List of awards and nominations received by Paul Thomas Anderson

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The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Paul Thomas Anderson is an American filmmaker. He has received various accolades including a British Academy Film Award as well as nominations for 11 Academy Awards, four Critics' Choice Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award. As a director-writer-producer, he has been nominated for 11 Academy Awards, making him one of the few filmmakers to earn more than ten Oscar nominations without a single win. His films have completed at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, and the Venice International Film Festival.

Anderson made his directorial debut with the crime film Hard Eight (1998) which competed for the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards (Best First Feature, and Best First Screenplay). His next two films, the drama focusing on the porn industry during the 1970s Boogie Nights (1997), and the psychological drama Magnolia (1999) both earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. His romantic dramedy Punch-Drunk Love (2002) earned him the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director.

He gained critical acclaim for his epic period drama There Will Be Blood (2007) earning the Silver Bear for Best Director as well as nominations for three Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. His psychological drama The Master (2012) he won the Silver Lion for Best Director and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay. For his psychedelic neo-noir Inherent Vice (2014) he won the Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He directed the period romance drama Phantom Thread (2017) which earned nominations for two Academy Awards (Best Picture and Best Director).

For his coming-of-age comedy-drama Licorice Pizza (2021) he won the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay and earned nominations for three Academy Award (Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay) and two Golden Globe Awards (Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and Best Screenplay). He was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Music Film for his work on the 15-minute Netflix film Anima (2019) which accompanied the Thom Yorke album. Anderson's tenth film, One Battle After Another, will be released in 2025.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1997	Best Original Screenplay	Boogie Nights	Nominated	^[1]
1999	Best Original Screenplay	Magnolia	Nominated	^[2]
2007	Best Picture	There Will Be Blood	Nominated	^[3]
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
2014	Best Adapted Screenplay	Inherent Vice	Nominated	^[4]
2017	Best Picture	Phantom Thread	Nominated	^[5]
2017	Best Director	Phantom Thread	Nominated
2021	Best Picture	Licorice Pizza	Nominated	^[6]
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1998	Best Original Screenplay	Boogie Nights	Nominated
2008	Best Film	There Will Be Blood	Nominated	^[7]
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
2013	Best Original Screenplay	The Master	Nominated	^[8]
2022	Best Film	Licorice Pizza	Nominated	^[9]
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Original Screenplay		Won

Critics' Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2013	Best Original Screenplay	The Master	Nominated	^[10]
2015	Best Adapted Screenplay	Inherent Vice	Nominated	^[11]
2022	Best Director	Licorice Pizza	Nominated	^[12]
2022	Best Original Screenplay	Licorice Pizza	Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2008	Best Motion Picture – Drama	There Will Be Blood	Nominated	^[13]
2022	Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Licorice Pizza	Nominated	^[14]
2022	Best Screenplay	Licorice Pizza	Nominated	^[14]

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2020	Best Music Film	Anima	Nominated	^[15]

Critics awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards	1997	New Generation Award	Boogie Nights and Hard Eight	Won
	2007	Best Picture	There Will Be Blood	Won
	2007	Best Screenplay	There Will Be Blood	Runner-up
	2012	Best Picture	The Master	Runner-up
	2012	Best Director	The Master	Won
	2021	Best Screenplay	Licorice Pizza	Runner-up
National Board of Review	1997	Top Ten Films	Boogie Nights	Nominated
	1999	Top Ten Films	Magnolia	Nominated
	2014	Best Adapted Screenplay	Inherent Vice	Won
	2014	Top Ten Films	Inherent Vice	Nominated
	2017	Best Original Screenplay	Phantom Thread	Won
	2017	Top Ten Films	Phantom Thread	Nominated
	2021	Best Director	Licorice Pizza	Won
	2021	Top Ten Films	Licorice Pizza	Nominated
National Society of Film Critics	2007	Best Film	There Will Be Blood	Won
National Society of Film Critics	2007	Best Director	There Will Be Blood	Won
New York Film Critics Circle	2007	Best Film	There Will Be Blood	Runner-up
	2007	Best Director	There Will Be Blood	Runner-up
	2012	Best Picture	The Master	Runner-up
	2012	Best Director	The Master	Runner-up
	2017	Best Screenplay	Phantom Thread	Won
	2021	Best Screenplay	Licorice Pizza	Won

