Claim: Paul Thomas Anderson directed Heimat.
Evidence: Paul Thomas Anderson -LRB- born June 26 , 1970 -RRB- also known as P.T. Anderson , is an American filmmaker.
Heimat is the overall title of several series of films in 32 episodes written and directed by Edgar Reitz which view life in Germany between 1919 and 2000 through the eyes of a family from the Hunsrück area of the Rhineland.