Wes Anderson filmography

Anderson at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival

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

## Feature films[edit]

Year  | Title  | Director  | Writer  | Producer  | Distributor

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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

* The Squid and the Whale (2005)

Executive producer only

* She's Funny That Way (2014)
* Escapes (2017)

## Short films[edit]

Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes

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1994 | Bottle Rocket | Yes | Yes | No | Shot in 1992, released in 1994, an early version of Bottle Rocket
2007 | Hotel Chevalier | Yes | Yes | No | Prologue to The Darjeeling Limited
2012 | Do You Like to Read? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Promotional shorts for Moonrise Kingdom
Cousin Ben Troop Screening | Yes | Yes | No
2013 | Castello Cavalcanti | Yes | Yes | No | Commissioned by Prada
2023 | Asteroid City: Location Featurette | Yes | Yes | No | Promotional short for Asteroid City
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar | Yes | Yes | Yes | Netflix shorts based on stories by Roald Dahl
(All released over four days in the same week: September 27 to 30, 2023)
The Swan | Yes | Yes | Yes
The Rat Catcher | Yes | Yes | Yes
Poison | Yes | Yes | Yes

## Commercials and music videos[edit]

Year | Title | Director | Writer | Company | Notes

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2004 | "My Life, My Card" | Yes | Yes | American Express | Starring Wes Anderson as himself[1]
2008 | "Softbank" | Yes | No | Softbank | Japanese commercial filmed in France
2010 | "Apartomatic" | Yes | No | Stella Artois | Co-directed with Roman Coppola
2012 | "Made of Imagination" | Yes | No | Sony Xperia | Stop-motion animation
2013 | "Candy" | Yes | No | Prada | Co-directed with Roman Coppola
2016 | "Come Together: A Fashion Picture in Motion" | Yes | Yes  | H&M |
2021 | "Aline" | Yes | No  |  | Promotional animated music video for The French Dispatch
song written by Christophe, performed by Jarvis Cocker in character as Tip-Top

## Acting credits[edit]

Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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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[edit]

Year  | Film  | Rotten Tomatoes[2] | Metacritic[3] | Budget  | Box office[4]

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1996 | Bottle Rocket | 85% (6.8/10 average rating) (68 reviews) | 67 (24 reviews) | $7 million | $560,000
1998 | Rushmore | 90% (8.2/10 average rating) (105 reviews) | 86 (32 reviews) | $9 million | $17.1 million
2001 | The Royal Tenenbaums | 81% (7.5/10 average rating) (215 reviews) | 76 (34 reviews) | $21 million | $71.4 million
2004 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | 57% (6.1/10 average rating) (226 reviews) | 62 (38 reviews) | $50 million | $34.8 million
2007 | The Darjeeling Limited | 69% (6.6/10 average rating) (189 reviews) | 67 (35 reviews) | $16 million | $35.1 million
2009 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | 93% (7.9/10 average rating) (246 reviews) | 83 (34 reviews) | $40 million | $46.5 million
2012 | Moonrise Kingdom | 93% (8.3/10 average rating) (269 reviews) | 84 (43 reviews) | $16 million | $68.3 million
2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | 92% (8.5/10 average rating) (318 reviews) | 88 (48 reviews) | $25 million | $174.8 million
2018 | Isle of Dogs | 90% (8.0/10 average rating) (370 reviews) | 82 (55 reviews) | $35 million | $64.2 million
2021 | The French Dispatch | 75% (7.1/10 average rating) (312 reviews) | 74 (57 reviews) | $25 million | $46.3 million
2023 | Asteroid City | 75% (7/10 average rating) (338 reviews) | 74 (60 reviews) | $25 million | $54 million

## Frequent collaborators[edit]

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]

Name |  | 1995 | 1998 | 2001 | 2004 | 2007 | 2009 | 2012 | 2014 | 2018 | 2021 | 2023 |

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Job title |

Bottle Rocket

Rushmore

The Royal Tenenbaums

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Darjeeling Limited

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Moonrise Kingdom

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Isle of Dogs

The French Dispatch

Asteroid City

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

## References[edit]

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.[dead link]
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.

## External links[edit]

* Wes Anderson at IMDb

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Wes Anderson

Written
and directed|

| Feature films|

* Bottle Rocket (1996)
* Rushmore (1998)
* The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
* The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
* The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
* Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
* Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
* The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
* Isle of Dogs (2018)
* The French Dispatch (2021)
* Asteroid City (2023)

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Short films|

* Bottle Rocket (1992)
* Hotel Chevalier (2007)
* Castello Cavalcanti (2013)
* Come Together: A Fashion Picture in Motion (2016)
* The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)

Produced only|

* The Squid and the Whale (2005)

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