Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson is an American filmmaker known for distinctive visual and narrative styles and ensemble casts. His films include 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) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), for which he won the BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay. Isle of Dogs (2018) earned him the Silver Bear for Best Director, and later works include The French Dispatch (2021), Asteroid City (2023) and The Phoenician Scheme (2025). He won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023). His 2013 short Castello Cavalcanti, financed by Prada, premiered at the Rome Film Festival.