Wes Anderson: The Archives
A deep dive into one of cinema's most distinctive creative minds. This volume offers an intimate survey of Wes Anderson's personal archive—the notebooks, Polaroids, props, and set pieces accumulated across three decades of filmmaking. What emerges is a portrait of a director who treats every detail as narrative, every object as a character in the larger story.
Published in partnership with La Cinémathèque française and the Design Museum following the first major retrospective of Anderson's work. Author Alex Marshall provides the through-line connecting archival materials to finished films, revealing how meticulous attention compounds into unmistakable style.
For those who appreciate the architecture of storytelling and the craft of world-building.
Wes Anderson, born 1969 in Houston, is an American filmmaker known for his distinctive visual aesthetic and narrative style. His work includes The Royal Tenenbaums, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and The French Dispatch. He has received multiple Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA nominations.
296 pages, paperback, 8.3 × 10.5" Published by The Design Museum