Miscellaneous awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
AACTA International Awards	2013	Best Screenplay	The Master	Nominated
	2022	Best Director	Licorice Pizza	Nominated
	2022	Best Screenplay	Licorice Pizza	Nominated
Berlin International Film Festival	2000	Golden Bear	Magnolia	Won
	2000	Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost"	Magnolia	Won
	2008	Golden Bear	There Will Be Blood	Nominated
	2008	Silver Bear for Best Director	There Will Be Blood	Won
Cannes Film Festival	1996	Caméra d'Or	Hard Eight	Nominated
	2002	Palme d'Or	Punch-Drunk Love	Nominated
	2002	Best Director	Punch-Drunk Love	Won
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival	2021	Producer of the Year	Licorice Pizza	Won	^[16]
Directors Guild of America Awards	2008	Outstanding Directing – Feature Film	There Will Be Blood	Nominated
Directors Guild of America Awards	2022	Outstanding Directing – Feature Film	Licorice Pizza	Nominated
Independent Spirit Awards	1998	Best First Feature	Hard Eight	Nominated	^[17]
	1998	Best First Screenplay	Hard Eight	Nominated	^[17]
	2014	Robert Altman Award	Inherent Vice	Won	^[18]
Producers Guild of America Awards	2008	Best Theatrical Motion Picture	There Will Be Blood	Nominated
Producers Guild of America Awards	2022	Best Theatrical Motion Picture	Licorice Pizza	Nominated
Venice Film Festival	2012	Golden Lion	The Master	Nominated
		Silver Lion for Best Director		Won
		FIPRESCI Prize		Won
Writers Guild of America Awards	1998	Best Original Screenplay	Boogie Nights	Nominated
	2002	Best Original Screenplay	Magnolia	Nominated
	2008	Best Adapted Screenplay	There Will Be Blood	Nominated
	2013	Best Original Screenplay	The Master	Nominated
	2022	Best Original Screenplay	Licorice Pizza	Nominated

Awards received by Anderson movies

Year	Film	Academy Awards		BAFTA Awards		Golden Globe Awards
Year	Film	Nominations	Wins	Nominations	Wins	Nominations	Wins
1997	Boogie Nights	3		2		2	1
1999	Magnolia	3				2	1
2002	Punch-Drunk Love					1
2007	There Will Be Blood	8	2	9	1	2	1
2012	The Master	3		4		3
2014	Inherent Vice	2				1
2017	Phantom Thread	6	1	4	1	2
2021	Licorice Pizza	3		5	1	4
Total		25	3	19	3	13	3

Academy Award nominated performances

Anderson has directed multiple Oscar nominated performances.

Year	Performer	Film	Result
Academy Award for Best Actor
2007	Daniel Day-Lewis	There Will Be Blood	Won
2012	Joaquin Phoenix	The Master	Nominated
2017	Daniel Day-Lewis	Phantom Thread	Nominated
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1997	Burt Reynolds	Boogie Nights	Nominated
1999	Tom Cruise	Magnolia	Nominated
2012	Philip Seymour Hoffman	The Master	Nominated
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1997	Julianne Moore	Boogie Nights	Nominated
2012	Amy Adams	The Master	Nominated
2017	Lesley Manville	Phantom Thread	Nominated

Critical reception

Year	Title	Rotten Tomatoes^[19]	Metacritic^[20]
1996	Hard Eight	83% (52 reviews)	78% (14 reviews)
1997	Boogie Nights	94% (77 reviews)	86% (28 reviews)
1999	Magnolia	82% (219 reviews)	78% (34 reviews)
2002	Punch-Drunk Love	79% (203 reviews)	78% (37 reviews)
2007	There Will Be Blood	91% (246 reviews)	93% (42 reviews)
2012	The Master	85% (258 reviews)	86% (43 reviews)
2014	Inherent Vice	73% (252 reviews)	81% (43 reviews)
2017	Phantom Thread	91% (357 reviews)	90% (51 reviews)
2021	Licorice Pizza	90% (325 reviews)	90% (55 reviews)

