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Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970), also known by his initials PTA, is an American filmmaker. Often described as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation, his accolades include three Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, four BAFTA Awards, three Critics Choice Awards, and nominations for a Grammy. He is the only person to have won Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival, the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and the Silver and Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

Many of Anderson's films are psychological dramas characterized by depictions of desperate characters and explorations of dysfunctional families, alienation, loneliness, and redemption, alongside a bold visual style that uses constantly moving cameras and long takes. After his directorial debut, Hard Eight (1996), Anderson had critical and commercial success with Boogie Nights (1997), and received further accolades with Magnolia (1999) and Punch-Drunk Love (2002).

There Will Be Blood (2007), Anderson's fifth film, is regarded as one of the greatest films of the 21st century. It was followed by The Master (2012) and Inherent Vice (2014), an adaptation of the 2009 novel by Thomas Pynchon. Anderson's next three films, Phantom Thread (2017), Licorice Pizza (2021) and One Battle After Another (2025) were all nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, with the last becoming his highest-grossing film and winning Anderson the Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture at the 98th Academy Awards.

Anderson is noted for his collaborations with the cinematographer Robert Elswit, the costume designer Mark Bridges, the composers Jon Brion and Jonny Greenwood, and actors including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Daniel Day-Lewis, John C. Reilly, and Joaquin Phoenix. He has directed music videos for artists including Fiona Apple, Haim, Aimee Mann, Joanna Newsom, Michael Penn, Radiohead, and the Smile. He also directed a 2015 documentary about Greenwood's album Junun, and the short music film Anima (2019) for the Radiohead singer Thom Yorke.

Maya Khabira Rudolph (n. 27 iulie 1972) este o actriță și cântăreață americană. Ea a devenit cunoscută pentru rolurile sale din emisiunea Saturday Night Live, în care a făcut parte din distribuția permanentă între 2000 și 2007, fiind nominalizată și la un premiu Emmy în 2012. A jucat în filme precum Idiocracy (2006), Away We Go (2009), Grown Ups (2010), Bridesmaids (2011), Friends with Kids (2011), Grown Ups 2 (2013) și Sisters (2015).