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Wes Anderson is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Thanks American born on 1 may 1969 at Houston (USA)

Wes Anderson

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Birth name Wesley Wales Anderson
Nationality USA
Birth 1 may 1969 (54 years) at Houston (USA)
Awards Golden Globe Award, Annie Award

Wesley Wales "Wes" Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American film director and screenwriter. His films are known for their distinctive visual and narrative style.

He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Royal Tenenbaums in 2001 and Moonrise Kingdom in 2012, and for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Fantastic Mr. Fox in 2009.

Biography

Jeunesse et formation
Wes Anderson est né le 1er mai 1969 à Houston. Il est le fils de Texas Ann qui est archéologue et de Melver qui travaille dans les relations publiques. Il est d'origine suédoise et norvégienne. Il est le frère aîné d'Eric Chase Anderson. Wes Anderson fait des études de philosophie et tourne parallèlement des courts-métrages en super 8 qui le forment à la technique cinématographique, notamment au montage et à l'édition.


Révélation du cinéma indépendant (années 1990)
Il rencontre Owen Wilson à l'université du Texas à Austin dans un cours d'écriture de scénario. Ils deviennent vite amis, jusqu'à partager la même chambre d'internat. C'est pour cela que les frères Wilson Owen, Andrew et Luke jouent régulièrement dans ses films. Il décide de ne pas suivre d'études de cinéma et se lance dans un projet de court-métrage qui devient bientôt Bottle Rocket, son premier long-métrage.

Cet apprentissage par la pratique fait de Wes Anderson un réalisateur largement autodidacte. Correctement couvert par la critique, Bottle Rocket reste cependant un échec commercial.

En 1998, toujours aidé par les frères Wilson, il réalise Rushmore qui lui permet d'obtenir la reconnaissance auprès du grand public qui avait manqué à Bottle Rocket. Ce film lui permet en outre d'accéder à un certain niveau d'estime au sein des cinéastes américains indépendants .


Confirmation (années 2000)

Profitant de son amitié avec les désormais célèbres Luke et Owen, Wes Anderson réalise, en 2001, La Famille Tenenbaum, film pour lequel il réunit Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller et Bill Murray. Ce dernier incarne ensuite Steve Zissou dans La Vie aquatique.

Dans son cinquième long-métrage, À bord du Darjeeling Limited, Wes Anderson retrouve Owen Wilson, accompagné cette fois de Jason Schwartzman, déjà présent dans Rushmore et Adrien Brody. Le film est projeté précédé du court métrage Hôtel Chevalier (2005), dans lequel jouent Schwartzman et Natalie Portman.


Cinéma d'animation (années 2010)
Il réalise en 2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox, film d'animation adapté de la nouvelle Fantastique Maître Renard de Roald Dahl, auquel George Clooney, Meryl Streep et Bill Murray prêteront leurs voix. En 2010, le film remporte le Cristal du long métrage au Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy. Il est nommé pour la 82e Cérémonie des Oscars et les 67e Golden Globes dans la catégorie meilleur film d'animation (il est battu par Là-Haut de Pixar).

En 2012, il réalise Moonrise Kingdom, une comédie dramatique sur l'enfance naïve découvrant l'amour, dans le cadre des années 1960. La distribution inclut Bruce Willis, Edward Norton et Bill Murray. Le film fait l'ouverture du 65e Festival de Cannes et est acclamé par la critique.

En 2014, Wes Anderson tourne The Grand Budapest Hotel, une comédie sur le concierge, incarné par Ralph Fiennes, d'un hôtel dans un pays imaginaire, la république de Zubrowka, pendant l'entre-deux-guerres, accusé de meurtre. Le film résume le style de Wes Anderson avec une mise en scène colorée, un comique loufoque, absurde et un casting prestigieux. Le film obtient le Grand Prix du Jury de la Berlinale 2014. The Grand Budapest Hotel est encensé par la critique et plébiscité par le public, avec 170 000 000 $ au box-office mondial, 1,4 million d'entrées en France.

