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, three Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, and three Critics' Choice Awards as well as nominations for 14 Academy Awards and a Grammy Award. His films have competed 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 (1996) 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 a Golden Globe Award (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, was released in 2025 and won him his first Academy Awards, for Best Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay.
Anderson has directed multiple Oscar nominated performances.