Paul Thomas Anderson

Anderson has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay two times each, for a total of eight Academy Award nominations with no wins so far.

## Best Picture (14)

### *Boogie Nights* (1)

* British Independent Film Awards (1997) - Foreign

### *Magnolia* (2)

* Florida Film Critics Circle (1999)
* Toronto Film Critics Association (1999)

### *Punch-Drunk Love* (1)

* Central Ohio Film Critics Association (2002)

### *There Will Be Blood* (6)

As a producer, Anderson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 80th Academy Awards for 2007, losing to *No Country for Old Men*.

* Austin Film Critics Association (2007)
* Indiewire Critics Poll (2007)
* Kansas City Film Critics Circle (2007)
* **Los Angeles Film Critics Association** **(2007)**
* **National Society of Film Critics** **(2007)**
* New York Film Critics Online (2007) - TIE

### *The Master*(3)

* Kansas City Film Critics Circle (2012)
* San Francisco Film Critics Circle (2012)
* Toronto Film Critics Association (2012)

### *Phantom Thread* (1)

As a producer, Anderson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 90th Academy Awards for 2017, losing to *The Shape of Water*.

* Boston Society of Film Critics (2017)

## Best Director (20)

### *Magnolia* (1)

* Toronto Film Critics Association (1999)

### *Punch-Drunk Love* (2)

* Central Ohio Film Critics Association (2002)
* Toronto Film Critics Association (2002)

### *There Will Be Blood* (9)

Anderson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director at the 80th Academy Awards for 2007, losing to Joel and Ethan Coen for *No Country for Old Men*.

* Austin Film Critics Association (2007)
* Dublin Film Critics Circle (2007)
* Indiewire Critics Poll (2007)
* Kansas City Film Critics Circle (2007) - TIE
* London Film Critics Circle (2007)
* **Los Angeles Film Critics Association** **(2007)**
* **National Society of Film Critics** **(2007)**
* New York Film Critics Online (2007)
* San Diego Film Critics Society (2007)

### *The Master* (4)

* Austin Film Critics Association (2012)
* **Los Angeles Film Critics Association** **(2012)**
* **Online Film Critics Society** **(2012)**
* Toronto Film Critics Association (2012)

### *Phantom Thread* (4)

Anderson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director at the 90th Academy Awards for 2017, losing to Guillermo del Toro for *The Shape of Water*.

* Boston Online Film Critics Association (2017)
* Boston Society of Film Critics (2017)
* IndieWire Critics Poll (2017)
* Vancouver Film Critics Circle (2017)

## Best Adapted Screenplay (6)

### *There Will Be Blood* (2)

Anderson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 80th Academy Awards for 2007, losing to Joel and Ethan Coen for *No Country for Old Men*.

* Indiewire Critics Poll (2007)
* San Diego Film Critics Society (2007)

### *Inherent Vice* (4)

Anderson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 87th Academy Awards for 2014, losing to Graham Moore for *The Imitation Game*.

* Detroit Film Critics Society (2014)
* **National Board of Review** **(2014)**
* San Francisco Film Critics Circle (2014)
* Utah Film Critics Association (2014)

## Best Original Screenplay (7)

### *Boogie Nights*

Anderson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 70th Academy Awards for 1997, losing to Ben Affleck and Matt Damon for *Good Will Hunting*.

### *Magnolia* (1)

Anderson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 72nd Academy Awards for 1999, losing to Alan Ball for *American Beauty*.

* Toronto Film Critics Association (1999) - TIE

### *Punch-Drunk Love* (1)

* Central Ohio Film Critics Association (2002)

### *The Master* (3)

* Kansas City Film Critics Circle (2012)
* San Diego Film Critics Society (2012)
* Toronto Film Critics Association (2012)

### *Phantom Thread* (2)

* National Board of Review (2017)
* New York Film Critics Circle (2017)