Paul W.S. Anderson gained a fair bit of notoriety in his native England when he directed the ultra-violent _Shopping .
Graduated from Warwick University in the UK.
Engaged to actress/model Milla Jovovich.
Sick and tired of having to explain the significance of the raining frogs in Magnolia , he added the initials W.S. to his name to avoid confusion with indie filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson. Unfortunately, the modified name is too similar to another celebrated auteur, Wes Anderson , and Paul is constantly fielding questions about what its like to work with Bill Murray.
One of only two people to have both written and directed an Alien movie (the other being James Cameron ).
Constantly mentions plans to release directors cut editions of all of his movies on DVD. To date, the only one that has surfaced is AVP: Alien vs. Predator .
Daughter, Ever Anderson , born 3 November 2007. Mother is his fiance, Milla Jovovich.
Son-in-law of Galina Jovovich.
Wife Milla Jovovich gave birth to their second child, a daughter named Dashiel Edan Jovovich-Anderson on April 1, 2015 at 5:45 a.m. She was 7 lbs., 10 oz. and 20 inches long at birth.
So, in a way, we were definitely making an Alien and a Predator movie,but a different one from the one the other directors had made".