En 2017, il fait sa deuxième incursion dans le milieu de l'animation stop motion en signant L'Île aux chiens en collaborant une seconde fois avec les équipes techniques rencontrés lors du tournage de Fantastic Mr Fox. La musique est composée par Alexandre Desplat. Le casting vocal est de prestige avec Bryan Cranston, Scarlett Johansson ou encore Edward Norton en version originale et Vincent Lindon, Romain Duris, Léa Seydoux et Daniel Auteuil en version française, choisis par Wes Anderson lui-même. Le film gagne l'Ours d'argent de la meilleure réalisation au Festival de Berlin 2017.

Il a vécu de nombreuses années à Paris et y vit encore actuellement. En 2018, il est annoncé que le tournage de The French Dispatch, son prochain film, aura lieu en France, à Angoulême.

Il conçoit en 2018, avec son épouse, la costumière Juman Malouf, une exposition intitulée « Spitzmaus Mummy in a Coffin and other Treasures », rassemblant plus de 400 objets divers au musée d'Histoire de l'art de Vienne.

Best films

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
(Director)
Lost in Translation (2003)
(Thanks)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
(Director)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
(Director)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
(Director)
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
(Producer)

Usually with

Owen Wilson
Owen Wilson
(9 films)
Roman Coppola
Roman Coppola
(8 films)
Bill Murray
Bill Murray
(10 films)
Robert Yeoman
Robert Yeoman
(10 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Wes Anderson (18 films)

Display filmography as list

Actor

Sing
Sing (2016)
, 1h50
Directed by Garth Jennings
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Matthew McConaughey, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Alexandra Maria Lara Claudia Paolina, Nick Offerman, Reese Witherspoon
Roles Daniel (voice)
Rating71% 3.5501253.5501253.5501253.5501253.550125
A koala named Buster hires a black sheep who is also his best friend to help him run his business of theater.
Hitchcock/Truffaut, 1h19
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Bob Balaban, Mathieu Amalric, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson, David Fincher
Roles Self
Rating72% 3.6483653.6483653.6483653.6483653.648365
Le documentaire retrace la genèse du célèbre livre de Truffaut et des entretiens qu'il a enregistré avec Alfred Hitchcock dans les studios Universal en 1962.
Fantastic Mr. Fox, 1h27
Directed by Wes Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Films about foxes, Political films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Eric Chase Anderson
Roles Stan Weasel (voice)
Rating78% 3.948953.948953.948953.948953.94895
While raiding Berk's Squab Farm, Mr. Fox and his wife Felicity trigger a fox trap and become caged. Felicity reveals to Fox that she is pregnant and pleads with him to find a safer job if they escape. Two years later, the Foxes and their sullen son Ash are living in a hole. Fox, now a newspaper columnist, moves the family into a better home in the base of a tree, ignoring the warnings of his lawyer Badger about how dangerous the area is for foxes. The tree is located very close to facilities run by three farmers: Walter Boggis, Nathaniel Bunce, and Franklin Bean. Soon after the Foxes move in, Felicity's nephew Kristofferson Silverfox comes to live with them, as his father has fallen ill with double pneumonia. Ash finds this situation intolerable; his soft-spoken cousin is apparently superior to him at almost everything, and everyone, including Fox, is charmed by Kristofferson at Ash's expense. Longing for his days as a thief, Fox and his friend Kylie Opossum steal produce and poultry from the three farms.
The Royal Tenenbaums, 1h49
Directed by Wes Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Andrew Wilson, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson
Roles Tennis Match Commentator #1 (voice) (uncredited)
Rating75% 3.7992653.7992653.7992653.7992653.799265
Royal Tenenbaum explains to his three children, Chas, Margot, and Richie, that he and his wife, Etheline, are separating. Each of the Tenenbaum children achieved great success at a very young age. Chas is a math and business genius, from whom Royal steals money. Margot, who was adopted by the Tenenbaums, was awarded a grant for a play that she wrote in the ninth grade. Richie is a tennis prodigy and artist. He expresses his love for adopted sister Margot through many paintings. Royal takes him on regular outings, to which neither of the other children are invited. Eli Cash is the Tenenbaums' neighbor, and Richie's best friend.

