Paul Thomas Anderson – 17th Annual BAFTA L.A. Britannia Awards – Arrivals – Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel – Century City, CA, USA – Photo Credit: GL / PR Photos
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: June 26, 1970
Ethnicity: Swedish, Irish, English, French-Canadian, possibly other
Paul Thomas Anderson is an American filmmaker.
He is the son of Edwina E. (Gough) and Ernie Anderson (Ernest Earle Anderson). His father, also known as horror host Ghoulardi, was a television and radio actor, comic, and disc jockey. Paul has four children with his partner, film and television actress and comedian Maya Rudolph.
Paul’s paternal grandfather was Ernest Clifton Anderson (the son of Oscar F. Anderson and Mina L. Williams). Oscar was born in Massachusetts, to Swedish parents. Mina was also born in Massachusetts, to a Swedish-born father.
Paul’s paternal grandmother was Emily May Melanson (the daughter of Ranchford/Ransford Blaise/A. Melanson and Elizabeth M. Regan). Ranchford was born in Canada, the son of Julius Jude S. Melanson and Belinda Blandine Bourque. Elizabeth was the daughter of George A. Reagan and Elizabeth M. Keenan.
Sources: Genealogies of Paul Thomas Anderson (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
https://www.wikitree.com
Paul’s paternal grandfather, Ernest Clifton Anderson, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Paul’s paternal grandmother, Emily May Melanson, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org