Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson was born June 26, 1970, in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. He would go on to set many of his films in the valley. He is one of nine children, and his father, Ernie, was an actor who read announcements for ABC and was the host of the Cleveland edition of Shock Theater. Anderson made short films from a young age, most notably The Dirk Diggler Story, which would eventually serve as the basis for Anderson’s breakout hit Boogie Nights (1997).
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