Wes Anderson filmography Last updated July 30, 2025
Anderson at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival Wes Anderson is an American filmmaker known for feature films, commercials, and short films.
Anderson directed the short film Bottle Rocket which was later adapted into his feature length directorial debut film Bottle Rocket (1996). He later directed his sophomore film Rushmore (1998), which established himself as a independent film auteur. He often collaborated with the brothers Luke Wilson and Owen Wilson during that time and founded his production company American Empirical Pictures. He further established his unique style with The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), and his first stop-motion film, Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
His later works include his second stop-motion film, Isle of Dogs (2018), the anthology comedy The French Dispatch (2021), the science fiction dramedy Asteroid City (2023) and the espionage caper comedy The Phoenician Scheme (2025). Anderson won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023).
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Reception Year Film Rotten Tomatoes [ 4] Metacritic [ 5] Budget Box 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 2025 The Phoenician Scheme 78% (279 reviews) 70 (53 reviews) $30 million $38 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]
Notes ↑ Wes Anderson also announced that he designed his own pen for the company named the Schreiberling. [ 3] ↑ Compilation film of all four short film adaptations of Roald Dahl's stories that Anderson directed in 2023. [ 1] References ↑ "Watch: Wes Anderson's 'Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More' anthology gets trailer - UPI.com" . UPI . Retrieved 2024-03-14 . ↑ 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 . ↑ 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 . ↑ "Wes Anderson" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved February 4, 2019 . ↑ "Wes Anderson" . Metacritic . Retrieved February 4, 2019 . ↑ "Wes Anderson" . Boxofficemojo.com . Archived from the original on December 22, 2004. Retrieved February 4, 2019 . ↑ 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 . ↑ Munton, Rebecca (May 20, 2021). "10 Recurring Wes Anderson Collaborators Also In The French Dispatch" . Retrieved August 4, 2021 . ↑ "Directors Trademarks: Wes Anderson" . Cinelinx . June 1, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2021 . ↑ Eisler, Kim (December 11, 2007). "What's a DC Billionaire Doing Aboard The Darjeeling Limited?" . Washingtonian.com . Retrieved April 2, 2023 . This page is based on this
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