Wes: Cousteau began as a hunter and he became a conserver, what we think of now as an environmentalist. But in his early stuff there was no element of that whatsoever. He'd find a lagoon he wanted to survey and blow it up and count the dead animals on the beach. That was a time when we were all so naive, when we thought nature was like god and would go on for ever.
He based the character Etheline Tenenbaum from The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) after his own mother. Even the glasses Etheline wears belong to his mother.
He cameoed in his film Bottle Rocket as the passenger on the bus behind Owen and Luke Wilson.
He has written at least one reference to Schulz's "Charlie Brown" in each of his films.
He has directed at least one character being punched in the nose in each of his films.
He has used Mark Mothersbaugh to do the musical scores for all of his films.
He named the family in the film, The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) after his friend Brian Tenenbaum.
He was listed #129 on Entertainment Weekly's Must List (2004).
He shared a nomination with Peter Newman, Charlie Corwin, and Clara Markowicz at the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards for Best Feature, for the film The Squid and the Whale (2005).
He shared the nomination with Noah Baumbach at the 2005 Satellite Awards for Best Original Screenplay for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004).
He shared the nomination at the 2002 Academy Awards for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, for the film The Royal Tenenbaums (2001).
He shared the nomination at the 2002 Online Film Critics Society Awards for Best Original Screenplay for the film, The Royal Tenenbaums (2001).
He was nominated for the 2002 Golden Berlin Bear for the film, The Royal Tenenbaums (2001).
He won the 1999 Independent Spirit Award for Best Director for the film, Rushmore (1998).
He won the Lone Star Film & Television Award for Debut of the Year for the movie Bottle Rocket (1996).
The soundtracks of his movies consist mostly of British invasion music from the '60s and 70s.
He ends all of his movies with a slow-motion shot.
Legendary director Martin Scorsese claims that he is a big fan of Wes' movies.
Many of the characters' names in his movies are actually the names of his St. John's classmates.
Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson both attended the University of Texas, where they first met each other. Owen Wilson, and his brother Luke, later starred in Wes Anderson's movie, Bottle Rocket. The Owen brothers also starred in some of Anderson's other movies, like The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
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