Celebrity Biographies
Wes Anderson
He has an unusual style of his own, marked by outlandish characters, the use of primary colors, and a cast of actors and technicians who usually work in all his films. Wes Anderson is one of the most unconventional filmmakers of all time.
Born in Houston (Texas), on May 1, 1969, Wesley Mortimer Wales Anderson –his full name– is the son of an archaeologist and a publicist. He studied philosophy at the University of Texas, where he became close friends with the later actor Owen Wilson .
He directed several stage plays before co-writing the short Bottle Rocket with Wilson . The filmmaker and producer James L. Brooks really liked this work, who decided to produce his debut, A Thief Who Robs Another Thief , where some bizarre individuals decide to rob the former boss of one of them. He again featured Owen Wilson , his brother Luke and veteran James Caan .
Perhaps his best work is Rushmore Academy , with the then-unknown Jason Schwartzman as one of the worst students at an elite school, despite being the editor of the local newspaper, and proving capable of building an aquarium in a field of baseball to get the attention of his love, an elegant teacher. Fast-paced, it was the revelation of Anderson as one of the most original directors of the moment, and confirmed the hallmarks of his cinema, marked by marginal characters in a complex world that they do not understand. Along with Schwartzman, he took advantage of Bill Murray and Olivia Williams .
His next work, The Tenenbaums , is also of enormous interest . A family of geniuses , where a guy returns to his peculiar family after 17 years of separation by pretending that he has terminal stomach cancer. It had a first-rate cast, with the Wilsons and Bill Murray again, Gene Hackman , Anjelica Huston , Gwyneth Palthrow, Ben Stiller and Danny Glover . The director was nominated for an Oscar for best screenplay along with Owen Wilson.
In Life Aquatic , he paid homage to the legendary Jacques Cousteau through the adventures of an oceanographer played by Bill Murray. Despite some interesting findings, she generally misses out on actors like Willem Dafoe and Anjelica Huston, and there’s no telling where he’s heading.
Nor did he achieve his goals Trip to Darjeeling , where three brothers (Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman and Adrien Brody ) travel to India to reunite with their mother (Anjelica Huston). Full of surreal situations, and despite its brilliant visual invoice, the set was somewhat bland.
The filmmaker switched registers with Fantastic Mr. Fox , where he made his first foray into the cartoon genre. It was good for Anderson to change register, since he achieved a dynamic film, with a retro air, shot using the old stop-motion technique, which gives it great charm. It was also very positive that it was based for the first time on someone else’s work, specifically a children’s novel by Roald Dahl ( James and the Giant Peach ), with a simpler plot than those of his other films, and also designed for younger audiences. .
In any case, Anderson has returned to his usual line with Moonrise Kingdom , which teams up some of his regulars (Bill Murray, Jason Schwarzman) with other newcomers, such as Bruce Willis and Edward Norton . In the 1960s, two preteens fall in love and run away to the wilderness on a New England island.
Anderson’s partner is Tara Subkoff , an actress and fashion designer, with whom he began a relationship in 2004.