Wes Anderson
- Born: 1 May, 1969
Texas filmmaker Wes Anderson cut his directing teeth making Super 8mm movies with his brothers and went on to cable access television before meeting frequent collaborator Owen Wilson at the University of Texas in the late 1980s. The two made their film debut with the 1992 short "Bottle Rocket", a sparse, black and white film about two young burglars starring Wilson and his younger brother Luke. Championed by screenwriter-actor-director L. M. 'Kit' Carson and screened to acclaim on the festival circuit, the project gained the attention of producers Polly Platt and James L. Brooks and Columbia Pictures eventually offered Anderson a $6 million budget to fashion a full-length version of the story. Following two Texans who try their hand at a life of crime in search of some focus or s...
FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- father Mel Anderson: divorced from Anderson's mother
- mother Anderson: divorced from Anderson's father
- brother Mel Anderson: older
- brother Eric Chase Anderson: born in September 1972; provided art work used in "The Royal Tenenbaums"
- Jennifer Wachtell: works at Miramax
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