focus on some difficult themes like [[DysfunctionalFamily dysfunctional families]], loss of innocence, grief, adultery, parentql abandonment, and sibling rivalry, they also carry a fair amount of heart, whimsy, and comfort.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: His films are usually somewhere in the middle. Though you could make the argument that his last few films had a more optimistic edge to it. There is also a fair amount of heart in all his films.

Frequent collaborators in Wes Anderson films include Eric Chase Anderson, Seymour Cassel, Creator/BillMurray, [[Music/{{Devo}} Mark Mothersbaugh]], Music/AlexandreDesplat and Creator/OwenWilson (a full list can be found on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Anderson Wikipedia]]).

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b87B7zyucgI Castello Cavalcanti]]'' (2013) - short film about a racercar driver (played by Creator/JasonSchwartzman) who crashes in a small Italian village.

* HumansAreFlawed

He specializes in weird and quirky comedies loaded up on [[DysfunctionJunction dysfunctional characters]] (usually [[DysfunctionalFamily whole families of them]]) that typically deal with themes of ParentalAbandonment. He often has [[ProductionPosse the same actors]] in his movies and uses the same techniques, including highlighting ornate background details and symmetrical settings, using wide-angle anamorphic lenses, and ending on a slow-motion shot, resulting in a very famous and distinctive SignatureStyle that makes it very clear that you’re watching a film by him.

He specializes in weird and quirky comedies loaded up on [[DysfunctionJunction dysfunctional characters]] (usually [[DysfunctionalFamily whole families of them]]) that typically deal with themes of ParentalAbandonment. He often has [[ProductionPosse the same actors]] in his movies and uses the same techniques, including highlighting ornate background details and symmetrical settings, using wide-angle anamorphic lenses, and ending on a slow-motion shot, resulting in a very unique, famous and distinctive SignatureStyle that makes it very clear that you’re watching a film by him.

He specializes in weird and quirky comedies loaded up on [[DysfunctionJunction dysfunctional characters]] (usually [[DysfunctionalFamily whole families of them]]) that typically deal with themes of ParentalAbandonment. He often has [[ProductionPosse the same actors]] in his movies and uses the same techniques, including highlighting ornate background details and symmetrical settings, using wide-angle anamorphic lenses, and ending on a slow-motion shot.

* CreatorThumbprint: Anderson's films are characterized by a preoccupation (some would say an obsession) with framing his scenes symmetrically and at flat, straight angles. The camera is always oriented at right angles to the action, and he ''never'' uses {{Dutch angle}}s.

Frequent collaborators in Wes Anderson films include Eric Chase Anderson, Seymour Cassel, Creator/BillMurray, [[Music/{{Devo}} Mark Mothersbaugh]], and Creator/OwenWilson (a full list can be found on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Anderson Wikipedia]]).

* ProductionPosse: Anderson has invoked a large and loyal posse of go-to actors who fill out all of his films (including but not limited to Creator/AdrienBrody, Creator/OwenWilson, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/JasonSchwartzman, Creator/WillemDafoe, Creator/TildaSwinton, Creator/SaoirseRonan, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/BobBalaban, Creator/MathieuAmalric, Creator/LeaSeydoux, Creator/TonyRevolori...). He also tends to collaborate behind the scenes with the same loose group of people as well, including his AssociatedComposer Creator/AlexandreDesplat.

* ProductionPosse: Anderson has invoked a large and loyal posse of go-to actors who fill out all of his films (including but not limited to Creator/AdrienBrody, Creator/OwenWilson, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/JasonSchwartzman, Creator/WillemDafoe, Creator/TildaSwinton, Creator/SaoirseRonan, Creator/MathieuAmalric, Creator/LeaSeydoux, Creator/TonyRevolori...). He also tends to collaborate behind the scenes with the same loose group of people as well, including his AssociatedComposer Creator/AlexandreDesplat.

* ProductionPosse: Anderson has invoked a large and loyal posse of go-to actors who fill out all of his films (including but not limited to Creator/AdrienBrody, Creator/OwenWilson, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/JasonSchwartzman, Creator/WillemDafoe, Creator/TildaSwinton, Creator/SaoirseRonan, Creator/MathieuAmalric, Creator/LeaSeydoux, Creator/TonyRevolori...). He also tends to collaborate behind the scenes with the same loose group of people as well.

* ProductionPosse: Anderson has invoked a large and loyal posse of go-to actors who fill out all of his films (including but not limited to Creator/AdrienBrody, Creator/OwenWilson, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/JasonSchwarztman, Creator/WillemDafoe, Creator/TildaSwinton, Creator/SaoirseRonan, Creator/TonyRevolori...). He also tends to collaborate behind the scenes with the same loose group of people as well.

* ProductionPosse: Anderson has invoked a large and loyal posse of go-to actors who fill out all of his films. He also tends to collaborate behind the scenes with the same loose group of people as well.

Frequent collaborators in Wes Anderson films include Eric Chase Anderson, Seymour Cassel, Creator/BillMurray, [[Music/{{Devo}} Mark Mothersbaugh]], and Owen Wilson (a full list can be found on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Anderson Wikipedia]]).

He specializes in weird and quirky comedies loaded up on [[DysfunctionJunction dysfunctional characters]] and {{dysfunctional famil|y}}ies that typically deal with themes of ParentalAbandonment. He often has the same actors in his movies and uses the same techniques, including highlighting ornate background details and symmetrical settings, using wide-angle anamorphic lenses, and ending on a slow-motion shot.

[[ProductionPosse Frequent collaborators]] in Wes Anderson films include: Eric Chase Anderson, Seymour Cassel, Creator/BillMurray, [[Music/{{Devo}} Mark Mothersbaugh]], and Owen Wilson (a full list can be found on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Anderson Wikipedia]]).