Director

The French Dispatch
Directed by Wes Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about journalists, Children's films
Actors Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Timothée Chalamet, Benicio del Toro, Tilda Swinton, Jeffrey Wright
Rating70% 3.549933.549933.549933.549933.54993
Le quotidien de quelques correspondants de presse américains à Paris.
Isle of Dogs, 1h41
Directed by Wes Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Medical-themed films, Films about dogs, Films about viral outbreaks, Dystopian films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Bob Balaban, Ken Watanabe
Rating77% 3.899913.899913.899913.899913.89991
Dans un futur dystopique, dans la ville japonaise de Megasaki, un virus de la grippe se propage dans toute la population canine grandissante. Le maire autoritaire, Kobayashi (un homme issu d'une longue lignée d'amateurs de chats et haïsseurs de chiens) avec son bras droit le major Domo, signe un décret bannissant tous les chiens à l'Île poubelle (« l'île des déchets » où sont stockés les détritus de la ville), bien que le scientifique Watanabe fasse savoir qu'il est sur le point de trouver un remède. Le premier chien à être banni est Spots, qui appartenait à Atari Kobayashi, le neveu orphelin et pupille du maire.
The Grand Budapest Hotel, 1h39
Directed by Wes Anderson
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Adventure
Themes Monde imaginaire, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton, Tony Revolori, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Saoirse Ronan
Rating80% 4.049584.049584.049584.049584.04958
In the present, a teenage girl approaches a monument to a writer in a cemetery. In her arms is a memoir penned by a character known only as "The Author". She starts reading a chapter from the book. The Author begins narrating the tale from his desk in 1985 about a trip he made to the Grand Budapest Hotel in 1968.
Castello Cavalcanti
Directed by Wes Anderson
Genres Comedy
Actors Jason Schwartzman, Giada Colagrande
Rating71% 3.5959553.5959553.5959553.5959553.595955
In a quiet Italian village in 1955, American Formula One driver Jed Cavalcanti (Jason Schwartzman), who is struggling in last place in a race through the countryside, crashes his car in the middle of the public square. Irritated with his situation, he abandons his car, blames the malfunctions on his brother-in-law (who is also his mechanic), and waits for the next bus out of town, which is set to arrive in 20 minutes. However, after sharing a drink with the villagers, he discovers that he is in his ancestral homeland, "Castello Cavalcanti", and that several members of his company are his "ancestors". After a friendly phone call with his brother-in-law, he soon decides to skip the next bus and spend more time in town.
Moonrise Kingdom, 1h34
Directed by Wes Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about children, Scoutisme, Transport films, Road movies
Actors Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand
Rating77% 3.8991553.8991553.8991553.8991553.899155
In September 1965, on a New England island called New Penzance, 12-year-old orphan Sam Shakusky is attending Camp Ivanhoe, a Khaki Scout summer camp led by Scoutmaster Randy Ward. Suzy Bishop, also 12, lives on the island with her parents, Walt and Laura, both attorneys, and her three younger brothers in a house called Summer's End. Sam and Suzy, both introverted, intelligent and mature for their age, met in the summer of 1964 during a church performance of Noye's Fludde and have been pen pals since then. Having fallen in love over the course of their correspondence, they have made a secret pact to reunite and run away together. Sam brings camping equipment, and Suzy brings her binoculars, six books, her kitten, and her brother's battery-powered record player. They hike, camp and fish together in the wilderness with the goal of reaching a secluded cove on the island. They are confronted by a group of Khaki Scouts who try to capture them, and during the resulting altercation, Suzy injures one of the Scouts with scissors and Camp Ivanhoe's dog is killed by a stray shot from a bow and arrow wielded by one of the Scouts. The Scouts flee and Sam and Suzy hike to the cove which they name Moonrise Kingdom. They set up camp and go swimming. Later, while drying off, they begin dancing to Françoise Hardy in their underwear. As the romantic tension between them grows, they kiss repeatedly.
Fantastic Mr. Fox, 1h27
