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Portrait of Paul W. S. Anderson

Paul W. S. Anderson

(1965) Film Director

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Pompeii will be PG‑13 because of volcano explosions and death scenes. Anderson says a filmmaker’s worth is tied to the movies they make, and he feels pressure to raise the bar each time. He also notes that British audiences quietly leave a film they dislike.

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Paul W. S. Anderson is a film director, best known for Lights, Camera, Game Over!.

Quick Facts About Paul W. S. Anderson

Born: March 4, 1965
Profession: Film Director
Notable works: Lights, Camera, Game Over!

About Paul W. S. Anderson

He made his first feature film with the independent movie Shopping in 1994. In 1992 he and producer Jeremy Bolt started Impact Pictures, the company that has produced most of his later movies. After Mortal Kombat, he directed several Resident Evil films from 2002 to 2016, and together those movies earned more than $1 billion worldwide.

Quotes by Paul W. S. Anderson

I'm a big gamer.

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I'm a big 3-D convert.

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I don't read reviews anymore.

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I've always seen myself as a global filmmaker.

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No one rocks a heavy machine gun like Michelle Rodriguez.

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Computers

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I've been obsessed with Romans since I was a child.

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I've always seen myself as a populist filmmaker.

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I love 'Death Race.' It's one of my favorite films.

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Death

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For 'Monster Hunter,' we needed insane landscapes.

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Hunter

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Being British, you see a lot of Australian movies and TV shows.

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Australian

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I saw 'Spacehunter 3-D.' It gave me a headache.

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I guess the way I shoot things is slightly influenced by the way videogames are cut and shot.

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I think for the disaster to work and the drama to work, you really need to feel like you're really in that…

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Disaster

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When I was a kid, every field trip was to some Roman fort because it was cheap and free.

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Tolkien was influenced by South Africa when he was writing 'Lord of the Rings.' It's really epic scenery.

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Epic

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If you work with any new technology, you have to expect that it's going to be a little problematic.

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People see my films, and they cheer and they clap, and they are the kind of movies I like to see myself.

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Cinema

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'Aliens' was a brilliant movie, but you still wanted to see the Alien come to Earth.

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Alien

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Apocalyptic movies tend to thrive when people are concerned about the state of the world.

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I really believe that, as filmmakers, we have a duty, which is, if we're asking people to pay a premium price for…

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I think, quite often, filmmakers kind of think so much about what the franchise will be and sometimes can neglect to put…

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Film

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I've always - from my very first film, 'Shopping,' which was Jude Law and Sadie Frost, I mean, I've always liked strong…

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DVD ushered in this era when you had to have additional footage, deleted scenes, things like that. There was no call for…

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I can't remember who said, 'No film is completed, just abandoned,' but I think most filmmakers will tell you that they could…

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Cinema

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One of the reasons why Resident Evil is a very successful video game franchise, much more so than a lot of others…

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Evil

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I've always felt that there's a lot of similarity between doing a comedy and doing a scary movie because jokes and scares…

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Comedy

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I've so got my plate full with Resident Evil and then The Three Musketeers, I'm just not involved with Castlevania. I'm not…

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Evil

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I really believe, especially with 3D, you kind of have to approach it as this holistic thing. You have to kind of…

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I find it terribly distracting in movies when people do accents, I must say, unless it's terribly serious and the story is…

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Accents

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Having made a real 3D movie, you realize that, right from the production design, you're designing sets that complement the 3D. You're…

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Design

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I'm a huge, huge fan of Blu-ray. I think the picture and the sound quality is just such a massive improvement, and…

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Cinema

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When you're writing it's a very solitary job. It's you and your word processor and a cup of tea. It's nice- that…

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I think when people think of Pompeii, they think it was just destroyed by the volcano. Yes, it was the eruption of…

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Earthquake

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It's a very different experience shooting in 3-D because the camera rigs are so large. Everything we've become accustomed to in the…

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Commercials are also any opportunity to meet new crew and work with new kind of rigs. You can explore working with different…

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Commercials

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Franchises need to evolve or die.

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Change

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TV is something that me and my wife watch a lot.

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Marriage

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'Pompeii' is kind of a lifelong obsession for me.

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'Pompeii' is definitely a passion project for me.

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When people see what real 3D looks like, they'll go, "Oh, that's why I spend an extra $5 a cinema ticket. That's…

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Paul W. S. Anderson by topic

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