Wes Anderson filmography

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Anderson at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival

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

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Feature films

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
1996 Bottle Rocket YesYesNo
1998 Rushmore YesYesExecutive
2001 The Royal Tenenbaums YesYesYes
2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou YesYesYes
2007 The Darjeeling Limited YesYesYes
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox YesYesYesFirst stop-motion animation feature
2012 Moonrise Kingdom YesYesYes
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel YesYesYes
2018 Isle of Dogs YesYesYesSecond stop-motion animation feature
2021 The French Dispatch YesYesYes
2023 Asteroid City YesYesYes
2024 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More [N 1] YesYesYes
2025 The Phoenician Scheme YesYesYes

Producer only

Executive producer only

Short films

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
1994Bottle RocketYesYesNoShot in 1992, released in 1994, an early version of Bottle Rocket
2007 Hotel Chevalier YesYesNo Prologue to The Darjeeling Limited
2012Do You Like to Read?YesYesYesPromotional shorts for Moonrise Kingdom
Cousin Ben Troop ScreeningYesYesNo
2013 Castello Cavalcanti YesYesNoCommissioned by Prada
2023Asteroid City: Location FeaturetteYesYesNoPromotional short for Asteroid City
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar YesYesYes Netflix shorts based on stories by Roald Dahl
The SwanYesYesYes
The Rat CatcherYesYesYes
PoisonYesYesYes

Commercials and music videos

YearTitleDirectorWriterCompanyNotes
2004"My Life, My Card"YesYes American Express Starring Wes Anderson as himself [2]
2008"Softbank"YesNo Softbank Japanese commercial filmed in France
2010"Apartomatic"YesNo Stella Artois Co-directed with Roman Coppola
2012"Made of Imagination"YesNo Sony Xperia Stop-motion animation
2013"Candy"YesNo Prada Co-directed with Roman Coppola
2016"Come Together: A Fashion Picture in Motion"YesYes H&M
2021"Aline"YesNoPromotional animated music video for The French Dispatch
song written by Christophe, performed by Jarvis Cocker in character as Tip-Top
2024 "100 Years of Meisterstück" YesYes Montblanc Starring Wes Anderson along with two of his frequent collaborators Jason Schwartzman and Rupert Friend. Wes Anderson also announced that he designed his own pen for the company named the Schreiberling. [3]

Acting credits

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Bottle Rocket Passenger on busUncredited cameo
1998 Rushmore Student
2001 The Royal Tenenbaums Tennis match commentator
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox Stan WeaselVoice role
2016 Sing Additional Voices
2021 Sing 2

Reception

YearFilm Rotten Tomatoes [4] Metacritic [5] BudgetBox office [6]
1996 Bottle Rocket 86% (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

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. [7] [8] 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. [9] 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. [10]

CollaboratorRole 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 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More The Phoenician Scheme Total
Waris Ahluwalia ActorCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svg3
Eric Chase Anderson ActorCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svg5
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Noah Baumbach ScreenwriterCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svg2
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Milena Canonero Costume designerCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svg5
Seymour Cassel ActorCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svg3
Jarvis Cocker ActorCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svg4
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Bryan Cranston ActorCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svg3
Benedict Cumberbatch ActorCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svg2
Willem Dafoe ActorCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svg6
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Stephen DignanActorCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svg3
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Jeff Goldblum ActorCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svgCheck mark 23x20 04.svg4
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Notes

  1. Compilation film of all four short film adaptations of Roald Dahl's stories that Anderson directed in 2023. [1]

References

  1. "Watch: Wes Anderson's 'Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More' anthology gets trailer - UPI.com". UPI. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  2. 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.
  3. Binkley, Christina (1 May 2024). "Montblanc asked Wes Anderson to direct its ad. He did — and designed a pen". Vogue Business. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  4. "Wes Anderson". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  5. "Wes Anderson". Metacritic. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  6. "Wes Anderson". Boxofficemojo.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2004. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  7. 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.
  8. Munton, Rebecca (May 20, 2021). "10 Recurring Wes Anderson Collaborators Also In The French Dispatch" . Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  9. "Directors Trademarks: Wes Anderson". Cinelinx. June 1, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  10. Eisler, Kim (December 11, 2007). "What's a DC Billionaire Doing Aboard The Darjeeling Limited?". Washingtonian.com. Retrieved April 2, 2023.