Directed by Wes Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Films about foxes, Political films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Eric Chase Anderson
Rating78% 3.948953.948953.948953.948953.94895
While raiding Berk's Squab Farm, Mr. Fox and his wife Felicity trigger a fox trap and become caged. Felicity reveals to Fox that she is pregnant and pleads with him to find a safer job if they escape. Two years later, the Foxes and their sullen son Ash are living in a hole. Fox, now a newspaper columnist, moves the family into a better home in the base of a tree, ignoring the warnings of his lawyer Badger about how dangerous the area is for foxes. The tree is located very close to facilities run by three farmers: Walter Boggis, Nathaniel Bunce, and Franklin Bean. Soon after the Foxes move in, Felicity's nephew Kristofferson Silverfox comes to live with them, as his father has fallen ill with double pneumonia. Ash finds this situation intolerable; his soft-spoken cousin is apparently superior to him at almost everything, and everyone, including Fox, is charmed by Kristofferson at Ash's expense. Longing for his days as a thief, Fox and his friend Kylie Opossum steal produce and poultry from the three farms.
The Darjeeling Limited, 1h31
Directed by Wes Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Adventure
Themes Films about families, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Rail transport films, Road movies
Actors Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Anjelica Huston, Natalie Portman, Waris Ahluwalia
Rating71% 3.599683.599683.599683.599683.59968
A businessman in India (Bill Murray) fails to catch his train as it pulls out of a station. He is beaten to it by a younger man, Peter Whitman (Adrien Brody). Peter reunites with his brothers Francis (Owen Wilson) and Jack (Jason Schwartzman) on the train called "The Darjeeling Limited", which is traveling across India. The brothers have not seen each other since their father's funeral a year prior.
Hotel Chevalier, 13minutes
Directed by Wes Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Jason Schwartzman, Natalie Portman, Waris Ahluwalia
Rating71% 3.59673.59673.59673.59673.5967
In a hotel lobby, the concierge answers a phone call from one of the guests' rooms. A man (Jason Schwartzman) lies on a hotel bed in a yellow bathrobe, watching the black-and-white American war film Stalag 17 and reading the newspaper. After ordering room service from the concierge in broken French, he receives a call from a woman whose voice he recognizes. She tells him she is on her way from the airport and asks for his room number. Despite objecting that he did not tell her she could come, the man consents nevertheless. He then hurriedly attempts to tidy the room – pausing to play the opening bars of the song "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?" by Peter Sarstedt on his stereo system – and runs a bath.
Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty, 5minutes
Directed by Wes Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films, Robot films
Actors Jennifer Coolidge, Chris Edgerly, Chris Wedge
Rating54% 2.723422.723422.723422.723422.72342
Aunt Fanny gives a tour of the Robot City Train Station to motley collection of robots, including Fender, Zinc, Tammy, Hacky and an Old Lady-Bot.
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 1h58
Directed by Wes Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum
Rating71% 3.5993053.5993053.5993053.5993053.599305
While oceanographer and documentarian Steve Zissou is working on his latest documentary at sea, his best friend Esteban du Plantier is eaten by a creature Zissou describes as a "Jaguar shark." For his next project, Zissou is determined to document the shark's destruction.
The Royal Tenenbaums, 1h49
Directed by Wes Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Andrew Wilson, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson
Rating75% 3.7992653.7992653.7992653.7992653.799265
Royal Tenenbaum explains to his three children, Chas, Margot, and Richie, that he and his wife, Etheline, are separating. Each of the Tenenbaum children achieved great success at a very young age. Chas is a math and business genius, from whom Royal steals money. Margot, who was adopted by the Tenenbaums, was awarded a grant for a play that she wrote in the ninth grade. Richie is a tennis prodigy and artist. He expresses his love for adopted sister Margot through many paintings. Royal takes him on regular outings, to which neither of the other children are invited. Eli Cash is the Tenenbaums' neighbor, and Richie's best friend.