Paul W. S. Anderson

Paul W. S. Anderson: Biography in Details

Who is Paul W. S. Anderson?

Paul W.S. Anderson is an English screenwriter, producer, and filmmaker.  Paul W.S. Anderson has worked in science fiction films and video game adaptations.

He is best known for the sci-fi horror films Event Horizon, Mortal Kombat, and the Resident Evil film franchise.

Currently, he is working on the new television series, Mimic which is the adaptation of Guillermo del Toro’s 1997 creepy bug flick.

Who are the parents of Paul W. S. Anderson?

Paul was born on March 4, 1965, in Wallsend, Newcastle, England. His full name is Paul William Scott Anderson.

The names of his parents and siblings aren’t disclosed. Paul was interested in filmmaking from an early age. He used to play with the camera when he was just 9 years old.

He holds an American nationality and is of mixed (Greek and British) ethnicity.

Paul completed his schooling at the ‘Newlands Preparatory School’ and later went to Newcastle’s ‘Royal Grammar School.’

He finished his B.A. in films and literature at the ‘University of Warwick’.

Paul W. S. Anderson: Career, Professional life

Paul W. S. Anderson first started his career as a writer for the British TV show ‘El C.I.D’ from 1990 to 1992. Then he works with producer Jeremy Bolt, and founded ‘Impact Pictures.’

In 1994, he released his first film, ‘Shopping,’ but the British Board of Film Classification didn’t let the movie be released due to its violent scenes. Later, it was released in the direct-to-video format after certain scenes were edited out.

He released his second film, ‘Mortal Kombat,’ in 1995. The movie was the adaptation of the popular video game, ‘Midway Games.‘ It remained at the top spot of the US box office for 3 weeks. It was his first successful video-game adaptation by him.

His other video-game adaptations are ‘Super Mario’ and ‘Street Fighter,’ He released a science-fiction movie,‘Event Horizon,’  in 1997  and ‘Soldier,’ in 1998. In 2000, Anderson also wrote and directed the pilot of the supernatural drama series ‘The Sight.’

After about 2 years, he releases another video-game adaptation, ‘Resident Evil’. He has then produced a lot of hits like ‘Resident Evil: Apocalypse’ (2004) and ‘Resident Evil: Extinction’ (2007). Furthermore, he released six ‘Resident Evil films.

In 2008, ‘Death Race,’ was released which was a remake of the 1975 movie ‘Death Race 2000.’ Respectively, ‘Death Race 2’ and ‘Death Race 3: Inferno’ was released in 2011 and 2013.

Also, he directed a romantic action-adventure film named ‘The Three Musketeers’ in 2011.  ‘Pompeii,’ is also one of his popular movies which are based on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

His other works include ‘The Dark’ (2005), ‘Drift’ (2006), and ‘Pandorum’ (2009). Anderson has also directed the first two episodes of the web TV series ‘Origin.’

He along with Mark Brozel directed the first two episodes of the science fiction television series Origin. In 2016, Anderson was in the pre-production of a feature film based on Capcom’s Monster Hunter video game franchise.

His movie, Insert Coin of 2020 is rated 100% by Rotten Tomatoes.

Paul W. S. Anderson: Salary, Net Worth

Being one of successful personalities, his net worth is around $80 million as of 2022.

In the year 2016, Paul with his wife, Milla purchased the property in Beverly Hills for around $3.922 million.

Likely in 2005, they had also purchased a townhouse in New York’s West Village for $6.375 million but rented it out soon after its purchase. In 2013, they sold the spacious property for $6.7 million, gaining much profit.

And in 2007, the couple purchased an $8.5 million Mediterranean Villa of 8,493-square-foot in Beverly Hills.

Paul W. S. Anderson: Rumor, Controversy

This producer hasn’t been into any of the rumors. Similarly, he is also far away from scandals.

What are the body stats of Paul W. S. Anderson?

Paul W. S. Anderson stands tall with a height of 6 feet 3 inches and has a decent body mass.  He has dark brown colored hair and eyes.

Social Media

He isn’t active on social media sites like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Though there are different fan-made accounts of him.

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