References

^ "70th ACADEMY AWARDS". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
^ "72ND ACADEMY AWARDS". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
^ "80TH ACADEMY AWARDS". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
^ "87TH ACADEMY AWARDS". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
^ "90TH ACADEMY AWARDS". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
^ Grantham-Philips, Wyatte; Moreau, Jordan (8 February 2022). "Oscar Nominations 2022: The Complete List". Variety.
^ "Atonement wins Top Prize". The Telegraph. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
^ "Baftas 2013: full list of nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
^ "EE British Academy Film Awards: Winners Announced" (Press release). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ "Critics' Choice Movie Awards: 'Argo' Best Picture, Director; Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Chastain Take Acting Honors". Deadline Hollywood. January 10, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
^ Pedersen, Erik (January 15, 2015). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Boyhood' Wins Best Picture; 'Birdman' Leads With 7 Nods". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
^ Hammond, Pete (December 13, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards Film Nominations Led By 'Belfast' And 'West Side Story'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
^ "Paul Thomas Anderson". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
^ "Licorice Pizza". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
^ "Paul Thomas Anderson - Artist". Grammys.com. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
^ Feinberg, Scott (2022-01-04). "Capri, Hollywood Film Fest: 'Power of the Dog' Named Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
^ "Duvall's "Apostle" Nabs Most Nominations for 13th Independent Spirit Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
^ "SPIRIT AWARDS NOMINEES ARE ANNOUNCED! EXCITEMENT ENSUES". Film Independent. Archived from the original on 2014-12-03. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
^ "Paul Thomas Anderson". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
^ "Paul Thomas Anderson". Metacritic. Retrieved July 1, 2025.

[1] "70th ACADEMY AWARDS". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 6, 2021.

[2] "72ND ACADEMY AWARDS". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 6, 2021.

[3] "80TH ACADEMY AWARDS". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 6, 2021.

[4] "87TH ACADEMY AWARDS". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 6, 2021.

[5] "90TH ACADEMY AWARDS". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 6, 2021.

[6] Grantham-Philips, Wyatte; Moreau, Jordan (8 February 2022). "Oscar Nominations 2022: The Complete List". Variety.

[7] "Atonement wins Top Prize". The Telegraph. Retrieved June 6, 2021.

[8] "Baftas 2013: full list of nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved June 6, 2021.

[9] "EE British Academy Film Awards: Winners Announced" (Press release). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

[10] "Critics' Choice Movie Awards: 'Argo' Best Picture, Director; Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Chastain Take Acting Honors". Deadline Hollywood. January 10, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2013.

[11] Pedersen, Erik (January 15, 2015). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Boyhood' Wins Best Picture; 'Birdman' Leads With 7 Nods". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 15, 2015.

[12] Hammond, Pete (December 13, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards Film Nominations Led By 'Belfast' And 'West Side Story'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 13, 2021.

[13] "Paul Thomas Anderson". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved June 6, 2021.

[14] "Licorice Pizza". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

[15] "Paul Thomas Anderson - Artist". Grammys.com. Retrieved June 5, 2021.

[16] Feinberg, Scott (2022-01-04). "Capri, Hollywood Film Fest: 'Power of the Dog' Named Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-07-28.

[17] "Duvall's "Apostle" Nabs Most Nominations for 13th Independent Spirit Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved June 6, 2021.

[18] "SPIRIT AWARDS NOMINEES ARE ANNOUNCED! EXCITEMENT ENSUES". Film Independent. Archived from the original on 2014-12-03. Retrieved June 6, 2021.

[19] "Paul Thomas Anderson". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 1, 2025.

[20] "Paul Thomas Anderson". Metacritic. Retrieved July 1, 2025.

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v t e Films directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Filmography Awards and nominations
Feature films	Hard Eight (1996) Boogie Nights (1997) Magnolia (1999) Punch-Drunk Love (2002) There Will Be Blood (2007) The Master (2012) Inherent Vice (2014) Phantom Thread (2017) Licorice Pizza (2021) One Battle After Another (2025)
Short films	The Dirk Diggler Story (1988) Cigarettes & Coffee (1993) Anima (2019)
Documentaries	Junun (2015)