History Creator / WesAnderson

Frequent collaborators in Anderson's films include Creator/EricChaseAnderson (his kid brother), Creator/SeymourCassel, Creator/BillMurray, [[Music/{{Devo}} Mark Mothersbaugh]], Music/AlexandreDesplat and Creator/OwenWilson (a full list can be found on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Anderson Wikipedia]]).

** ''Film/{{The Ratcatcher}}''

* ProductionPosse: Anderson has invoked a large and loyal posse of go-to actors who fill out all of his films (including but not limited to Creator/AdrienBrody, Creator/OwenWilson, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/JasonSchwartzman, Creator/WillemDafoe, Creator/TildaSwinton, Creator/SaoirseRonan, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/BobBalaban, Creator/MathieuAmalric, Creator/LeaSeydoux, Creator/TonyRevolori...). He also tends to collaborate behind the scenes with the same loose group of people as well, including AssociatedComposer Music/AlexandreDesplat.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"I don't think any of us are normal people"'']]

* A series of short films based on short stories by Creator/RoaldDahl, released on Creator/{{Netflix}}:

** ''Film/TheWonderfulStoryOfHenrySugar'' (2023) - 39-minute short film based on [[Literature/TheWonderfulStoryOfHenrySugar the short story of the same name]] and his second adaptation of a Roald Dahl work after ''Fantastic Mr. Fox''. Screened at the Venice Film Festival on September 1, had a short theatrical run and was then released on Netflix on September 27.
** ''Film/{{The Swan|2023}}'' (2023) - 17-minute short film based on a short story from the same collection as ''Henry Sugar''. Released on Netflix on September 28.
** ''Film/{{The Ratcatcher}}'' (2023) - 17-minute short film. Released on Netflix on September 29.
** ''Film/{{Poison|2023}}'' (2023) - 17-minute short film. Released on Netflix on September 30.

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b87B7zyucgI Castello Cavalcanti]]'' (2013) - short film about a racercar driver (played by Jason Schwartzman) who crashes in a small Italian village.

** ''Film/TheWonderfulStoryOfHenrySugar'' (2023) - 39 minute short film based on [[Literature/TheWonderfulStoryOfHenrySugar the short story of the same name]] and his second adaptation of a Roald Dahl work after ''Fantastic Mr. Fox''. Screened at the Venice Film Festival on September 1, had a short theatrical run and was then released on Netflix on September 27.
** ''Film/{{The Swan|2023}}'' (2023) - 17 minutes short film based on a short story from the same collection as ''Henry Sugar''. Released on Netflix on September 28.
** ''Film/{{The Ratcatcher}}'' (2023) - 17 minutes short film. Released on Netflix on September 29.
** ''Film/{{Poison|2023}}'' (2023) - 17 minutes short film. Released on Netflix on September 30.

* AllStarCast: Since the 2010s, his films are ludicrously packed with big names of acting (from his own ProductionPosse and with newcomers each time).
* AmbiguousTimePeriod: A lot of Anderson's works feature either retro settings that feel slightly modern or modern settings that feel very retro. Good examples are ''Budapest'', which is primarily set in the 30s but has a number of [[AnachronismStew modern touches]], ''Isle of Dogs'', which takes place [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture a few decades into the future]] but with a very {{Dieselpunk}}, {{Zeerust}} aesthetic to it, and ''Mr. Fox'', whose timeline is simply unclear, although it seems like the 60s or 70s.

* TheCaper: Most of Anderson's films involve a plan to steal something, infiltrate somewhere or escape something.
* CentralTheme: Or themes. His films focus on themes of grief, loss, parental abandonment, dysfunctional families, siblings rivalry, unlikely friendships, and love.

** Another common trait of Anderson's films is often characters will look straight into the camera while doing their parts, yet it's not done as an attempt to break the fourth wall but that it's just the direction the person happens to be looking at right at that particular moment.
* DramaticDeadpan: Despite being in such fanciful, whimsical worlds and have absurd yet revealing lines of dialogue, his characters are performed with the driest of deliveries. Usually PlayedForLaughs and occasionally for [[PlayedForDrama drama.]]

* RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: Characters in Anderson's films always have perfect diction. They never stutter, repeat themselves, struggle to find a word or pause mid-sentence and can run though long sections of details without skipping a beat.

** ''WesternAnimation/IsleOfDogs'' goes to the traditional BlackAndWhiteMorality. However, it then goes to ''WhiteAndGreyMorality'' later on when [[spoiler:the main antagonist gives away one of his kidneys in order to save his nephew's life, who he loves dearly]].