Playwright-director crafting complex films about power, love, and the craft of filmmaking.
There Will Be Blood is about human greed in its purest form.
Recognition may come unexpectedly, but the work is always the same.
I try to find universal truths in personal stories.
Boogie Nights is about the energy of youth and the price of success.
I make films to ask questions I don't have answers to.
Every film is one long battle with yourself.
I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed.