- Sick and tired of having to explain the significance of the raining frogs in Magnolia (1999), 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 it's like to work with Bill Murray.
- Constantly mentions plans to release director's cut editions of all of his movies on DVD. To date, the only one that has surfaced is Alien vs. Predator (2004).
- Daughter, Ever Anderson, born 3 November 2007. Mother is his fiancée, Milla Jovovich.
- One of only two people to have both written and directed an Alien movie (the other being James Cameron).
- Started making super 6 films while at university.
- Graduated from Warwick University in the UK.
- 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.
- Son-in-law of Galina Jovovich.
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