The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou’s past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.
Producers: Wes Anderson, Barry Mendel, Scott Rudin, Enzo Sisti, Dan Beers
Director: Wes Anderson
Cinematography: Robert D. Yeoman
Writer: Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach
Editing: David Moritz
Sound: N/A
Composer: Mark Mothersbaugh
Director’s Biography
Wes Anderson is an American filmmaker born on May 1, 1969, in Houston, Texas, known for his distinctive visual and narrative style defined by symmetry, eccentricity, and meticulous composition. A philosophy graduate from the University of Texas, he met frequent collaborator Owen Wilson there and made his feature debut with Bottle Rocket in 1996. He founded the production company American Empirical Pictures in 1998. His films, including The Royal Tenenbaums, Moonrise Kingdom, and The Grand Budapest Hotel, have earned him multiple Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay, with The Grand Budapest Hotel bringing his first nominations for Best Director and Best Picture. He won his first Oscar for the 2023 short film The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.