“When I started working as a writer-director, that's when he became Paul Thomas Anderson and I became Paul W.S. Anderson. Neither of us can write and direct an American movie under the name Paul Anderson.”

English filmmaker, born 1965

Paul W. S. Anderson is an English filmmaker known for science fiction films and video game adaptations. He was born in 1965 and is best known for directing commercially successful genre work, especially the Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil films. Anderson made his feature debut with Shopping in 1994. In 1992, he and producer Jeremy Bolt founded Impact Pictures, the company behind most of his films. He later directed the first, fourth, fifth, and sixth Resident Evil films, which helped bring him wider attention and collectively grossed more than $1 billion worldwide.