Wes Anderson

Wesley Wales Anderson born May 1 1969 is an American filmmaker His films are known for their symmetry eccentricity and distinctive visual and narrative styles and he is cited by some critics as a modernday example of the auteur Three of his films The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 Moonrise Kingdom 2012 and The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 appeared in BBC Cultures 2016 poll of the greatest films since 2000 Anderson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 Moonrise Kingdom 2012 and The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 as well as the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for the stopmotion films Fantastic Mr Fox 2009 and Isle of Dogs 2018 With The Grand Budapest Hotel he received his first Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Picture and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay He currently runs the production company American Empirical Pictures which he founded in 1998 He won the Silver Bear for Best Director for Isle of Dogs in 2018