Wes Anderson Wesley Wales "Wes" Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American film director, film producer, screenwriter, and actor. His films are known for their distinctive visual and narrative style. Anderson has chosen to direct mostly fast-paced comedies marked by more serious or melancholic elements, with themes often centered on grief, loss of innocence, parental abandonment, adultery, sibling rivalry and unlikely friendships. His movies have been noted for being unusually character-driven, and both derided and praised with terms like "literary geek chic". The plots of his movies often feature thefts and unexpected disappearances, with a tendency to borrow liberally from the caper genre. Anderson has been noted for his extensive use of flat space camera moves, obsessively symmetrical compositions, snap-zooms, slow-motion walking shots, a deliberately limited color palette, and hand-made art direction often utilizing miniatures.

Bottle Rocket (1996) Anderson's first film, Bottle Rocket (1996), based on a short film that he made with Luke and Owen Wilson, was a crime caper about a group of young Texans aspiring to achieve major heists. Though well reviewed, it performed poorly at the box office.

Rushmore (1998) Anderson's next film, Rushmore (1998), a quirky comedy about a high school student's crush on an elementary school teacher, starring Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman, was a critical success. Murray has since appeared in every Anderson film to date.

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Anderson's next comedy-drama film about a successful artistic New York City family and its ostracized patriarch, represented Anderson's greatest success until Moonrise Kingdom in 2012. Earning more than $50 million in domestic box office receipts, the film was nominated for an Academy Award and ranked by an Empire poll as the 159th greatest film ever made

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) Anderson's next feature, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), about a Jacques Cousteau-esque documentary filmmaker played by Bill Murray, serves as a classic example of Anderson's style but its critical reception was less favorable than his previous films and its box office did not match the heights of The Royal Tenenbaums

The Darjeeling Limited (2007) The Darjeeling Limited (2007), about three emotionally distant brothers traveling together on a train in India, reflected the more dramatic tone of The Royal Tenenbaums, but faced similar criticisms to The Life Aquatic.

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Anderson's stop motion animation adaptation of the Roald Dahl book Fantastic Mr Fox was released in 2009. Although not earning much more than its production budget, the film was highly praised and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Following the critical success of Fantastic Mr. Fox, Anderson made Moonrise Kingdom, which opened the Cannes Film Festival 2012. The film, emblematic of Anderson's style, was a financial success and earned Anderson another Academy Award nomination for his screenplay.

Anderson's latest film isThe Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Set in the 1930s, it followed the adventures of M. Gustave, the hotel's concierge, making "a marvelous mockery of history, turning its horrors into a series of graceful jokes and mischievous gestures", according to The New York Times. The film represented one of Anderson's greatest critical and commercial successes, grossing nearly $175 million worldwide and earning dozens of award nominations including nine Oscar nominations with four wins. Anderson received three Oscar nominations, including his first for Best Director for the film.

Ralph Fiennes as Monsieur Gustave H

Tony Revolori as Young Zero Moustafa

F. Murray Abraham as Old Zero Moustafa

Adrien Brody as Dmitri Desgoffe und Taxis

Willem Dafoe as J.G. Jopling

Jeff Goldblum as Deputy Vilmos Kovacs

Saoirse Ronan as Agatha

Edward Norton as Inspector Albert Henckels

Mathieu Amalric as Serge X

Harvey Keitel as prisoner Ludwig

Jude Law as The Author as a Young Man

Tom Wilkinson as The Author as an Old Man

Léa Seydoux as Clotilde

Jason Schwartzman as Monsieur Jean

Tilda Swinton as Madame Céline Villeneuve Desgoffe und Taxis (Madame D

Owen Wilson as Monsieur Chuck

Bill Murray as M. Ivan