Wes Anderson is an American filmmaker known for feature films, commercials, and short films.

Feature films

Year Title Director Writer Producer Distributor
1996 Bottle Rocket Yes Yes No Sony Pictures Releasing
1998 Rushmore Yes Yes Executive Buena Vista Pictures
2001 The Royal Tenenbaums Yes Yes Yes
2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Yes Yes Yes
2007 The Darjeeling Limited Yes Yes Yes Fox Searchlight Pictures
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox Yes Yes Yes 20th Century Fox
2012 Moonrise Kingdom Yes Yes Yes Focus Features
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Yes Yes Yes Fox Searchlight Pictures
2018 Isle of Dogs Yes Yes Yes
2021 The French Dispatch Yes Yes Yes Searchlight Pictures
2023 Asteroid City Yes Yes Yes Focus Features / Universal Pictures

Producer only

Executive producer only

Short films

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
1994Bottle RocketYesYesNoShot in 1992, released in 1994, an early version of Bottle Rocket
2007Hotel ChevalierYesYesNoPrologue to The Darjeeling Limited
2012Do You Like to Read?YesYesYesPromotional shorts for Moonrise Kingdom
Cousin Ben Troop ScreeningYesYesNo
2013Castello CavalcantiYesYesNoCommissioned by Prada
2023Asteroid City: Location FeaturetteYesYesNoPromotional short for Asteroid City
The Wonderful Story of Henry SugarYesYesYesNetflix shorts based on stories by Roald Dahl
(All released over four days in the same week: September 27 to 30, 2023)
The SwanYesYesYes
The Rat CatcherYesYesYes
PoisonYesYesYes

Commercials and music videos

YearTitleDirectorWriterCompanyNotes
2004"My Life, My Card"YesYesAmerican ExpressStarring Wes Anderson as himself[1]
2008"Softbank"YesNoSoftbankJapanese commercial filmed in France
2010"Apartomatic"YesNoStella ArtoisCo-directed with Roman Coppola
2012"Made of Imagination"YesNoSony XperiaStop-motion animation
2013"Candy"YesNoPradaCo-directed with Roman Coppola
2016"Come Together: A Fashion Picture in Motion"YesYes H&M
2021"Aline"YesNo Promotional animated music video for The French Dispatch
song written by Christophe, performed by Jarvis Cocker in character as Tip-Top

Acting credits

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Bottle Rocket Passenger on bus Uncredited cameo
1998 Rushmore Student
2001 The Royal Tenenbaums Tennis match commentator
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox Stan Weasel Voice role
2016 Sing Additional Voices
2021 Sing 2

Reception

Year Film Rotten Tomatoes[2] Metacritic[3] Budget Box office[4]
1996Bottle Rocket85% (6.8/10 average rating) (68 reviews)67 (24 reviews)$7 million$560,000
1998Rushmore90% (8.2/10 average rating) (105 reviews)86 (32 reviews)$9 million$17.1 million
2001The Royal Tenenbaums81% (7.5/10 average rating) (215 reviews)76 (34 reviews)$21 million$71.4 million
2004The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou57% (6.1/10 average rating) (226 reviews)62 (38 reviews)$50 million$34.8 million
2007The Darjeeling Limited69% (6.6/10 average rating) (189 reviews)67 (35 reviews)$16 million$35.1 million
2009Fantastic Mr. Fox93% (7.9/10 average rating) (246 reviews)83 (34 reviews)$40 million$46.5 million
2012Moonrise Kingdom93% (8.3/10 average rating) (269 reviews)84 (43 reviews)$16 million$68.3 million
2014The Grand Budapest Hotel92% (8.5/10 average rating) (318 reviews)88 (48 reviews)$25 million$174.8 million
2018Isle of Dogs90% (8.0/10 average rating) (370 reviews)82 (55 reviews)$35 million$64.2 million
2021The French Dispatch75% (7.1/10 average rating) (312 reviews)74 (57 reviews)$25 million$46.3 million
2023Asteroid City75% (7/10 average rating) (338 reviews)74 (60 reviews)$25 million$54 million

Frequent collaborators

Anderson's films feature many recurring actors, including the Wilson brothers (Owen, Luke, and Andrew), Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Bob Balaban, and Tilda Swinton.[5][6] Robert Yeoman has served as director of photography for all of Anderson's live-action films, while Mark Mothersbaugh composed Anderson's first four films, with Alexandre Desplat with six films, taking over composing since Fantastic Mr. Fox.[7] Randall Poster has served as music supervisor for all of Anderson's films since Rushmore. His films have often been financed by Steven Rales through his production company Indian Paintbrush.[8]

Name19951998200120042007200920122014201820212023
Job title Total
Waris Ahluwalia Actor Yes Yes Yes 3
Eric Chase Anderson Actor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5
Artist Yes Yes Yes 3
Bob Balaban Actor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5
Noah Baumbach Screenwriter Yes Yes 2
Adrien Brody Actor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5
Milena Canonero Costume designer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5
Seymour Cassel Actor Yes Yes Yes 3
Jarvis Cocker Actor Yes Yes Yes 3
Roman Coppola Story Yes Yes Yes 3
Screenwriter Yes Yes 2
Willem Dafoe Actor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5
Jeremy Dawson Producer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 7
Alexandre Desplat Composer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 6
Stephen Dignan Actor Yes Yes Yes 3
Jeff Goldblum Actor Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
Anjelica Huston Actor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5
Harvey Keitel Actor Yes Yes Yes 3
Frances McDormand Actor Yes Yes Yes 3
Barry Mendel Producer Yes Yes Yes 3
Mark Mothersbaugh Composer Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
Bill Murray Actor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 9
Edward Norton Actor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5
Dipak Pallana Actor Yes Yes Yes 3
Kumar Pallana Actor Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
Larry Pine Actor Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
Randall Poster Music supervisor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 10
Steven Rales Producer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 7
Tony Revolori Actor Yes Yes Yes 3
Scott Rudin Producer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 7
Jake Ryan Actor Yes Yes Yes 3
Liev Schreiber Actor Yes Yes Yes 3
Jason Schwartzman Actor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 7
Screenwriter Yes 1
Story Yes Yes 2
Fisher Stevens Actor Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
Adam Stockhausen Production designer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5
Tilda Swinton Actor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5
Brian Tenenbaum Actor Yes Yes Yes 3
David Wasco Production designer Yes Yes Yes 3
Andrew Wilson Actor Yes Yes Yes 3
Luke Wilson Actor Yes Yes Yes 3
Owen Wilson Actor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 7
Screenwriter Yes Yes Yes 3
Andrew Weisblum Editor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5
Wallace Wolodarsky Actor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5
Robert Yeoman Cinematographer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 9

References

  1. According to Matt Zoller Seitz, the author of The Wes Anderson Collection "24 Things I Learned Writing My Wes Anderson Book -- Vulture". Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
  2. "Wes Anderson". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  3. "Wes Anderson". Metacritic. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  4. "Wes Anderson". Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  5. Gottlieb, Meryl (March 21, 2018). "The actors who have appeared in the most Wes Anderson films — from Bill Murray to Owen Wilson". Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  6. Munton, Rebecca (May 20, 2021). "10 Recurring Wes Anderson Collaborators Also In The French Dispatch". Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  7. "Directors Trademarks: Wes Anderson". Cinelinx. June 1, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  8. Eisler, Kim (December 11, 2007). "What's a DC Billionaire Doing Aboard The Darjeeling Limited?". Washingtonian.com. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
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