Paul W.S. Anderson Biography (3)

PAUL ANDERSON made a spectacular American motion picture directing debut with the worldwide hit Mortal Kombat. He followed that with Event Horizon, starring Laurence Fishburne. Prior to that, he wrote and directed the controversial feature film Shopping, produced by partner Jeremy Bolt through Impact Pictures, which drew acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival.

The 33-year-old filmmaker started his career as a writer/director for British television. He wrote and directed The Spiral Cage, an award-winning documentary about cartoonist Al Davidson, and Speed, a controversial drama about teenage criminals-its broadcast led to front-page headlines and calls for the imprisonment of its creators. Anderson also served as principal writer of El Cid, a successful contemporary crime series on British television.

Born and raised in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in Northern England, Anderson received a first class film degree with honors and an MBA from Warwick University in the Midlands, England. He set up a film cooperative in his hometown, where he trained hands-on in every aspect of filmmaking, including editing, lighting and sound.

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